Mahé
| Mahé | |
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| Presidency: not in British India | |
| Coordinates: | 11.701111°N, 75.5366678°E |
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| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Mahé officially Mayyazhi |
| State/Province: | North Malabar officially Puducherry Union Territory |
| Country: | India |
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Mahé was formerly a French colony.
Alternative spelling Mahe, Mah
Military history
Battle of Mahé 1779
Records
- See French
Cemeteries
- Details of Malabar: Christian Memorials 1737-1990, by Dr John C. Roberts and N P Chekkutty, a book on European gravestones and church memorials in the Malabar towns of Cannanore (Kannur), Tellicherry (Thalassery) and Mahe which has details on the Portuguese, Dutch, French and English gravestones in the region. This India List thread gives details of the background to the book
- The book covers burials at St Theresa’s Church and cemetery at Mahe.
External links
- Indian Tales by Patrick O’Meara describes Mah , where his mother Elise De Rozario (1900-1995) grew up. Indian-tales.com
- Mahe (Mayyazhi) Prashilmahe.blogspot
- Mahe-a French Window to God´s Own Country? Travelblog.org
- Mahe from Prof Fran Pritchett’s Indian Routes (Columbia University)
Historical books online
- Les origines de Mahé de Malabar by Alfred Martineau 1917 Archive.org (French language)