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== Introduction ==
The Armenians came to India as traders, and established settlements in most major cities in India. Job Charnock allegedly invited the Armenians to Calcutta at the time of is founding in 1689. There was a large Armenian community in Calcutta.
In Calcutta, the Armenian Church of of St Nazareth was erected in 1724 at No.1 Armenian Street. The church still exists although the community is now quite small, possibly only numbering about 400 people.
The [[LDS ]] has microfilmed records of the Armenian Apostolic Church. These include:
Calcutta 1793-1982 Microfilm '''#136031'''
== Further Information Books ==
sounding names such as Chater, Edgar, Gregory, Jordan, Martin and Stephens.
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