Jewish community in Calcutta

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Jewish_community
gptkbp:declinedAfter emigration to Israel
emigration to Australia
emigration to Canada
emigration to United Kingdom
gptkbp:firstSettlersArrived late 18th century
gptkbp:hasHistoricSite gptkb:Elias_Meyer_Free_School
gptkb:Jewish_Cemetery_on_Narkeldanga_Road
gptkb:Neveh_Shalome_Synagogue
gptkb:Magen_David_Synagogue
gptkb:Beth_El_Synagogue
gptkbp:hasSchool gptkb:Elias_Meyer_Free_School
gptkb:Jewish_Girls'_School
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jewish community in Calcutta
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Bengali
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Judeo-Arabic
English
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:India
gptkb:Kolkata
gptkb:West_Bengal
gptkbp:mainCathedral gptkb:Jewish_Cemetery_on_Narkeldanga_Road
gptkb:Neveh_Shalome_Synagogue
gptkb:Magen_David_Synagogue
gptkb:Beth_El_Synagogue
gptkbp:notableEvent construction of Beth El Synagogue in 1856
construction of Magen David Synagogue in 1884
construction of Neveh Shalome Synagogue in 1825
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:David_Joseph_Ezra
gptkb:Elias_David_Joseph_Ezra
gptkb:Flora_Sassoon
gptkb:Regina_Guha
gptkb:Reuben_David
gptkb:Ezra_family
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:The_Jewish_Advocate
gptkb:The_Jewish_Tribune
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:business
real estate
trade
opium trade
gptkbp:organization gptkb:Calcutta_Jewish_Association
gptkb:Jewish_Community_Affairs_Committee
gptkbp:origin gptkb:Baghdadi_Jews
gptkb:Iraqi_Jews
gptkbp:population fewer than 30 (as of 2020s)
gptkbp:populationPeak 1940s
about 6000
gptkbp:religion Sephardic
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:David_Ezra
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6