Jewish community in Chennai

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Jewish_community_in_Chennai
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Jewish_community
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Madras Jews
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Chennai
gptkbp:cemeteryStatus relocated
gptkbp:contributedTo trade in Madras Presidency
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:declinedAfter assimilation
migration to other countries
gptkbp:historicalPresence 16th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jewish community in Chennai
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Tamil
English
Portuguese
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Chennai
gptkbp:notableEvent granted land for synagogue by British authorities
helped British East India Company
gptkbp:notableMembers gptkb:Isaac_Sardo
Bartolomeo Rodrigues
Jacques (Jaime) de Paiva
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:business
diamond trade
coral trade
gptkbp:populationCurrent very small
gptkbp:populationPeak 17th century
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Baghdadi_Jews
gptkb:Cochin_Jews
gptkbp:synagogueBuilt 17th century
gptkbp:synagogueLocation Coral Merchant Street, George Town, Chennai
gptkbp:synagogueStatus no longer exists
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:tomb_of_Rebecca
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8