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Armenians

Kolkata’s Armenians live life to the fullest

Even before the British, the Armenians arrived in Bengal to escape the organized persecution of their ethnic group under the Ottoman Empire. Torn by conflict, the Armenians were devout followers of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church (in pix). With a penchant for entrepreneurship, the community prospered in Calcutta.

Glorious diversity

No other Indian city, not even Mumbai is as diverse as Kolkata and when scholars and historians look at India…