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The Armenians of Madras: Merchants Who Wrote Themselves Into Tamil Nadu’s History

In the crowded lanes of George Town, wedged between Parry's Corner and the Madras High Court, a narrow street still carries a name that has puzzled generations of Tamil-speaking Chennaiites: Armenian Street, locally corrupted over the centuries into "Aranmanaikaran Street" — the…

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Sikkandar Malai: How a Fallen Sultan Became a Saint at Thiruparankundram

In 1378, Vijayanagara forces killed Sikandar Shah, the last ruler of the Madurai Sultanate, on a hill outside Madurai. His followers buried him there, and the site slowly became a dargah still visited today. This is the story of a sultanate's violent end, a fierce final battle, …

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