300-year-old Armenian plaque restored

06 April, 2019

CHENNAI: As the mason plasters on the final touches to the concrete border around the 300-year-old Armenian Plaque in Saidapet, social media in Armenia lights up with celebratory messages.

The Plaque, which commemorates the building of the Marmalong bridge in 1726 — the oldest across the Adyar River — by Armenian merchant Coja Petrus Uscan, had disappeared from sight a few years ago owing in part to neglect and to construction work along the Saidapet Bridge. But now, the Armenian consulate in the city, in collaboration with the highways department, has managed to restore the plaque in its original spot.

"In February, a group of 20 Armenians had visited the city and they went to see the plaque," says Shivkumar Eashwaran, honorary consul general of Armenia in Chennai. "They were upset that the plaque was virtually underground. There was an outcry in Armenia and India ," he said. Read more:

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