Title
Identity card, of Ramasamy Chettiar Yeggammai Achi A/P Lakshmanan Chettiar
Year/Period
3 November 1971
Region
Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia
Material
Paper
Dimension
Object Size: 7.0 x 10.8 cm
Accession No.
2016-00191
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Professor Karunanithy
NLB Type
Document
The region of Chettinad in Southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu is the region of origin of the Chettiar community of business or the Vaishya caste. The Nagarattar Chettiars are am ong the early Indian migrants to the Southeast Asian region with business establishments in Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia and Singapore. Their migration and establishment of money lending business in Singapore-Malaya in particular are of special significance to the Indian Heritage Centre (IHC). Their presence in the Straits Settlements can be traced to the early 18th century onwards. This is a collection of travel documents, photographs and horoscopes from the family of Ramasamy Chettiar.
