Saigon, Vietnam - A Chetty
An Indian Chetty merchant (or Chettiar) in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam. Chetty is a title used by various mercantile castes in South India especially in Tamil Nadu. In Kannada, the title appears as Setty, Shettar and Shettigar. To this day, Vietnam has a small minority population of about 3000 Tamils
Picture No
10640341
Media ID
45527557
Size
3555px x 5635px
(4.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
1910s
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Caste Castes Diaspora Mercantile Minh Saigon Tamil
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