the colony of Jewish traders of Madraspatam. Coral Merchant Street was named after Jewish settlement. De Caster Main Road was named after De Castro family (Portuguese Jew). Notable Madras (Chennai) Jews Jacques de Paiva – The first Madras Jewish community leader, he built the Second Madras Synagogue and Jewish Cemetery Chennai in Madras, Peddanaickenpet. Bartolomeo Rodrigues – Among 12 aldermen who founded Madras Corporation Domingo do Porto – Among 12 aldermen who founded Madras Corporation Alvaro da Fonseca – Among 12 aldermen who founded Madras Corporation Above Four were called four brothers, they had their own garden in which Bartolomeo Rodrigues Tomb was built Plan of Fort St George and the city of Madras in 1726, shows Four Brothers Garden and Bartolomeo Rodrigues Tomb Antonio do Porto – The Colony of Jewish Traders of Madraspatam Pedro Pereira – The Colony of Jewish Traders of Madraspatam Fernando Mendes Henriques – The Colony of Jewish Traders of Madraspatam Avraham Navarro – Prominent Jewish diplomat of East India Company Samuel de Castro – Founder of De Castro Trading house. Salomon Franco – Founder of De Castro Trading house. Isaac Sardo Abendana – Best Diamond Appraiser Isaac Henriques De Castro - Close friend of C. N. Annadurai Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Rabbi Salomon Halevi - Last Rabbi of Madras Synagogue Madras (Chennai) Jewish surnames (partial list) ABENDANA SARDO Cohen De Castro DE PAIVA Franco Halevi Helen Herzberg Henriques De Castro Henriques HEYNEMANN JOSHUA Levi Meyer NAVARRO Pereira RODRIGUES do Porto da Fonseca Mendes Salomón SALOMONS SOFAER Toback WECHSLER Weichmann Wolf Moonien Image gallery See also Gathering of Israel History of the Jews in India Jewish Cemetery Chennai Madras Synagogue Meshuchrarim Jews of Cochin Synagogues in India References Further reading Diamonds and Coral: Anglo-Dutch Jews and Eighteenth-Century Trade New edition by Gedalia Yogev (Author) Renascent Empire?: The House of Braganza and the Quest for Stability in Portuguese Monsoon Asia C.1640-1683 by Glenn Joseph Ames Global Trade and Commercial Networks: Eighteenth-Century Diamond Merchants By Tijl Vanneste Goods from the East, 1600-1800: Trading Eurasia By Felicia Gottmann, Hanna Hodacs, Chris Nierstrasz The Jewish Merchant-Colony in Madras (Fort St. George) during the 17th and 18th Centuries: A Contribution to the Economic and Social History of the Jews in India (Concluded) Walter J. Fischel The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History edited by W. Rubinstein, Michael A. Jolles External links Jews of Kerala The Jews of Chennai Ethnic