of Echmiadzin of the Armenian Apostolic Church some years ago by a group of allumni led by Heros Avetoom. There are presently around 125 children studying there from Armenia, Iran and Iraq and the local Armenian population. There is also the Armenian Sports Club (est. 1890). It is still active. Last names of Armenians settled in India Arakiel Arrathoon Avetoom Aviet Apcar Chater Cheriman de Murat Galstaun Gaspar/Gasper Gregory Jordan Minas Pogose Sarkies Satur Sookias Armen Mehr Seriman Sherimanian Religion Most Armenians in Armenia are Apostolic Orthodox and adhere to the Armenian Apostolic Church and are under the jurisdiction of the Holy See of Echmiadzin. In February 2007, Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians visited India. In Delhi he met with the President of India. He also visited Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata. There are many Armenian Apostolic Orthodox churches in India: Kolkata Armenian Church of Holy Nazareth, Kolkata Armenian Church of St.John the Baptist, Kolkata Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy, Kolkata Armenian St. Gregory's Church, Kolkata The Holy Trinity Chapel (Church of Tangra), Kolkata Other places Armenian Church, Chennai St. Peter's Armenian Apostolic Church, Mumbai St. Mary Armenian Church in Saidabad, Murshidabad Armenia–India relations President Levon Ter-Petrossian visited India in December 1995 and signed a Treaty of Friendship and Co-operation. Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian traveled to India in December 2000. India's Minister of State for External Affairs Mr. Digvijay Singh visited Armenia in July 2003. President Robert Kocharian, accompanied by several Ministers and a strong business delegation, visited India in October–November 2003. The Armenia-India Friendship Society (within the Armenian Society for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries) regularly marks India's Republic and Independence Days. Prominent people Abdul Hai was the Chief Justice of Mughal Empire during the time of Akbar. Khwaja Israel Sarhad was an eminent Judeo-Persian merchant of Armenian origin in Bengal during the late 17th & 18th centuries. He was from New Julfa (Isfahan, Iran), nephew of the renowned Khwaja Fanous Kalantar—in 1688, the latter had affirmed an agreement with the English East India Company in London on behalf of the Armenian nation. He obtained permission from the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1698 that allowed the English to financially acquire from the existing holders the right to rent the three villages of Calcutta, Sutanati, and Govindpore for the grand sum of sixteen thousand rupees. Eliza Kewark or Kevork whose father was Armenian was the wife of Theodore