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    The Search for One Family’s History
    The Search for One Family’s History
    The Search for One Family’s History
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    The Search for One Family’s History

    By S. Chandra Mohan

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    This is the unique story of more than five generations of Malaysians and Singaporeans who originated from South India and settled first in British Malaya and later in what was then the crown colony of Singapore. It is a remarkable personal tale of the efforts to trace the original village of their ancestors in a remote part of Trichy in South India, a task made difficult by the passage of time and the lack of a common family surname for people of South Indian origin. It is also a poignant tale of the trials and tribulations of one family in a foreign land, put together with painstaking research. It is a welcome addition to Asian literature as very few narratives exist of the family history of South Indian Tamils in Singapore and Malaysia.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPartridge Publishing Singapore
    Release dateJan 19, 2022
    ISBN9781543768404
    The Search for One Family’s History
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    S. Chandra Mohan

    The author, the great-grandson of poor immigrants from South India, rose from humble beginnings to become a senior District Judge of Singapore and the head of several legal service departments. In 1999 he was conferred the Public Administration Medal (Gold) by the Singapore Government He is currently an adjunct law professor at the Singapore Management University.

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