Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1. Theoretical Contestations on 'Diaspora' Chapter 2 The Emergence of the Armenian Trade Diaspora in India: Different Modalities of the Diasporic Being within the Empire in the 17th-18th centuries 2.1. Emergence of the Armenian Trade Diaspora 2.2. The "Middlemen": Different Modalities of the Diasporic Being within the Empire Chapter 3 Emergence of Nationalist Texts within the Armenian diasporic community in India (18th-19th centuries) 3.1.

Contestations on 'Nation' and 'Nationalism' 3.2. Reading Azdarar and the Autobiography of Joseph Emin 3.3. Trap of Glory as the institutionalization of Republican Constitutionalism Chapter 4 Ideas of Home and Nation within the Armenian Community in India in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: Reflections on Genocide 4.1. The study of the Armenian diasporic community through the Census: late 19th and early 20th centuries 4.2.

Overview of the Armenian Genocide: Indian Media Response 4.3. The Armenian Association of Calcutta and the Need for a Political Paper Chapter 5 Understanding Complex Diasporic Identity among the Armenians in Calcutta (Kolkata) 5.1. The Armenian Church: Shifting Centres 5.2. Diasporic Identity of the Armenians in Calcutta Conclusion.