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3 unusual facts about Pettah


Pettah

Pettah of Ahmednagar, A fortified town outside the Fort of Ahmednagar stormed by British soldiers in 1803 during Second Anglo-Maratha War

Pettah, Thiruvananthapuram, a residential suburb of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, India.

Pettah, Sri Lanka

Religions include Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity and various other religions and beliefs to a lesser extent.


Commercial Bank of Ceylon

CBC got Mercantile Bank of India’s branches in Kandy, Galle and Jaffna as part of a deal that would remove the government’s limit on deposit taking in Mercantile’s remaining branches in Colombo and Pettah.

Pettah Market

Most of the businesses in Pettah are dominated by Muslim traders who specialize in gold and jewelry shops.

Sri Lankan place name etymology

The 'Maliban' biscuit brand gets its name from the Maliban Hotel, which AG Hinni Appuhamy started at Maliban St, Pettah (now AG Hinniappuhamy Mawatha) - originally Maliebaan Straat, named for Maliebaan, the Pall Mall alley in Utrecht.


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