What relation was bitween bàlaji baji rao peshwa and jews of cochin and old bombay?
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Cochin Jews (also known as Malabar Jews or Kochinim, from Hebrew: יהודי קוצ'ין Yehudey Kochin), are the oldest group of Jews in India, with roots that are claimed to date back to the time of King Solomon.[2][3] The Cochin Jews settled in the Kingdom of Cochin in South India,[4] now part of the state of Kerala.[5][6] As early as the 12th century, mention is made of the Jews in southern India. The Jewish traveler Benjamin of Tudela, speaking of Kollam (Quilon) on the Malabar Coast, writes in his Itinerary: "...throughout the island, including all the towns thereof, live several thousand Israelites. The inhabitants are all black, and the Jews also. The latter are good and benevolent. They know the law of Moses and the prophets, and to a small extent the Talmud and Halacha."[7] These people later became known as the Malabari Jews. They built synagogues in Kerala beginning in the 12th and 13th centuries.[8][9] They are known to have developed Judeo-Malayalam, a dialect of Malayalam language.
Cochin Jews
יהודי קוצ'ין