{"id":15631,"date":"2016-12-29T20:44:34","date_gmt":"2016-12-29T20:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=15631"},"modified":"2016-12-29T21:28:33","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T21:28:33","slug":"oldest-atlanta-indian-american-alamelu-amma-passed-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/oldest-atlanta-indian-american-alamelu-amma-passed-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Oldest Atlanta Indian American Alamelu Amma had Tough Journey from Rangoon to India to USA"},"content":{"rendered":"
Be it a common man or a dignitary, everyone has a story to tell. Some stories of common people travel across geographies, while some remain in obscurity.<\/strong> The latter is true about Alamelu Amma, the oldest Indian American in Atlanta. Her life was an eventful journey from Myanmar to India to USA. She was a witness to the transition of civilization from the colonial era to the modern age.<\/p>\n Yes she was. Not she is. 103-year-old Alamelu Amma breathed her last yesterday (Wednesday, December 28) at Norman, Oklahoma. The oldest in Atlanta Indian community<\/a><\/span>, she is survived by her children and grandchildren. She was born in Yangon (now Rangoon) <\/strong>in 1913, worked in Tamil Nadu and spent her post-retirement life in Atlanta, USA.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Alamelu Amma traced her roots to Kanchipuram or Kanchi, a historical temple town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. She was born and brought up in Burma (then Myanmar).<\/strong> Her father was a chartered accountant. In the 1930s, she was one of the few ambitious Indian women who completed graduation. On completion of her education in Rangoon, she came to Tamil Nadu and joined Kanchipuram Government High School though she was married off to a would-be doctor when she was a teen.<\/p>\n\n