It was established on October 16, 1794, in the city of Madras (now Chennai) in India by Father Harutyun Shmavonyan.

[4] The monthly covered mainly cultural and historical issues.

During that period, Father Shmavonian published 18 issues, 965 pages in total.

[5] Azdarar is a publication under the same name has resumed in 2007, in Kolkata (Calcutta), India, after 210 years of the cessation of the original publication, as an initiative of Armenian-American astrophysicist Nora Andreasyan-Tomas.

[6] Azdarar is being published monthly in Calcutta, whereas the original historic publication was in Madras.