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Hastings Chapel, Kolkata

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Hastings Chapel, Kolkata is a historic church situated beside Clyde Road at Hastings in Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1][2]

History

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Hastings Chapel, a Christian Missionary Church was founded in 1855 by the London Missionary Society.[3] It has eight Doric columns.[4] There are four marble plaques having the memory of Mary Sophia, Mrs. Mullens, Rev. James Edward Payne and Rev. John Henry Parker, all are died in Kolkata.[5] Presently the church is running under the supervision of United Missionary Church.[6][7]

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References

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  1. ^ "Hastings, the neighbourhood that sums up Kolkata's colonial past". Get Bengal. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Walk near the docks that made Calcutta". Get Bengal. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  3. ^ Knight, James Blackburn (1875). W. Newman & Co.'s Hand-book to Calcutta: Historical and Descriptive. W. Newman.
  4. ^ Dutta, Krishna (2003). Calcutta: A Cultural and Literary History. Signal Books. ISBN 978-1-902669-59-5.
  5. ^ Swain, Sukhamaya (4 October 2019). Chronicling Calcutta. Notion Press. ISBN 978-1-64650-666-8.
  6. ^ "Hastings Chapel in the city Kolkata". in.worldorgs.com. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  7. ^ Lapp, John (1 October 2011). Churches Engage Asian Traditions: A Global Mennonite History. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-68099-226-7.
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