Who among the following belonged to Serampore Mission? 1. William Carey 2. Joshua Marshman 3. William Ward 4. David Hare Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Who among the following belonged to Serampore Mission? 1. William Carey 2. Joshua Marshman 3. William Ward 4. David Hare Select the correct answer using the code given below: Correct Answer 1, 2 and 3 only
The correct answer is 1, 2, and 3.
Key Points
- Serampore Mission (1800-1845)
- It was India's first Christian missionary organization. William Carey and his two associates established this mission on 10 January 1800.
- The Mission started preaching the message of Jesus from two places in the Hughli district.
- The first Catholic Church in this district was established at Bandel in 1599.
- About two hundred years later a Protestant Church was built in Serampore (1800).
- William Carey established this Church and the mission on 17 August 1761.
- It was through his initiative that the Baptist Missionary Society was formed.
- On 24 April 1800, the Serampore Mission Church was inaugurated.
- Carey became the Chief Priest of the Church, while Marshman and Ward were made Assistant Priests.
- This Mission was self-supportive.
- The cost of the missionary activities was borne by Joshua Marshman, William Ward, and William Carey from their own earnings; Marshman from the schools, Ward from the Press, and Carey from his teaching job at the Fort William College. Hence, Option 3 is correct.
Additional Information
- David Hare:
- In 1817, David Hare, who had come out to India in 1800 as a watchmaker.
- He spent his entire life in the promotion of modern education in the country and founded the famous Hindu College.
- Rammohun Roy gave most enthusiastic assistance to Hare in this and his other educational projects.
- In addition, he maintained at his own cost an English school in Calcutta from 1817.
- In this school, among other subjects, mechanics and the philosophy of Voltaire were taught.
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