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Serampur
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Serampur or Serampore (both: sĕ'rəmpôr`), town (1991 pop. 177,087), West Bengal state, E central India, on the Hugli River, just N of Kolkata (Calcutta). Founded in 1799, Serampur was the center of Danish colonialism in India. Great Britain purchased the town from Denmark in 1845. Serampur's college (opened 1818) grants degrees in Christian theology.


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5) While they were not considered to be missionaries in their own right, women who had gone to the mission field with their husbands obviously began to fill this gap because in 1805, in a document which set forth the "Principles for the Mission," the male missionaries at Serampore stated their belief that "the assistance of the females who have embarked with us in the Mission" was needed in order to converse with "the wives of native converts .
Telugu Baptist pastors like Puroshottam Choudhary and Das Anthervedy from the Telugu-speaking districts of Madras Presidency were present even before the British Baptist Missionary Society's serampore Mission and the London Missionary Society began their mission.
India also featured prominently with stories about medical mission activities, including stories about the Moorshead Memorial Hospital, Kond Hills, North India, and stories about Christian education at the Serampore College, later University, founded by William Carey.
 
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