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Christian Educational and Medical Institutions in United Provinces, 1920-1947
Author
Becha Lal
Specifications
  • ISBN 13 : 9789385957499
  • year : 2022
  • language : English
  • binding : Hardbound
Description
The British saw that education including medical was not available to all people in the society in the traditional system. Colonial state felt the need to introduce educational and medical institutions in the United Provinces. Christian missionary societies, with the colonial state's tacit support, started opening educational and medical institutions. The Christian mission in India represented not only a new religion but also a new way of life. Their method of propagation through institutional work in the field of education, medicine, charity, and social change was more pragmatic. They have established a number of public hospitals and dispensaries. The society most involved in education in the mission schools of Agra and Oudh was the church missionary society (C M S); the London missionary society (L M S) and the society for the propagation of Gospel (S P G) the former two were more evangelical in orientation whilst the S P G was the representative of the high Church tradition likes the Catholic Church. Dr. Becha Lal’s work is an attempt at to see how Christian Educational and Medical institutions in united provinces His compelling style and breadth and depth of vision make this book accessible to professional historians, sociologists, and those people interested in the history of management of Christian educational and medical institutions that were established in during colonial period. About the Author Dr. Becha Lal obtained his Ph.D from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar central university. Presently he is already working as a Research Assistant in the department of Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy (CSSEIP), B.B.Ambedkar University Lucknow.