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The city of Nagpur, in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra is home to many old churches built during the early colonial period under the East India company's rule. Though many of the European missionaries landed in India with a view to spreading the
Gospel of Love as propounded by Christ, a preponderance of them like Stephen Hislop, founder of
Hislop college, Nagpur, Fred Schwartz of Thanjavur- Tiruchi of Tamil Nadu and a host of other missionaries focused more on western education and making it available to the people of all communities including those from the lower strata of the society. More than 1200 to 1600 years ago the Indians were quite well versed in the areas like maths, astrology, astronomy, architecture, medicine etc. However, the system of western education was new to them. The Scottish man who was instrumental in the spread of western education in the Vidharbha area was Stephen Hislop, a young missionary.
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All Saints’ Cathedral of Nagpur founded by Col. Elliot in 1851 was designed by John Harley Maxwell (1822-1892), a native of Glencairn, Scotland. The eldest son of Alexander Harley he was with Bengal Engineers and worked in many places across India like Punjab, Gwalior. Using the church of England as a model, he followed the Victorian style of architecture for this church. After retirement from services in the English company in India, the Maxwells resided at Portrack Mansion House in Dumfries, Scotland with a staff of five female and two male servants.
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Standing across the VCA stadium, the church forms an important land mark in the locality with its unique English style of design in this part of the city.. As there was a growing demand for additional churches in this part, some churches came up later to meet the demand. The church has impressively designed stained glass paintings depicting .angels. Chandeliers, furniture and church bell - all of them were imported from Britain. One of the rooms in the premises has lots of information on the military history of the English company, visitors to EIC etc.
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