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Who among the following belonged to Serampore Mission?1. William Carey2. Joshua Marshman3. William Ward4. David HareSelect the correct answer using the code given below:

A.
1 and 2 only
B.
1 and 3 only
C.
1, 2 and 3 only
D.
2, 3 and 4 only

Solution:

The correct answer is 1, 2, and 3.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 InformationDavid 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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