Old Mission Church, Kolkata
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Old Mission Church is the oldest Protestant Church, and the second oldest church in Kolkata. The Church is situated at R. N Mukherjee Road in Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Front gate of Old Mission Church
Robert Clive
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Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, also known as Clive of India, was the first British Governor of the Bengal Presidency. Clive has been widely credited for laying the foundation of the British East India
Old Mission Church, Kolkata
…Protestant Church, and the second oldest church in Kolkata. The Church is situated at R. N Mukherjee Road in Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal. Lord Clive invited John Zachariah Kiernander, a Swedish Lutheran missionary from south India to settle in Kolkata to promote Christian knowledge. Kiernander started…
Robert Clive in the dress uniform of a British officer (c. 1770s). Although Clive never held a commission in the British Army, officers of the Bengal Army, which was part of the East India Company Armies, wore similar uniforms.
St Mary's Church, Market Drayton, whose tower Clive is reputed to have climbed
Clive House at Fort St. George, Chennai
Plaque at Clive House