St. John's Church, Midnapore is a church made by the Church Mission Society of England. It was built in 1851 at Sekpura in Midnapore,[1] Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[2][3] There are several notable graves inside the church cemetery. It is under the Diocese of Durgapur, C. N. I.[4]
Graves
- Amala[5]
- Bernard Edward John Burge (District Magistrate and soldier, assassinated in 1933)[6]
- James Peddie (District Magistrate and soldier, assassinated in 1931)[6]
- Robert Douglas[6]
- Lucie Mavourneen
References
- ^ REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF BENGAL, 1877-78. 1878.
- ^ "Next weekend you can be at ... Midnapore". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ Bengal (India) (1911). Bengal District Gazetteers. Bengal Secretariat Book Departmentôt.
- ^ Pinakpani (2022-05-04), English: St John's Church and the graveyard complex in Sekpura, Midnapore. It was built in 1851 by the Church of England, retrieved 2022-05-12
- ^ Candland, Douglas K. (1995-10-26). Feral Children and Clever Animals: Reflections on Human Nature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-535614-4.
- ^ a b c Somen Sengupta. "Midnapore 1931-33". Retrieved 24 December 2024.
External links
- Media related to St. John's Church, Medinipur at Wikimedia Commons