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INTRODUCTION
At any rate, the acquisition of this talented Pandit proved an unparalleled gain for the Christian Mission which owes a considerable portion of the present strength of Indian Christians to his zealous and selfless efforts. In return, appreciative honours and appointments were accorded to him by the Mission and also by the earlier Company Government on various occasions. Only four months after his wife's demise, he was sent to England on 19.4.1854 as tutor-companion to the ex-Maharaja Dalip Singh of the Panjab, who, as a prey to the coalition of the rulers and the missionaries, had been baptized at Fatehgarh on 8. 3. 1853 at the minor age of fourteen, notwithstanding vehement protests from his mother the dowager-Maharani and other Sikh leaders. During his long stay in England in this first trip, N was called for interview by Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and other big personages in admiration of his services to Christianity. His own impressions of the trip were 'all praise and admiration for Britain and all condemnation and pity for India". In 1876 N again sailed for England on a lengthy missionary tour and was this time called there for interview by Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone and several other leaders and scholars. He was recipient of various missionary designations from time to time and was ultimately made a Bishop-Father, probably in 1870. His daughter, rendered motherless soon after her birth, was brought up by the Mission and received her edu
Appreciation from
the Mission and the
Government
1. " वे कहने लगे कि आनन्द और सुम्ब का बसेरा इंग्लिस्तान है और हिन्दुस्तान में ज्वर का बसेरा है । ........ ."--Hindi biography, P. 15, etc
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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