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Missionary activity in the areas of India controlled by the East India Company was finally permitted with the passing of the Charter Act 1813, sometimes called the East India Company Act 1813, as described from page 75 of [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924022922482#page/n85/mode/2up The government of India; a brief historical survey of parliamentary legislation relating to India] by Sir Courtenay Ilbert 1922 Archive.org. Before that it had been forbidden by the EIC, who did not wish to wish to interfere with the religious convictions of the Indians in case the Company’s trade was jeopardised.
Prior to 1813 the most significant European Protestant missionary activity had occurred in the [[Danish]] enclaves at Tranquebar and Serampore.The very first Protestant missionaries to India went at the instigation of King Frederick IV of Denmark in 1706.<br>
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