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|coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=23.59,89.83&z=13&t=h&hl=en 23.59°N, 89.83°E]
|altitude= 6 metres (20 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faridpur_District Faridpur]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaka_Division Dhaka Division]
{{Places of Interest|title=Faridpur|name=Faridpur |link=xxxxx}}
'''Faridpur''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_058.gif Faridpur District] in the Dacca Division of Bengal during the British period. [[See [[Bengal Districts]].
There was a Baptist mission located here, which seems to have been established c 1882 by the South Australian Baptist Foreign Missionary Society, which became the Australian Baptist Foreign Mission Society. There were related missions at [[Comilla]] and [[Pabna|Pubna]]
