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Foreign Mission Committee formed in 1824. First missionary commissioned to India in 1829. In 1843 the Church of Scotland missionaries in India, with once exception, broke away and joined the Free Church of Scotland. In 1929 the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church of Scotland merged and records were consolidated. The work in India had foreshadowed this union, with most congregations uniting to form the Presbyterian Church in India in 1903.
A useful overview of the various Presbyterian denominations' missionary work in India is found in chapters two and four of [http://www.electricscotland.com/bible/church/index.htm ''The Scottish churches' work abroad''] by JH Morrison (Edinburgh: Clarke, 1927). Biographical details for ordained Church of Scotland missionaries and ministers in India have been extracted from the ''Fasti'' will be found by searching the FIBIS database. Also search the general index of [http://www.ecclegen.com ''Ecclegen''] for historical biographical information for any of the Scottish Presbyterian missionaries and ministers.
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