Miles Bronson
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 122 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5148-1642-2
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Miles Bronson, one of the pioneer American Baptist missionaries worked in Assam, arrived at Sadiya in Assam on 8 July 1838. In the previous year, Nathan Brown and O.T. Cutter landed at Sadia with their families with an object to go to Northern Burma and South China through Sadiya. Initially as part of their mission, they worked among the local peoples by establishing schools both for boys and girls, writing books in their languages and preaching Christianity in and around Sadia. After staying more than about a year, Bronson left Sadia and moved to Jaipur in May, 1838. Jaipur, a place on the bank of the Burhidihing River, was an important strategic point for the Company Government because of its link road with Burma. Jaipur had connections with adjoining hills including that of Namsang. After the British occupation, the place also became important for large scale tea plantation. At Jaipur, Bronson opened a school with help of Captain S.F....