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India is the Army’s oldest missionary field. Frederick St George de Lautour Tucker, of the Indian Civil Service, read a copy of The War Cry, became a Salvationist and, as Major Tucker (later Commissioner Booth-Tucker), took the Indian name of Fakir Singh and commenced Army work in Bombay on 19 September 1882. The adoption of Indian food, dress, names and customs gave the pioneers ready access to the people, especially in the villages. In addition to purely evangelistic work, various social agencies were inaugurated for the amelioration of distress from famine, food and epidemic. Educational facilities such as elementary, secondary and industrial schools, cottage industries and settlements, were provided for the depressed classes. Medical work originated at Nagercoil in 1893 when Harry Andrews set up a dispensary at the headquarters there. The medical work has grown and expanded from this. Work among the then Criminal Tribes began in 1908 at government invitation. The Salvation Army is registered as a Guarantee Company under the Indian Companies Act 1913.
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India Central Territory
States included in the territory: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
‘The Salvation Army’ in Tamil: Ratchania Senai; in Telugu: Rakshana Sinyamu
Languages in which the gospel is preached: Tamil, Telugu, English
Periodicals: Yudha Dwani, Yovana Veerudu, Udyogasthudu, Home League Magazine
India Eastern Territory
Work in the region commenced on 26 April 1917 when Lieutenant Kawlkhuma, the first Mizo officer commissioned in India, returned to start the Army work. He was then joined by a group of earnest believers who shared his vision of an ‘Army like a church, very much in line with The Salvation Army’. India Eastern became a separate command on 1 June 1991, and became a territory in 1993.
States included in the territory: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and the Kingdom of Bhutan
‘The Salvation Army’ in Mizo: Chhandamna Sipai
Languages in which the gospel is preached: Bengali, Bru, Hmar, Manipuri (Meitei), Mizo, Nagamese, Nepali, Paite, Simte, Thadou, Vaiphei
Periodicals: Sipai Tlangau, Young Salvationist
India Northern Territory
The Salvation Army began work in this part of India in 1883. The present territory was established on 1 Jun 1991. The territory is comprised of: the States of Bihar, Harayan, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Orissa, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, the Union Territories of Delhi, Chandigarh, the Kingdom of Nepal and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
‘The Salvation Army’ in Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi: Mukti Fauj
Languages in which the gospel is preached: Bengali, English, Hindi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Santhali, Urdu
Periodicals: Mukti Samachar (Hindi), The Officer (Hindi), Home League Quarterly (Hindi)
India South Eastern Territory
On 1 October 1970 the Tamil-speaking part of the Southern India Territory became a separate entity.
State included in the territory: The southern districts of the State of Tamil Nadu (Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli, Chithambaranar, Madurai, Coimbatore, Nilgiris)
‘The Salvation Army’ in Tamil: Ratchaniya Senai; in Malayalam: Raksha Sainyam
Languages in which the gospel is preached: English, Tamil, Malayalam
Periodicals: Poresatham (Tamil), Chiruveeran (Tamil), The Officer (Tamil), Home League Quarterly
India South Western Territory
The territory came into being on 1 October 1970 with the division of the Southern India Territory into South Western and South Eastern Territories.
State included in the territory: Kerala
‘The Salvation Army’ in Malayalam: Raksha Sainyam; in Tamil: Ratchaniya Senai
Languages in which the gospel is preached: English, Malayalam, Tamil
Periodicals: Youdha Shabdam (Malayalam), Yuva Veeran (Malayalam), The Officer (Malayalam), Home League Quarterly (Malayalam/English)
India Western Territory
States included in the territory: Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh
‘The Salvation Army’ in Gujarati and Marathi: Muktifauj
Languages in which the gospel is preached: Gujarati, Marathi, English, Tamil
Periodicals: The War Cry (Gujarati and Marathi), The Officer (Gujarati and Marathi), The Young Soldier (Gujarati and Marathi), Home League Quarterly (Gujarati and Marathi)
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