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A History of Nagas and Nagaland: Dynamics of Oral Tradition in Village. Delhi: Commonwealth Publishers. ISBN 9788171693696. From Google Books. Bhatt, Bipin (2019). A History of Nagas and Nagaland. Chennai: Venus Publications. ISBN 978-9-3878-5101-6
William Pettigrew (5 January 1869 – 19 January 1943) was a British Christian missionary who went to India in 1890, eventually brought western education in Manipur and introducing Jesus Christ to the Tangkhul Naga tribe, inhabiting Ukhrul district and he became the main catalyst for the surge in current christian population in Manipur.
The history of the Nagas dates back centuries, but first appear in written records of Ahom kingdom during the medieval period of Indian history. Aside from developing contacts with the Ahom kingdom, which was established in 1228 in Assam , the Nagas generally lived an isolated existence from the outside world.
Christianity was introduced in the erstwhile Naga Hills to expand colonialism as well driven by missionary fervour which failed to garner numbers in the Brahmaputra Valley. As the new religion started making inroads in the Naga Hills, British administrators-turned-anthropologists started criticising the missionaries for destroying distinctive ...
In various Asian religious traditions, the Nagas (Sanskrit: नाग, romanized: Nāga) [1] are a divine, or semi-divine, race of half-human, half-Cobra beings that reside in the netherworld , and can occasionally take human or part-human form, or are so depicted in art. Furthermore, Nagas are also known as dragons and water spirits.
Clark with his wife, Mary. Edward Winter Clark (E. W. Clark) (February 25, 1830 [1] – March 18, 1913) was an American missionary.Clark is known for his pioneering missionary work in Nagaland and for his work on transcribing the spoken Ao language into a written script.
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During this time the Bronsons had six daughters, [3] including Sophie Bronson Titterington, who wrote several books including a short biography of her sister Maria; [4] [5] Maria went on to work at the school her mother had founded and was part of the Women’s Baptist Missionary Society of the West until her death from cholera at the age of 33.