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'''Hastings Chapel, Kolkata''' is a historic church situated beside Clyde Road at [[Hastings, Kolkata|Hastings]] in [[Kolkata]], in the [[India|Indian]] state of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hastings, the neighbourhood that sums up Kolkata’s colonial past |url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/hastings-the-neighbourhood-that-sums-up-kolkatas-colonial-past |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=Get Bengal |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Walk near the docks that made Calcutta |url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/walk-near-the-docks-that-made-calcutta |access-date=2023-05-08 |website=Get Bengal |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
Hastings Chapel, a Christian [[Missionary Church]] was founded in 1855 by the [[London Missionary Society]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Knight|first=James Blackburn|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kOc2AQAAMAAJ&q=Hastings+Chapel+Kolkata|title=W. Newman & Co.'s Hand-book to Calcutta: Historical and Descriptive|date=1875|publisher=W. Newman|language=en}}</ref> It has eight Doric columns.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dutta|first=Krishna|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UKfoHi5412UC&dq=Hastings+Chapel+Kolkata+established+in&pg=PA69|title=Calcutta: A Cultural and Literary History|date=2003|publisher=Signal Books|isbn=978-1-902669-59-5|language=en}}</ref> There are four marble plaques having the memory of Mary Sophia, Mrs. Mullens, Rev. James Edward Payne and Rev. John Henry Parker, all are died in Kolkata.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Swain|first=Sukhamaya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FZuzDwAAQBAJ&dq=Hastings+Chapel+Kolkata+established+in&pg=PT23|title=Chronicling Calcutta|date=2019-10-04|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-64650-666-8|language=en}}</ref> Presently the church is running under the supervision of [[Missionary Church|United Missionary Church]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hastings Chapel in the city Kolkata|url=https://in.worldorgs.com/catalog/kolkata/baptist-church/hastings-chapel|access-date=2021-08-20|website=in.worldorgs.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Lapp|first=John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hl6CDwAAQBAJ&dq=Hastings+Chapel+Kolkata&pg=PT356|title=Churches Engage Asian Traditions: A Global Mennonite History|date=2011-10-01|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-68099-226-7|language=en}}</ref><br />
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