https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=St._John%27s_Church%2C_MidnaporeSt. John's Church, Midnapore - Revision history2026-11-08T18:11:58ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._John%27s_Church,_Midnapore&diff=537358&oldid=prevThomasEl: biography2024-12-24T05:16:56Z<p>biography</p>
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[[File:St John’s Church and graveyard complex in Midnapore 15.jpg|thumb|St John’s Church in Medinipur]]<br />
'''St. John's Church, Midnapore''' is a church made by the [[Church Mission Society]] of [[England]]. It was built in 1851 at Sekpura in [[Midnapore]],<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pIMIAAAAQAAJ&dq=st.+john%27s+church+Midnapore&pg=RA1-PA440 |title=REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF BENGAL, 1877-78 |date=1878 |language=en}}</ref> [[Paschim Medinipur district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Next weekend you can be at ... Midnapore |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/next-weekend-you-can-be-at-midnapore/cid/1007218 |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bengal (India) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cxImAQAAIAAJ&q=St+john%27s+church+Midnapore+1851 |title=Bengal District Gazetteers |date=1911 |publisher=Bengal Secretariat Book Departmentôt |language=en}}</ref> There are several notable graves inside the church cemetery. It is under the Diocese of [[Durgapur]], C. N. I.<ref>{{Citation |last=Pinakpani |title=English: St John's Church and the graveyard complex in Sekpura, Midnapore. It was built in 1851 by the Church of England |date=2022-05-04 |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_John%E2%80%99s_Church_and_graveyard_complex_in_Midnapore_07.jpg |access-date=2022-05-12}}</ref><br />
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==Graves==<br />
* [[Amala and Kamala|Amala]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Candland |first=Douglas K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dCpnDAAAQBAJ&dq=St.+John%E2%80%99s+Church,+Midnapore&pg=PA66 |title=Feral Children and Clever Animals: Reflections on Human Nature |date=1995-10-26 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-535614-4 |language=en}}</ref><br />
* Bernard Edward John Burge ([[District Magistrate]] and soldier, assassinated in 1933)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Somen Sengupta |title=Midnapore 1931-33 |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/people/three-graves-at-st-johns-church-midnapore-three-british-district-magistrates-and-one-chilling-account-of-revolution-in-bengal/cid/1959619 |access-date=24 December 2024}}</ref><br />
* James Peddie (District Magistrate and soldier, assassinated in 1931)<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Robert Douglas<ref name=":0" /><br />
* Lucie Mavourneen<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:Tourist attractions in Paschim Medinipur district]]</div>ThomasEl