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{{short description|Village in Gujarat, India}}
{{coord|display=title}}'''Wallacepur''' is a village in the [[Ghogha]] [[Tehsil|Taluka]] of [[Bhavnagar district]], [[Gujarat]], India. It was founded in the 19th century and became the only all-Christian village in Gujarat.<ref name=":Dave2008"/><ref name=":Powers2008">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O5JxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA49&|title=Kites over the Mango Tree: Restoring Harmony between Hindus and Muslims in Gujarat: Restoring Harmony between Hindus and Muslims in Gujarat|last=Powers|first=Janet M.|date=2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-35158-7|page=49|language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
The Ghogha Christian mission was initiated by the Reverend James McKee in 1844 and was a part of the Kathiawar and Gujarat mission establishment started and supported by the [[Irish Presbyterian Mission]].<ref name="pustak44" /><ref name=":1" />

About 1869, Wallacepur was founded on a tract of land near the village of Kareda about {{cvt|11|mi}} southwest of [[Ghogha]] by William Beatty, a missionary at Ghogha from 1867 to 1877. The village was laid out and most of the houses were built by Beatty. He also built a church with a bell in 1871. The village was named after James Wallace, who had been appointed a missionary at Ghogha in 1845 and later at Surat. Wallace had retranslated scriptures, and written an educational textbook and some Gujarati tracts.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/indianmissionary00badl|title=Indian Missionary Directory and Memorial Volume|last=Badley|first=B. H. (Brenton Hamline)|publisher=Methodist Publishing House|others=Princeton Theological Seminary Library|year=1886|edition=3rd|location=Calcutta|pages=183–185|chapter=The Irish Presbyterian Mission}}</ref><ref name="pustak44" /><ref name="Dave2014" /><ref name=":0" />

Additions to the village were made by the Reverend George T. Rea, who was in charge of the mission afterwards.<ref name="pustak44" /> In 1871, a number of Christians came from Gujarat and settled. At the time, there were eight houses, a church with a bell, a resthouse, a missionaries house, a public well, and a cattle pond.<ref name="pustak44">{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad|year=1886|publisher=Education Societies Press|location=Byculla, Bomabay|page=43|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EL4IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA197|access-date=16 January 2016}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

Most of the villagers were [[Hindus|Hindu]] and later adopted [[Christianity]].<ref name=Dave2014>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2014/india/namo-wave-grips-gujs-christian-village.html|title=NaMo wave grips Guj's Christian village|last=Dave|first=Nayan|date=21 April 2014|website=The Pioneer|access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/highlights/story/raj-samadhiyala-gujarat-narendra-modi-bhavnagar-sardar-patel-190210-2014-04-24|title=Democracy sacred in Gujarat's vote-proud villages|date=24 April 2014|website=India Today|access-date=27 December 2019}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
The village has a population of around 500 people, all of whom are literate.<ref name=":Dave2008">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/An-all-Christian-village-in-Gujarat/articleshow/2697451.cms|title=An all-Christian village in Gujarat|last=Dave|first=Nayan|date=14 January 2008|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref><ref name=":Dave2013">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2013/india/gujarat-parish-an-example-of-peace.html|title=Gujarat parish an example of peace|last=Dave|first=Nayan|date=11 October 2013|website=The Pioneer|language=en|access-date=2019-12-27}}</ref> It is the only all-Christian village in Gujarat and all the residents are [[Protestantism|Protestants]].<ref name=":Powers2008"/><ref name=":Dave2008"/> Most men are engaged in farming, while many women have taken up roles as nurses, teachers, and clerks in nearby villages and [[Bhavnagar]].<ref name=":Dave2013"/>

Disputes are settled internally and the village has been crime-free for years. Wallacepur has also been the recipient of the district council's cleanest village awards. The village has a reciprocal arrangement with the nearby village of Kareda, with residents of both attending each other's religious festivals.<ref name=":Powers2008"/>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*[https://brill.com/fileasset/downloads_products/42634_Guide.pdf Church of North India, Gujarat Archives]

[[Category:Villages in Bhavnagar district]]
[[Category:Christianity in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Populated places established in the 19th century]]

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