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| {{short description|Church in Danapur Cantonment, Bihar State}}
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| {{Infobox historic site|name=Saint Luke's Church|image=Saint_LukeChurch.jpg|caption=St Luke's Church , Danapur Patna , Bihar|location=[[Dinapur Cantonment]], [[Patna]], [[Bihar]]|coordinates={{coord|25.636542|85.0338506|region:IN}}|built=1827-1830<ref name="times" />|time=}}
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| '''St. Lukes Church''' is located at [[Danapur Cantonment]] in [[Danapur]], a satellite town of [[Patna]] in the Indian state of [[Bihar]]. It is around 10 kilometers from [[Jay Prakash Narayan Airport]]. It is more than 200 years old, and has stood on the site through the most turbulent times in Indian history.
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| The building is typical of [[Architecture_of_India#British_Colonial_Era:_1757–1947|19th century British colonial architecture]]. It is now within the grounds of the [[Bihar Regiment|Bihar Regimental Centre]] and is maintained by the Indian Army.
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| Reverend Henry Frank Fulford Williams (1885-1966)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F32131|title=Williams, Henry Frank Fulford (1885-1966), clergyman and antiquary|publisher=The National Archives|website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref> served as a chaplain in Bengal from 1913 until 1935, and was chaplain at St. Lukes for part of his tenure.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Williams|first=H. Fulford|date=1 July 1927|title=A Century and a Half of an Indian Parish|journal=Theology|language=en-US|volume=15|issue=85|pages=18–25|doi=10.1177/0040571x2701508504|s2cid=171634580|issn=0040-571X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb29-eulms145|title=Papers of Henry Frank Fulford Williams relating to the history of India - Archives Hub|website=archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oKAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA294|title=Statistical, Sanitary, and Medical Reports For The Year 1862|publisher=Army Medical Department|year=1864|language=en|page=294|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/oldsite/brrrkg/archive/papers/overview.html|title=Henry Frank Fulford Williams, a Chaplain in Bengal 1913-35|last=|first=|date=|website=Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge|url-status=dead|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
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| == History ==
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| The [[East India Company]] set up a military station here due to its location on the bank of river [[Ganges]] at a junction with other rivers like the [[Son River]] from the south and the [[Ghaghara]] and [[Gandaki River]] from the north. Rivers were important transport routes before railways were built in India.
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| The British built a church at the station to provide for the spiritual needs of its servants and medical aid. The construction of the church started in April 1827 by Captain I Thompson of British Engineers. It was completed in 1830 under the guidance of Captain W Sage of the 48th Native Infantry.<ref name="times">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Danapurs-silent-sentinels/articleshow/5713238.cms|title=Danapur's Silent Sentinels|date=22 March 2010|first=Kumod|last=Verma|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref> It was later named St. Lukes Church of Patna.
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| During the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], a number of barracks were constructed around the church to provide shelter for the soldiers.<ref name="fab">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fabhotels.com/blog/churches-in-patna/|title=Top 6 Churches In Patna {{!}} List of Churches in Patna Bihar - FabHotels|date=2019-04-22|website=FabHotels Travel Blog|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-28|first=Meenakshi|last=Taheem}}</ref>
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| The [[Belfry (architecture)|belfry]] was a later addition. It was designed by Frederick William Alexander De Fabeck, an assistant surgeon in the [[Bengal Army]], and built in 1862.<ref name="belfry">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Danapur-churches-mute-witness-of-good-bad-times/articleshow/592453435.cms|title=Danapur churches mute witness of good, bad times|date=30 September 2001|first=Kumod|last=Verma|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref>
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| The Bihar Regimental Centre took over responsibility for the building from the [[Church of North India]] in 1947.<ref name="belfry" />
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| == References ==
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| [[Category:Churches in Bihar]]
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| [[Category:Church of North India church buildings]]
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