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[[File:StevensonChurchPachamba.jpg|225px|thumb|Stevenson Memorial Church, Pachamba]] | [[File:StevensonChurchPachamba.jpg|225px|thumb|Stevenson Memorial Church, Pachamba]] | ||
Pachamba has one of the oldest [[Church (building)|churches]] of [[East India|Eastern India]]. The Church is called the Stevenson Memorial Church.<ref name="Sinha 1993 p. 123" /> In the year 1871, Rev. (Dr.) Archibald Templeton, M.D., came to Pachamba to serve these tribal areas under the “[[Santal]] [[Mission (Christian)|Mission]] of the [[ | Pachamba has one of the oldest [[Church (building)|churches]] of [[East India|Eastern India]]. The Church is called the Stevenson Memorial Church.<ref name="Sinha 1993 p. 123" /> In the year 1871, Rev. (Dr.) Archibald Templeton, M.D., came to Pachamba to serve these tribal areas under the “[[Santal]] [[Mission (Christian)|Mission]] of the [[Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900)|Free Church of Scotland]]”. This mission also set up the first [[hospital]] in Pachamba. The church was named after one of the mission doctors, William Henderson Stevenson, who died of fever. | ||
From the late 19th century till mid-20th century, Pachamba was home to [[mica]] related activities, with a number of mica-trading and exporting business houses located there, including the business house, which became famous as [[Mica Kings]] during the period between the [[First World War]] and the [[Second World War]]. | From the late 19th century till mid-20th century, Pachamba was home to [[mica]] related activities, with a number of mica-trading and exporting business houses located there, including the business house, which became famous as [[Mica Kings]] during the period between the [[First World War]] and the [[Second World War]]. | ||