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[s. 788] : A town in Madras, India, situated in the N. Arcot district, 82 miles W. of Madras. It was the scene of a ma acre of English soldiers by native mutineers early in the 19th century. The SPCK founded a Christian Church here in 1796. This was neglected after 1803 during about 20 years, until the care of the district was transferred to the SPG in 1835. In 1855 the chapel was sold to the RCA, and since 1885 the SPG has had no mi ion there. Population, Station of the RCA (1854), with (1903) 38,032. 1 mi ionary and his wife, 3 women mi ionaries, 142 native workers, 24 outstations, 27 places of worship, 30 Sunday schools, 28 day schools, 1 boarding school, 1 college, and 1,397 profe ed Christians, of whom 504 are communicants. Also station of the Loventhals Mi ion (Danish), (1872), with (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife and in the 3 native workers. 788