NASIK

[s. 540] : An important tswn in Bombay, India, situated on the Godavari River, 89 miles N. W. of Ahmadnagar. It is a famous resort of Hindu pilgrims, and has considerable manufactures of metal wares. Population, The 21,700. Christian village of Sharanpur is one of its outskirts. Station of the CMS (1832), with (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 38 native workers, 1 place of worship, 13 day schools, 1 boarding school, 1 industrial school, 2 orphanages, 1 widows’ home, and 519 profe ed Christians, of whom 190 are communicants. Station also of the ZBM, with (1903) 3 women mi ionaries, 18 native workers, 1 outstation, 6 day schools. 541