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Khushal Singh’s personal triumph of 1949 turned to bitter disappointment when, following Indian independence, the CMS decided to withdraw from Batala. Baring Christian College was handed over to an American Presbyterian Church with a new principal, Ranjit M Chetsingh, and Khushal Singh was sent
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Further principals were Dr
Loughlin, Dr McLeod, and Dr. Webster, who was particularly interested in Sikhism. Mr. Clarence McMullin who, for a year, officiated as Principal of Baring Union Christian College, was subsequently Director of the Christian Institute for Sikh Studies – a post he held with
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Nearby, Khushal-Singh saw the now empty and neglected
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Christian College, Batala, Punjab, sprang from the seeds of a simple school founded by Miss Sarah Maria Tucker, in about 1886 for the purpose of teaching children Bible stories. But she also had a profound interest in the welfare of the people of Batala and, locally, she was
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University, the CMS agreed to support him, with a strong recommendation from the Bishop of Lahore. The transformation went ahead. In 1944, Baring
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risking his life on an almost daily basis, found himself running a refugee camp in the grounds of Baring Christian College, where Lady
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