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William Carey, Joshua Marshman and William Ward, known as the 'Serampore Trio', are associated with the:
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Answer: Option A — Serampore Mission
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William Carey, Joshua Marshman and William Ward, known as the "Serampore Trio", were Baptist missionaries associated with the Serampore Mission, founded in 1800 at Serampore (Srirampur), near Calcutta.
About Serampore:
- Serampore was then a Danish settlement (Frederiksnagore) on the Hooghly river.
- The English East India Company did not allow missionaries to work in its territories at that time, so the missionaries settled in the Danish territory.
About the Serampore Mission:
- It became an important centre of missionary activity, printing and education.
- The missionaries translated the Bible into many Indian languages, including Bengali, Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi and Odia.
- The Serampore Mission Press printed books in about 40 languages, and helped develop printing in Indian scripts.
- Its printer, Panchanan Karmakar, helped cut Bengali type.
- They published the Bengali newspaper "Samachar Darpan" (1818) and the monthly "Digdarshan".
- They established Serampore College in 1818, one of the oldest colleges in India; it later received the power to grant degrees under a Danish royal charter.
About William Carey:
- He was a shoemaker turned Baptist missionary, who came to India in 1793.
- He became a professor of Bengali and Sanskrit at the Fort William College in Calcutta.
- He also worked for social causes, including opposing sati and infanticide.
Significance:
The Serampore missionaries contributed to the development of Bengali prose, printing and education, though their main aim was to spread Christianity.
NCERT on print:
NCERT notes that the Serampore Mission and the missionaries played an important role in the spread of print in India.
Why not the other options?
- ✗The Brahmo Samaj, the Asiatic Society and Fort William College were other institutions.
Quick tip
Remember: Serampore Trio (Carey, Marshman, Ward) = Serampore Mission (1800; Danish territory; Bible translations; "Samachar Darpan" 1818; Serampore College 1818).
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