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Contemporary Christian culture in India draws greatly from the English culture, as a result of the influence and dominance of former British Indian rule, this is evident in the culture of Bombay East Indian Christians, who were the first subjects of English rule, in the erstwhile Seven Islands of Bombay and the adjacent areas of North Konkan.
According to apocryphal records, Christianity in India and in Pakistan (included prior to the Partition) commenced in 52 AD, [1] with the arrival of Thomas the Apostle in Cranganore (Kodungaloor). Subsequently, the Christians of the Malabar region, known as St Thomas Christians established close ties with the Levantine Christians of the Near East.
The Church of the East was the earliest form of Christianity in India, as adopted by the St Thomas Christians of the Malabar region (present-day Kerala) from at least the third century, and possibly much earlier.
The history of Vasai is as old as Christianity itself. Tradition has it that St. Bartholomeo – the apostle of Christ – came to Kalyan which forms part of Thane district in which the Diocese of Vasai is situated. In the 6th century, Kalyan had a bishop elected and sent from Persia.
A History of Christianity in India: 1707–1858. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-89332-9. "Mary Roy Case: Court Gives Key Verdict". Outlook India. 21 October 2010. Pati, George (2019). "2. Place: caste, colonialism, and reforms in Kerala (1870–1924)". Religious Devotion and the Poetics of Reform: Love and Liberation in Malayalam ...
Arumai Nayakam Sattampillai (1823–1918), known popularly as Arumainayagam Sattampillai, Arumainayagam, Sattampillai or Suttampillai (also spelt as Sattam Pillai), a Tamilian convert to the Anglican church, was a catechist and the founder of first indigenous and independent Hindu Church of Lord Jesus, rejecting Western missionaries domination for the first time in the history of Indian ...
A history of Christianity in India, 1707-1858, by Bishop Stephen Neill, Edition: illustrated Published by Cambridge University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-521-89332-1, ISBN 978-0-521-89332-9, 600 pages 'Paul Appasamy, The Centenary History of the C.M.S. in Tinnevelly (Palamcottah: Palamcottah Press, 1923), p58-p62
Christianity is one of the religions in Tripura, a state in North East India. According to the Indian Census 2011, the population of Christians in Tripura is 159,882 or 4.35% of the total population. Christians are mostly found among the indigenous communities of the state such as the Tripuri, Lushai, Kuki, Darlong, Halam etc.