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Above image: Photo of the exterior of the Free Church of Scotland Mission School at Nagpur in Maharashtra from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections: India Office Series (Volume 46), taken by an unknown photographer in c. 1870...................
It is a classical European style building with a fine facade and pedimented tetrastyle Tuscan portico with 4 thick cylindrical columns that support the wide portico. The high sloping roof extends throughout up to the portico. The advantage of wide portico was to prevent outside radiation and rain water and promote good airaton inside the building. The inmates will be comfortable indoors in the hot season. The flat roofed building on the right side has windows with spacious sunshade in the front portion. On the rear side iyt ha tilled roofing.
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This mission schools came up here after the arrival of Scottish missionary Alexander Duff of the first Free Church of Scotland missionary in India in 1830 to promote English education to boys and girls. Much importance was given to girls and women's education for those from the lower strata of the society. . The Imperial Gazetteer of India states, "Much assistance has been given to the cause of female education by mission schools and mission classes for home teaching. The promotion of education among children of the lowest castes, both male and female, was beset with many problems. Many of the mission and private schools were aided by grants from public funds awarded on the results of industrial tests.There were well-maintained government school for girls.
Free Church of Scotland Mission Orphanage at Nagpur in Maharashtra ASI photo taken by an unknown photographer in c. 1870. View from the garden toward the orphanage buildings. You can see a gathering of inmates and staff in front of the building.
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