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"Baka and her cousin Sunder. Baka was baptized at Christmas - she is now a nurse in training." View of two young indigenous ladies, one of which was recently baptised. ❧ Stephen Hislop (1817-1863) was charged, by the Free Church of Scotland, with setting up a mission in Nagpur in 1845 which had been endowed by an army officer, Brigadier W. Hill. Based 10 miles from Nagpur at Kamptee, a military camp situated on the Kanhan River, he taught at the school. He learnt the Marathi (the language of western and central India) quickly and integrated with local people. He had a keen interest in the sciences. He followed the principles of Alexander Duff and set up a vernacular school (1846) which would eventually become the Hislop College. Mrs Margaret Cooper was responsible for much of the Girls orphanages and schools established in Nagpur and St. Ursula’s was set up by her at Sitabaldi with the first girls’ school being established on 10th September 1849. Education at the girls' school was largely improved by Miss Small, who worked at Nagpur from 1882 to 1934. The school was officially recognised by the Government in 1913 and had its building improved in 1923.
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