Hastings Chapel, Kolkata is a historic church situated beside Clyde Road at

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, in the

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History

Hastings Chapel, a Christian

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was founded in 1855 by the

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. It has eight Doric columns. There are four marble plaques having the memory of Mary Sophia, Mrs. Mullens, Rev. James Edward Payne and Rev. John Henry Parker, all are died in Kolkata. Presently the church is running under the supervision of

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Gallery

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References

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