Christianity and Health and Educational Development in South Travancore The Work of the London Missionary Society from 1890-1947

includes index and biblioraphy

1. The Historical Context of South Trav ancore ...........1 Geographical Sketch of South Travancore ........2 The political Structure of South Travancore ...........4 The Social Context and Customs ...9 Religious Context ........17 2. The London Missionary Society in South Travancore ......23 Christianity in South Travancore Before 1800 A D ...............24 The London missionary Society ...28 The LMS in South Travancore ...............32 3. Health Care Mission in South Travancore ...........53 The biginning of Health Care Mission .........54 Progress of Health care mission .......55 Impact of health care Mission ..........60 Administrative Growth of Health Care Mission .........72 4. Educational Mission in South Travancore .....77 Education in India .............77 Development of Educational Mission .........81 Schools for Girls ........85 High School Education ......87 Health education ......90 College Education ........92