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General Assembly's School, origin of Madras Christian College

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General Assembly's School, origin of Madras Christian College
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Scottish missionary John Anderson opened the General Assembly's School in Madras, which grew into Madras Christian College.

In 1837 the Scottish missionary John Anderson set up the General Assembly's School in a rented house on Armenian Street in Georgetown, Madras. The school offered English education alongside Christian instruction and attracted Indian students of different castes. It developed into Madras Christian College, one of the oldest extant colleges in Asia. The college later moved to Tambaram.

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