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Formerly part of Jharkhand-Bihar Section, Bihar Region is a part of the Northern India Union Section of the Southern Asia Division of Seventh-day Adventists. It was organized in 2009. Its headquarters is in Patna, Bihar, India.
Kheroda Bose was the first person to be baptized as a Seventh-day Adventist in India.
Georgia Burrus Burgess was the first Adventist missionary to India (including present India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) and the first single-woman missionary of the Adventist church to a non-Christian country.
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Nanibala Biswas, born in 1885 in a high caste Hindu family in Calcuta (Kolkatta), was the first non-Christian to accept the Adventist message in India in 1896.
Central Maharashtra Conference is an administrative unit of the Western India Union Section in the Southern Asia Division of Seventh-day Adventists. Its headquarters is in Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Formerly part of Upper Ganges Section, Central Uttar Pradesh Region is a part of Northern India Union Section in the Southern Asia Division of Seventh-day Adventists. It was organized in 2018. Its headquarters is in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Gerald J. Christo was the first Indian national to serve as Secretary and President of Southern Asia Division, and represents the transition from expatriate to national leadership at many levels—school, Mission, Union, and Division.
Delhi Metro Region is part of the Northern India Union in the Southern Asia Division of Seventh-day Adventists. It was organized in 2003, and its headquarters are in New Delhi, the capital city of India.
The East Central India Union is the largest union in terms of membership in the Southern Asia Division.
Roland Sylvester Fernando served as pastor-evangelist and executive officer of missions and unions in India, Bangladesh, and Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
Gujarat Conference is a part of Western India Union Section in the Southern Asia Division of Seventh-day Adventists. It was organized in 1994 and its headquarters is in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
A group of people among the Nadars of Tamilnadu observed the seventh-day Sabbath before Adventists arrived in India. The group still exists as the “Hindu Church of Lord Jesus” and still observes the Sabbath.
Judson and Minnie James were the first Adventist missionary in South India.
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Khasi Jaintia Conference is an administrative unit and part of Northeast India Union Section in the Southern Asia Division of Seventh-day Adventists.
Gentry Johnson Koilpillai served as accountant, auditor, and treasurer in Southern Asia, eventually as the first national Southern Asia Division treasurer.
Formerly part of South Bengal Section, Kolkata Metro Region is a part of Northern India Union Section in the Southern Asia Division of Seventh-day Adventists. It was organized in 2018, and its headquarters is in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Gnanaraj Kore served as a pastor-evangelist and church administrator at the Section and Union Level, and in the Sabbath School Department of the Southern Asia Division.
Lasalgaon Seventh-day Adventist Higher Secondary School is a secondary boarding school. Established in 1919, it is located at Nasik District, Maharashtra, India. The school is operated by Western India Union Section of Seventh-day Adventists.
John Last was the first Seventh-day Adventist to be martyred for his faith in India.
Willis and Helen Lowry served in India as pioneer missionaries, church administrators, and Division departmental directors.