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Christianity in West Bengal, India, is a minority religion. According to the 2011 census of India, there were 658,618 Christians in West Bengal, or 0.72% of the population. Although Mother Teresa worked in Kolkata (Calcutta), Christianity is a minority religion in Kolkata as well. West Bengal has the highest number of Bengali Christians. Bengali Christians have been established since the 16th century with the advent of the Portuguese in Bengal. Later in the 19th and 20th centuries, many upper-class Bengalis converted to Christianity during the Bengali Renaissance under British rule, including Krishna Mohan Banerjee, Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Anil Kumar Gain, and . Aurobindo Nath Mukherjee was the first Indian to be Anglican Bishop of Calcutta.

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  • Christianity in West Bengal (en)
  • المسيحية في البنغال الغربية (ar)
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  • المسيحية في ولاية البنغال الغربية الهندية هي أقلية دينية. إذ وفقًا لتعداد السكان عام 2001، وصل عدد المسيحيين حوالي 515,150 نسمة في ولاية البنغال الغربية، أو 0.6% من مجمل السكان. على الرغم من أنّ الأم تريزا عملت وبشرت في مدينة كالكوتا، الاّ أنّ المسيحية هي أقلية في كالكوتا. ولاية البنغال الغربية لديها أكبر عدد من البنغاليين المسيحيين. وقد أنشئت أولى الجماعات المسيحيّة البنغالية منذ القرن السادس عشر مع قدوم البرتغاليين إلى البنغال. في وقت لاحق في القرنين التاسع عشر والعشرين، تحويل العديد من أبناء الطبقة العليا البنغاليين إلى المسيحية خلال عصر النهضة البنغالية تحت الحكم البريطاني، بما في ذلك كريشنا موهان بانيرجي وأنيل كومار ربح. (ar)
  • Christianity in West Bengal, India, is a minority religion. According to the 2011 census of India, there were 658,618 Christians in West Bengal, or 0.72% of the population. Although Mother Teresa worked in Kolkata (Calcutta), Christianity is a minority religion in Kolkata as well. West Bengal has the highest number of Bengali Christians. Bengali Christians have been established since the 16th century with the advent of the Portuguese in Bengal. Later in the 19th and 20th centuries, many upper-class Bengalis converted to Christianity during the Bengali Renaissance under British rule, including Krishna Mohan Banerjee, Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Anil Kumar Gain, and . Aurobindo Nath Mukherjee was the first Indian to be Anglican Bishop of Calcutta. (en)
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