Baring Union Christian College

Baring Union Christian College is an postgraduate college in Batala, Punjab, India. It is affiliated with Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar.[1] The campus includes the palace of Maharaja Sher Singh[2]

History

Reverend Francis Henry Baring, a missionary, established Baring Boys boarding school on behalf of the Church Mission Society in April 1878,[3] in the palace of the late Maharaja Sher Singh, known as the "Anarkali". Baring High School was opened in the 1930s. Baring Union Christian College was established in June 1944.[1]

References

"BUCC, Batala - College Profile". www.buccbatala.org.
"The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Regional Briefs". www.tribuneindia.com.
Jeffrey Cox (2002). Imperial Fault Lines: Christianity and Colonial Power in India, 1818-1940. Stanford University Press. pp. 75–. ISBN 978-0-8047-4318-1.

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[coll-1] "BUCC, Batala - College Profile". www.buccbatala.org.

[2] "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Regional Briefs". www.tribuneindia.com.

[Cox2002-3] Jeffrey Cox (2002). Imperial Fault Lines: Christianity and Colonial Power in India, 1818-1940. Stanford University Press. pp. 75–. ISBN 978-0-8047-4318-1.