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    "book_name": "History of Christianity in India: Source Materials",
    "book_author": "M. K. Kuriakose",
    "publisher": "Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge",
    "published_on": "2011"
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      "chunk_title": "Burial Grounds Across Denominations",
      "chunk_data": "117. ECUMENICAL PROBLEMS REGARDING BURIAL GROUNDS (1866 A.D.)\nOne of the ecumenical problems often faced during the 19th century concerned the question of the burial of Christians of other denominations in Anglican cemeteries. The following is part of a letter written from Nowgong, Assam, by the American Baptist missionary Miles Bronson, describing the problem and arrangements that had been made to circumvent it by Bishop Cotton. Cited in the Baptist Missionary Magazine, Vol. XLVII, (1867), pp. 46-47.",
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        "people": [
          "Miles Bronson",
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          "Nowgong",
          "Assam"
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        "event": "The burial of Christians from non-Anglican denominations created an ecumenical problem in Anglican cemeteries.",
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      "chunk_title": "Bishop Cotton Leaves Nowgong",
      "chunk_data": "That good, devoted man of God, bishop Cotton, of Calcutta, has just left us.",
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        "end_month": null,
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        "people": [
          "Bishop George Edward Cotton"
        ],
        "places": [
          "Calcutta",
          "Nowgong"
        ],
        "event": "Bishop George Edward Cotton departed from Nowgong after his visit.",
        "tags": [
          "Religion",
          "Travel"
        ]
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    {
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      "chunk_title": "A Pleasant Episcopal Visit",
      "chunk_data": "His visit has been a pleasant one.",
      "time": {
        "start_year": 1866,
        "start_month": null,
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      "meta": {
        "people": [
          "Bishop George Edward Cotton"
        ],
        "places": [
          "Nowgong"
        ],
        "event": "Bishop George Edward Cotton's visit was described as pleasant.",
        "tags": [
          "Religion",
          "Travel"
        ]
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    },
    {
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      "chapter_name": "117. Ecumenical Problems regarding Burial Grounds",
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      "chunk_title": "Concern Over Cemetery Consecration",
      "chunk_data": "The Episcopal ceremony of consecrating the public burial ground here being about to take place, I wrote him, stating that the burial ground had from the first been open to Christians of all denominations, and that, in consequence, we had children, missionary associates and friends buried there; and, in case the act of consecration would in future debar us from the right of sepulture there, in behalf of the mission",
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        "start_year": 1866,
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        "people": [
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          "Nowgong",
          "Assam"
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        "event": "Miles Bronson wrote to Bishop George Edward Cotton about the impending consecration of Nowgong's public burial ground and the possible exclusion of Christians from other denominations.",
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