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      "chunk_data": "In the year 1818 a college was established at Serampore by William Carey and his colleagues. The objects given below are taken from the first college prospectus (1818), pp. 9-10. Cited in Sunil Kumar Chathopadhyaya, Banglar Nabajagarane William Carey Otar Parijan (William Carey and his Associates in the awakening of Bengal), Appendix XI.",
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