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      "chunk_data": "64. CAREY ON INTER-CASTE MARRIAGE IN SERAMPORE (1803 A.D.)\nThe marriage at Serampore of Krishna Prosad, a Brahmin convert, to the daughter of Krishna Pal, a Sudra, was of great significance in the history of Christianity in Bengal and, indeed of India. Marriage was the point at which caste barriers were most rigid. Carey describes the wedding in his diary. Cited in G. Smith, The Life of William Carey, pp. 127-128.",
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