Pulney Andy

1831 (age 78)

Tiruchirappalli

He also conceived and established the in Madras in 1886. He received his degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Saint Andrews in 1860. In 1862, he became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and returned to India. He received a special appointment from the Madras government as superintendent of vaccination and was posted to the Malabar. During his appointment he published several scientific papers in various journals including The Protective Influence of Vaccination and On Branched Palms in Southern India. He also studied the efficacy of neem leaves in curing small pox. However he did not join a church. In an effort to unite the various Christian denominations extant in India at the time he conceived and established the on 12 September 1886 in Madras, a movement that would be rooted in Indian culture and symbolism. The movement did not garner much support from either Western missionaries or Indian Christian pastors. According to the missionaries, this church would result in a proliferation of new sects and would sap existing churches of their support. Indian pastors were also opposed generally to the idea because according to Andy, they would rather depend on foreign missions than on local support. The movement lost momentum in 1898 and faded rapidly after Andy"s death in 1909. Andy also held the post of editor of the newspaper Eastern Star and was a driving force behind the establishment of the masonic lodge, Lodge Carnatic. Established in 1883, the Carnatic Lodge of which Andy was the second Master, was the first lodge with a primarily Indian membership. Chennai Egmore railway station was built in 1900 on land purchased from him by the South Indian Railway.

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Senjee Pulney Andy was born in 1831 in Tiruchirappalli or Trichinopoly as it was known then

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He graduated from Madras Christian College in 1859 and left to England where he registered for a medical degree.

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He also conceived and established the in Madras in 1886. He received his degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Saint Andrews in 1860. In 1862, he became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and returned to India.

He received a special appointment from the Madras government as superintendent of vaccination and was posted to the Malabar.

During his appointment he published several scientific papers in various journals including The Protective Influence of Vaccination and On Branched Palms in Southern India. He also studied the efficacy of neem leaves in curing small pox.

However he did not join a church. In an effort to unite the various Christian denominations extant in India at the time he conceived and established the on 12 September 1886 in Madras, a movement that would be rooted in Indian culture and symbolism.

The movement did not garner much support from either Western missionaries or Indian Christian pastors.

According to the missionaries, this church would result in a proliferation of new sects and would sap existing churches of their support. Indian pastors were also opposed generally to the idea because according to Andy, they would rather depend on foreign missions than on local support. The movement lost momentum in 1898 and faded rapidly after Andy"s death in 1909.

Andy also held the post of editor of the newspaper Eastern Star and was a driving force behind the establishment of the masonic lodge, Lodge Carnatic.

Established in 1883, the Carnatic Lodge of which Andy was the second Master, was the first lodge with a primarily Indian membership. Chennai Egmore railway station was built in 1900 on land purchased from him by the South Indian Railway.

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