Q. With reference to Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, consider the following statements;
1.He was a Danish missionary and he arrived in Tranquebar (Tharangambadi), a tiny Danish colony on the east coast.
2.He soon set up a printing press and published studies of the Tamil language and Indian religion and culture..
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: C
Notes:
Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg was born in Saxony in 1682. He was a Danish missionary.
In 1706, he arrived in Tranquebar (Tharangambadi), a tiny Danish colony on the east coast, close to Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu, on the southeast coast of India, as the first Protestant missionaries in that country.
He soon set up a printing press and published studies of the Tamil language and Indian religion and culture. He died in 1719, at age 37.
He left behind a Tamil translation of the Bible, many brief writings in Tamil, two church buildings, the seminary and baptized Christians.
Source: The Hindu
