Some interesting info -on Indian Christian History

52 According to tradition(?), the Apostle Thomas arrives in India and establishes seven congregations.
C189 Pantaenus, a missionary from Alexandria, arrives in India
345 During the Great Presecution in Persia, Thomas a Kana leads 400 Christian refugees to the Malabar coast
883 Anglo-Saxons bishops sent by King Alfred visit the tomb of St.Thomas (Mylapore).
C 1293 Marco Polo stays on the Coromandel Coast, describes to the tomb of St.Thomas as a place of pilgrimage, and visits Christians and Jews in Quilon.
1502 Thomas Christian leaders ask Vasco da Gama for an alliance against Muslim predators
1542 Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier and two Tamil assistants teach the Apostiles Creed, Lord's Prayer, and Ten Commandments to Paravars(fisherfolk on Coromandel Coast), baptizing 10,000 in a single month
1606 Roberto de Nobili begins a 50 year career in the Jesuit Madurai Mission, adopting Brahman culture and becoming a renowned scholar and poet
1653 At Koonen Cross, some Thomas Christians declare independence from Roman Catholic authority
1706 German Pietists Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg and Heinrich Plutschau reach Tranquebar and establish a printing press and charity school
1710 Jesuit missionary Constanazo Giueseppe Beschi begins a spectacular career as the greatest Tamil Scholar of the age
1733 Aaron becomes the first Tamil evangelical pastor in Thanjavur
1750 C.F.Schwartz begins career as a renowned evangelical missionary-statesman-scholar, diplomat, and mentor to leaders of later mass conversion in Tirunelveli
1838 Jesuit order, restored by Gregory XVI, returns to its Madurai Mission after an absence of 64 years
1844 First Synod of Pondicherry launches Catholic reforms
1855 Abolition of slavery in Travancore(kerala) opens the way of mass conversions among untouchables, lower castes, and former slave castes
1876 Naga Christians establish a "Village of refuge" where American missionaries translate Scripture, set up schools, and lay the foundation for movements by which over 95% of Nagas eventually become Christians
1984 H.A.Krishna Pillai, renowned Christian poet, publishes a classical Tamil version of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.
1899 Two Mizos become Christians, five year after missionary arrival. ( Today Mizo Christians make up 86% of the population of Mizoram)
1904 Sundar Singh has a vision of Christ and becomes a wandering Christian sadhu
1905 "Holy Sprit Revival" and speaking of tongues among devout Christian girls at
Pandita Ramabai's Mukti Mission attracts world-wide attention
1912 V.S. Azariah becomes first Indian Anglican bishop: his efforts in Dornakal inspire the conversion of over 200000 Malas and Madigas and provoke conflict with Gandhi
1922 Bishop Tibertius Roche becomes first Indian head of a Latin Rite diocese(in Tamil Nadu)
1927 Amy Carmichael founds Dohnavur fellowship for rescuing child temple prostitutes: becomes friend of Gandhi
1951 Mother Teresa forms the Catholic Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta
1960s Freedom of Religion Acts bolster Hindu efforts to stop Christian conversion
2002 Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Forcible Conversion of Religion Ordinance passed