A National Public Hearing on Dalit Human Rights was held in India in April under the auspices of the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights. The dalits, or "untouchables", are the lowest caste in traditional Indian society, and were deprived of even the most basic human rights for centuries.
07 July 2000
A new Centre for Human Potential Development for the Church of North India (CNI) was inaugurated on 28 March 2000. All the dioceses of the church were represented at the event, led by the Moderator of the CNI, the Most Revd Vinod Peter.
08 June 2000
The General Secretary of the Church of South India, the Revd G Dyvasirvadam, inaugurated the Triennial Sunday School Rally for special children recently, sponsored by the church's Christian Education Department.
30 May 2000
The Rt Revd Karam Masih, Bishop of Delhi, has been awarded the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini Award 2000, which recognises his outstanding contribution to human rights, Dalit causes, gender justice and interfaith relations.
12 May 2000
This unprecedented storm hit the coastal area causing widespread flooding several miles inland, claiming thousands of human lives and making many more homeless.
28 March 2000
Christian Dalits suffer a degree of social and legal discrimination that is not imposed on Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist Dalits.
11 March 2000
Army chaplain Revd Henry Fischer founded the church of St John the Baptist, Meerut, India, in 1819 as a garrison church. After three years of construction, the building was consecrated in 1824 by the Rt Revd Reginald Heber, the then Bishop of Calcutta.
08 March 2000
Earlier this year the 26th diocese of the Church of North India came into existence. Pune Diocese was formed out of part of the Diocese Kolhapur.
19 November 1999
In December 1984 40 tonnes of methyl isocynate, hydrogen cyanide and other lethal gases leaked from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, India. Within hours, 8,000 people were dead, 500,000 more sustained permanent injury, and land and water were catastrophically contaminated.
09 November 1999
The Rt Revd William Moses, Moderator of the Church of South India believes that Indian Christians have much to give to the Anglican Communion, especially in terms of ecumenical and mission leadership.
14 September 1999