List of converts to Christianity from Hinduism explained

This is a list of notable converts to Christianity from Hinduism.

List

Name		Nationality	Notes	Refs
Krishna Mohan Banerjee		Indian	Prominent educator, linguist, and missionary	^[1] ^[2]
Michael Madhusudan Dutt		Indian	Bengali poet.	^[3]
Bobby Jindal		American	former Louisiana governor.	^[4] ^[5]
Rabi Maharaj		Trinidadian-born Indian	former Brahmin guru; founder of East/West Gospel Ministries; bestselling author of Death of a Guru: A Remarkable True Story of one Man's Search for Truth.	^[6] ^[7]
Mohini		Indian	South Indian actress.	^[8]
Sister Nirmala		Indian	succeeded Mother Teresa as Superior General of the Missionaries of Charity in March 1997.	^[9]
Krishna Pal		Indian	first Indian convert to Baptist Christianity due to the missionary activity of William Carey; subsequently preached the gospel for 20 years.	^[10]
Devasahayam Pillai			Official in the court of the King Maharaja Marthanda Varma. Beatified by Pope Benedict XVI.	^[11] ^[12] ^[13]
Predhuman K Joseph Dhar			Kashmiri author, social worker and writer.	^[14]
Francina Sorabji		Indian	Indian women educator.	^[15]
Puroshottam Choudhary			19th century Telugu poet who was the pastor of the Berhampur Church after his conversion.	^[16]
Henry Alfred Krishnapillai			well-known poet in Tamil language.	^[17]

See also

• List of converts to Hinduism from Christianity

Notes and References

1. News: Gabriel . Merigala . Banerjee, Krishna Mohan . The Oxford Encyclopaedia of South Asian Christianity . Oxford University Press . 2011 . en . 10.1093/acref/9780198073857.013.0097. 31 January 2024 .
2. Book: Hatcher . Brian . Eclecticism and Modern Hindu Discourse. May 1999 . Oxford University Press . 113 . 978-0-19-534413-4 . 24 July 2021.
3. Web site: Biography — Poet Seers . 2012-03-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120207050030/http://www.poetseers.org/the_great_poets/in/dutt/bio/ . 2012-02-07 .
4. News: Bobby Jindal: The immigrant's leap of faith . The New Indian Express.
5. News: Jindal Wins Louisiana Race, Becomes First Indian American Governor . washingtonpost.com . October 21, 2007. 2009-10-05 . Peter . Whoriskey.
6. Rabi Maharaj Death of a Guru: A Remarkable True Story of one Man's Search for Truth.
7. Web site: Death of a Guru: The Story of Rabi Maharaj. 2021-02-19. www.leaderu.com.
8. http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9703/13/india.teresa/ "Indian-born nun to succeed Mother Teresa" at cnn.com
9. News: Sister Nirmala: The apostle of peace in trying times . . 3 February 2009.
10. Book: Neill . Stephen . A History of Christianity in India: 1707-1858 . 2002 . Cambridge University Press . 9780521893329 . 197–198 . 24 July 2021.
11. News: Vatican refuses to change the caste title of Devasahayam Pillai . The Hindu . 13 May 2017 . en-IN.
12. http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/church-beatifies-indias-first-lay-martyr/87222/ Church beatifies India's first 'lay' martyr
13. Web site: Indian martyr, Devasahayam, cleared for sainthood. 22 February 2020. Vatican News. 24 February 2020.
14. Web site: INDIA Kashmiri translation of Bible completed, the work of a convert. AsiaNews.it. asianews.it. 24 May 2017.
15. Book: Mossman . Mary Jane . The First Women Lawyers: A Comparative Study of Gender, Law and the Legal Professions . 31 May 2006 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-1-84731-095-8 . en.
16. Christopher, K. W. “Negotiating the Spiritual: Purushottama Choudhari and Early 19th Century Christian Literature in Telugu.” Indian Literature, vol. 59, no. 1 (285), Sahitya Akademi, 2015, pp. 150–64, http://www.jstor.org/stable/44479273.
17. Web site: Arthur Jeyakumar . D. . Roger E . Hedlund . Jesudas M . Athyal . Joshua . Kalapati . Jessica . Richard . Krishnapillai, Henry Alfred . The Oxford Encyclopaedia of South Asian Christianity . Oxford University Press . en . 10.1093/acref/9780198073857.001.0001 . 2011. 978-0-19-807385-7 .