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South Western Territory
India South Western Territory |
Territorial Leaders: Colonels Jayapaul Devarapalli & Colonel Yesudayamma Devarapalli (1st July 2008)
Territorial Commander: Colonel Jayapaul Devarapalli ( 1st July 2008)
Territorial President of Women's Ministries: Colonel Yesudayamma Devarapalli (1st July 2008)
Chief Secretary: Lieut-Colonel Masilamony Ponniah (1st July 2008)
Territorial Secretary for Women's Ministries: Lieut-Colonel Sathiabama Ponniah (1st July 2008)
Territorial Headquarters:
The Salvation Army, Kowdiar
Postal address: PO Box 802, Kowdiar, Trivandrum 695 003, Kerala State, India
Tel address: Salvation, Trivandrum; tel [91] (0471) 2314626/ 2723238; fax: [91] (0471) 318790;
email: isw mail@ISW.salvationarmy.org
Salvation Army work commenced in the old Travancore State on 18th March 1894 by Captain Yesudasen Sanjivi. He was a convert from a high caste Brahmin family. His son Colonel Donald A. Sanjivi became the first Territorial Commander from Kerala.
The work spread to other parts of the state through the hard work of pioneer officers, including Commissioner P. E. George. India South Western Territory came into being on 1st October 1970 with the bifurcation of the Southern India Territory, having Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) as the headquarters which comprises the Malayalam-speaking state of Kerala.
 State included in the territory: Kerala
'The Salvation Army' in Malayalam: Raksha Sainyam; in Tamil : Retchania Senai
Languages in which the gospel in preached: English, Malayalam, Tamil
Periodicals: Home League Quarterly (Malayalam/English); The Officer (Malayalam); Youdha Shabdam (Malayalam); Yuva Veeram (Malayalam)
Some of the residents at a home for girls.
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