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It grew into a college in 1899. The college is presently run by the Lucknow Diocese of the Church of North India and is managed through the St. Andrew�s College Association and its Governing body comprising the experienced educationists and a few leading citizens of Gorakhpur under the Chairmanship of the Bishop of Lucknow. Gorton, a retired civilian gave money from a fund to form a special endowment for the Himalayan Mission. C.M.S. had a small mission statement in the Himalayas. Michael Wilkinson was the real founder of Gorakhpur Mission. He built a small parsonage and laid the foundation of the church. Roberts Merltins Bird, one of the eminent civilians of his generation was largely responsible for devising the system of assessing and collecting the land revenue in Upper India. In 1823 he was stationed at Gorakhpur, in the extreme North East of the region, the borders of Nepal. In 1826, this Church was open to both English and Indian Services. The missionaries were able to proselytize many in the region and Bettiah became the epicenter of the Roman Catholic families. In those days barren malarial jungles infested Gorakhpur all around. The then Governer General of India Lord William Bentick donated 1500 acres of this land to the patronage of Church Missionary Association of Gorakhpur. It was done on a nominal rent and the latter took the uphill task of clearing and cultivating the whole land in its own hand. It was able to shoulder the mantle for 500 or 600 acres of land and with the aid of grants a 'Gospel Town' was built in Basharatpur.
