[2] In 1814 the CMS began sending missionaries to India and established mission stations at Chennai (Madras) and Bengal, then in 1816 at Travancore.

The Reverend Henry Martyn wanted to offer his services to the Church Missionary Society, however a financial disaster in Cornwall deprived him and his unmarried sister of the income their father had left for them.

[3] The Indian missions were extended in the following years to a number of locations including Agra, Meerut district, Varanasi (Benares), Mumbai (Bombay) (1820), Tirunelveli (Tinnevelly) (1820) and Kolkata (Calcutta) (1822).

[2][3][8] In 1899, B. Baring-Gould and his daughter Elizabeth oversaw the missions in India and China supporting the development of additional hospitals and schools.

Their work describe the balance between westernized education and medical care versus Christian conversion.

The Revd H. U. Weitbrecht was sent to India in 1875 to be the Vice Principal of St. John's Divinity College, Lahore.

[11] The contribution made by the society in creating and maintaining educational institutions in Kerala, the most literate state in India, is significant.

The Revd Benjamin Bailey was appointed to the Kottayam mission in the Indian state of Kerala in 1816 and in 1821 he established a printing press.