[1][4] In 1833, the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Mission of the United States of America sent two missionaries, John C. Lowrie and William Reed, to India (alongside their wives).

[5] After arriving in India, they were advised by fellow missionaries, Alexander Duff and Charles Trevelyan, to target the Punjab and Sikhs in-specific for Christian evangelization efforts.

[5] The British political agent stationed at Ludhiana, Claude Martin Wade, invited the Presbyterian missionaries.

[5] Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the Sikh ruler of the independent Sikh kingdom to the northwest, invited John Lowrie to establish a school in his empire for the offspring of nobles but the plans fell-through because the Maharaja opposed the missionary practice of teaching the Gospel in study of literature and science.

[3] However, Newton and Wilson did not possess the technical know-how on how to operate the printing press, therefore Pierce instructed a Bengali compositor to go along with them.

[3] The printing press was founded by two Presbyterian missionaries, reverends John Newton and James Wilson, in Ludhiana in December 1835.

[5] In early 1836, John Lowrie, the founder of the Ludhiana Mission, returned home due to poor health.

[5] In 1836, a Bengali compositor from the Baptist Mission Press in Calcutta gave instruction to John Newton on mechanical printing.

[2] Many details of Ranjit Singh's personality can be deduced from the articles the newspaper published, such as stories of the Sikh ruler displaying empathy and also harshness to his subjects.

[2] The periodical sometimes reported on events that happened in more distant places, such as Calcutta, Leh, Hyderabad, Multan, Bahawalpur, Baluchistan, Kandahar, Bukhara, and Khyber.

[2] While initially unsuccessful, the mission and its press eventually found success at converting large sections of the Punjabi population, especially the downtrodden segments (such as Chuhras and Meghs), to Christianity.

[5] According to Maninder Kaur, the works published by the Ludhiana Mission Press had an influence on Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims of the Punjab.

[5] The impact of the Christian mission and its press inspired the Hindu Arya Samaj, the Muslim Anjumans, and Sikh Singh Sabha organizations of the late 19th century.