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'''C.M.S Press''' was the first printing press in [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kerala.gov.in/district_handbook/Kottayam.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-03-11 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090319183020/http://www.kerala.gov.in/district_handbook/Kottayam.pdf |archivedate=2009-03-19 }} Handbook of Kottayam district, published by Geovernment of Kerala</ref> It was established in 1821 by Rev. [[Benjamin Bailey (missionary)|Benjamin Baily]], a British missionary, at Cottayam College, also known as 'Syrian College'. The college was a seat of English general education in the State of Travancore and is regarded as ''the first locale to start English education" in Kerala and the first to have Englishmen as teachers in 1815 itself. Since the missionaries stayed in the residence of Cottayam College, they established the first press in Kerala at 'cottayam College' now called as 'Pazhaya Seminary'or 'Old Seminary' in Chungom, Kottayam. <br />
==History==<br />
The first Malayalam Book printed in Kerala, 'Cherupaitangalku Upakarardham Englishil ninnu Paribhashapedutiya Kadhakal',(which consists of short stories for children translated from English) by [[Benjamin Bailey (missionary)|Benjamin Baily]] was printed at CMS press in Kottayam in 1824. C.M.S Press published complete Malayalam translation of the [[Bible]] in 1842 and a Malayalam- English Dictionary in 1846. [[Njananikshepam]] (in [[Malayalam]]:ജ്ഞാനനിക്ഷേപം), the first printed News paper published in Kerala,<ref>http://www.missionaryresearch.com/PROGAMMES_PROJECTS.htm</ref> has been printed and published from 1848 from this press.<br />
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C.M.S Press undertook printing works in the languages of [[Malayalam]], English, [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Latin]] and [[Syriac language|Syriac]]. C.M.S Press was the first polyglot printing office as well as the first book publishing house in Kerala.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Printing press]]<br />
*[[Church Missionary Society]]<br />
*[[Media in Kerala]]<br />
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