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1 7 lJNepali FieldThere are about a hundred thousand Nepalis in Manipurstate today.Most of them are illegal immigrants fromNepal.The central government of India does not try hard tostop such illegal entry of foreigners into the state, andthere has been some serious strife between the Nepali i rn migrantsand the local peoples, especially the Kukis.The Rev. Kaingul Chongloi, missionary to the Nepalis,was in military service for several years and learnedto speak the Nepali language while in the service.Beforeleaving the military he was converted to Christ and com mittedhimself to the work of evangelism a mong the Nepalis.Mr. Chongloi started his evangelistic work a man 9 th eNepalis in the early 1970s with different church groups.But he was always working closely with Dr. Lunkim. When theGospel Mission Society was organized, the Nepali field wasaccepted as one of the G.M.S. 's; and Mr. Chongloi wasappointed as the missionary in charge.Besides Chongloi,there are four Nepali evangelists working in the field.Mr.Krishnalal Sharma is the general evangelist with pastoraJauthority among the Nepali churches. There are now twelveNepali churches under the G.M.S. of the Kuki ChristianChurch.Conversions among the Nepalis continue at a steadyrate, and at present there are about five hundred NepaliChristians with the G.M.S.For many years Nepal has been closed to missionarywork. Some humanitarian services like medicine and educa-