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Founded by Gottfried Weigle.1
Private company
Basel Mission Press
First printing press in Karnataka, India
Basel Mission Press is the first printing press of coastal Karnataka and was established in 1841 at Balmatta, Mangalore, India. This printing press was gifted to Gottfried Weigle by Basel Mission of Switzerland who had been to Bombay to get a booklet printed.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Basel Mission Press is the first printing press of coastal Karnataka and was established in 1841 at Balmatta, Mangalore, India. This printing press was gifted to Gottfried Weigle by Basel Mission of Switzerland who had been to Bombay to get a booklet printed.2
Leadership
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- FounderGottfried Weigle1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
- Basel Mission
From Wikidata.1
Links
- WikipediaBasel Mission Press
- WikidataQ25628392
Sources
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- 1WikidataBasel Mission Press on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaBasel Mission Press on Wikipedia