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Begum
Samru inherited
the
Jagir
of
Sardhana
after
her
husband's
death
in
1778.
Subsequently,
she
decided
to
construct
a
Church
at
Sardhana,
dedicated
to Virgin
Mary.
The
construction
of
the
Church
cost
Rs.
4 lakh,
a
huge
amount
in
those
days.
Top
masons
were
paid
the
equivalent
of
25
p.
per
day,
and
the
labourers
in
shells.
Two
huge
lakes
near
the
church
are
the
result
of
the
mud
that
was
removed
to
supply
the
building
material
for
the
church.
Two
dates
are
often
given
for
the
beginning
of
the
church
-
Mr.
K.
M.
Munshi,
the
noted
historian,
gives
the
date
as
1809.
Many
are
inclined
to
follow
this
date
because
a
Latin
inscription
over
the
main
door
of
the
church
puts
its
dedication
in
1822.
The
other
date,
given
by
Fr.
Keegan
in
his
study
of
the
Begum,
is
1820.[4]
Begum
Samru
requested
the
Pope
to
make
Sardhana
an
independent
circumscription.
In
1834, Pope
Gregory
XVI established
the
Apostolic
Vicariate
of
Sardhana
from
the
Apostolic
Vicariate
of
Tibet-Hindustan
and
appointed
Bishop
Julius
Caesar
Scotti
as
the
Apostolic
Vicar.
The
church
was
the
cathedral
of
Sardhana.
However,
Scotti
was
the
only
Vicar
Apostolic,
and
eventually,
the
Apostolic
Vicariate
of
Sardhana
was
merged
into
the
Apostolic
Vicariate
of
Agra.[5]
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