The Holy Redeemer Church located in Ambala Cantt area is among one of the most famous Christian places of worship here. This church  came up in 1848, under the British rule. That time the East India Company, a proxy ruler of the Crown,  transferred its troops from Karnal to Ambala.  This place assumes strategic importance as it is closer to many regions, including Sind and NWFP (North west Frontier Province, now in Pakistan) Lord Ripon, an efficient British administrator,  was the only Catholic Viceroy of India and he is  said to have paid a visit to this vintage Protestant church while he was on his way to Shimla on official assignment. Because of vagaries of weather and other factors, this church collapsed  and in its place a new one was built in 1905. In 1956 the church was handed over to the Redemptorist group. The church is set in a picturesque place with lots of greenery around.