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guess you missed the "NOT" at the end. Christianity was in Europe long before India unless you consider Iraq and Iran was part of India. NOT. All Indians convert their children to their religion, hence conversion. It does not matter what religion, but they all have converts. Christianity is about conversion and this is what you are against, but fail to reconize. Without the missionaries India would never have heard of Christ Jesus. Yes there are those who are in it for the money, but there are many who are in it because they want to see people saved.

Saved from what? Or who?

HEY..I think you are wrong. Saint Thomas has been to southern India, converted local Brahmin's into Christianity and established a church there. I have visited all that places in kerala. They still have his clothes, the place where he stayed and stuff.
so Christian community in India is as old as any other Christian community :)

Please see the links below to learn more abt Apostle saint thomas in kerala(southern india):

http://www.catholicherald.com/articles/02articles/thomas0711.htm

http://www.acns.com/~mm9n/marthoma/marthoma.htm

http://members.tripod.com/~Berchmans/apostle.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_(apostle)

You are a classic example of a self appointed defender of Christian religion who hardly knows anything about his own religious history. Christianity was first brought to India by Apostle Thomas (one of the twelve disciples of Jesus) almost about the same time when Jesus was crucified and long before Roman Catholicism was even born. The earliest Church in India is actually the burial ground of St. Thomas called St. Thomas's Mount in Mylapur.

The Nestorians and Portuguese came centuries later.

Secondly nobody converts to Hinduism. Not even Hindus converts to Hinduism. In fact there is no such religion called Hinduism. Its a conglomeration of several belief systems which the Brits clubbed together and named "Hinduism". Anybody who considers himself to be part of this civilization in spirit and perhaps also believes in the Vedas (although atheists and agnostics also consider themselves to be Hindus) is a "Hindu". There is no conversion.

"Christianity is about conversion and this is what you are against, but fail to reconize. "

I am against conversion. If Christianity is about conversion (or more importantly if thats how you wish to interpret the tenets of your religion), then I am against it, because in that case its not very different from Islam. Islam is also about conversion. I am sure Christianity is a lot more then just conversion but unfortunately it has been reduced to just that by some bigots.

"Yes there are those who are in it for the money,..... "
There are a many who are in it for a lot more than just money. Its the people who need to be "saved" from such missionaries.