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{{Places of Interest|title=Shillong|name=Shillong|link=xxxxx}}
'''Shillong''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_260.gif Khasi and Jaintia Hills District] in [[Assam|Assam Province]] during the British period. It had a Pasteur Institute and was wrecked by an earthquake in 1897.<ref name=Murrays>Murray's Handbook India, Burma and Ceylon 1933</ref>A [[Hill station]] due to its situation and climate, Shillong was summer capital of the Government of Eastern Bengal and Assam. It was also called "The Scotland of the East," due to its similarity to the Scottish highlands.
== Churches ==
*Roman Catholic Church <ref name=Murrays/>
*Welsh Presbyterian Church <ref name=Murrays/>
==Schools==
The main school for boys was St. Edmunds, run by Irish Brothers. There was also Don Bosco's - both in Laitmukhra - a sort of suburb of Shillong. Both boys' schools were Roman Catholic. The girls' school was Pinemount.
<ref>Sinclair, James. [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ/2016-06/1465546544 Schools in Assam] ''Rootsweb India-British-Raj Mailing List'' 10 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.</ref>
There were schools (and hospitals) operated by the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists in Shillong and the Khasi Hills.
<ref>Railton, David. [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ/2016-06/1465560190 Schools in Assam]'' Rootsweb India-British-Raj Mailing List'' 10 June 2016. Retrieved 13 June 2016.</ref>. This church subsequently became known as the Presbyterian Church of Wales,
==Also see==
*[[1897 Assam earthquake]]
*[[Assam]], including [[Assam#Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
==External Links==
*[http://cires.colorado.edu/~bilham/Shillong1897Photos/index.html Shillong before and after the 1897 Earthquake] including [http://cires.colorado.edu/~bilham/Shillong1897Photos/Pages/11.html Shillong Church before the 1897 earthquake] from Roger Bilham’s [http://cires.colorado.edu/~bilham Earthquakes and Tectonic Plate motions]
*[http://gravematters.in/?p=2304 "Memorial stones of Silchar cemetery thoughtfully relocated to Shillong cemetery by BACSA in 1981"] by K.J.S.Chatrath May 21, 2016. gravematters.in.
*[http://www.mundus.ac.uk/cats/15/296.htm Foreign Mission of the Presbyterian Church of Wales], previously known as the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church. mundus.ac.uk
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterian_Church_of_India Presbyterian Church of India] (Wikipedia) formed from the Presbyterian Church of Wales, has its headquarters in Shillong.
===Historical books online===
*[https://archive.org/details/assamdistrictga00allegoog ''Assam District Gazetteers: The Khasi and Jaintia Hills, the Garo Hills and the Lushai Hills Vol.10''] 1906 Archive.org. [http://eap.bl.uk/database/overview_item.a4d?catId=183535;r=8723 ''Volume10 Supplement''] 1915. British Library EAP file (Tiff images, may require a plug-in)
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