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'''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. [https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india-british-raj.rootsweb.com/thread/169871/ Schools in Assam] ''Rootsweb India-British-Raj Mailing List'' 10 June 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2020.</ref>
There were schools (and hospitals) operated by the Welsh Calvinistic Methodists in Shillong and the Khasi Hills.
<ref>Railton, David. [https://lists.rootsweb.com/hyperkitty/list/india-british-raj.rootsweb.com/thread/169864/ Schools in Assam] (scroll down) ''Rootsweb India-British-Raj Mailing List'' 10 June 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2020.</ref>. This church subsequently became known as the Presbyterian Church of Wales.
==Also see==
*[[1897 Assam earthquake]]
*[[Assam]], including [[Assam#Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Missionary#Welsh_Calvinistic_Methodist_Foreign_Missionary_Society_.28WFMS.29| Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Foreign Missionary Society (WFMS)]]
==External Links==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V22_286.gif Shillong Town] Imperial Gazetteer of India
*[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.
*Listen to the [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/archive/audio/collection/florence-meiklejohn/ 1979 interview], with [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/pdf/078a.pdf transcript 1] and [http://www.s-asian.cam.ac.uk/pdf/078b.pdf transcript 2], with Florence Meiklejohn, wife of 'Mick' (W.), Indian Forestry Service Officer who tells what life was like for her accompanying him on his tours in Indian forests. s-asian.cam.ac.uk. Includes Shillong.
*[http://www.dailypioneer.com/sunday-edition/agenda/miscellany/fragment-of-memory-left-by-the-britishers.html "Fragment Of Memory Left By The Britishers"] by Somen Sengupta 01 October 2017 dailypioneer.com
===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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