Ramkrishna Mission
It
was not before 1924, however, that the Ramkrishna Mission set up camp in the Khasi Hills. In that year Swami
Prabhananda, inspired by Swamiji's ideas moved to these hills. He started
educational institutions first at Shella, where a primary school was opened.
This was soon raised to the standard of a Middle English School, which was supported in part by the Syiems. Soon schools were set up in other parts of the hills, the most prominent being the Ramkrishna Mission School at Sohra. The late G. G. Swell, received his schooling under the Swamis.
This was soon raised to the standard of a Middle English School, which was supported in part by the Syiems. Soon schools were set up in other parts of the hills, the most prominent being the Ramkrishna Mission School at Sohra. The late G. G. Swell, received his schooling under the Swamis.
In Shillong, the 1st
Battalion held its centenary celebration on 18 February 1924. Many former
Gurkha Officers of the Regiment were present, chief of whom was Captain Kalu
Thapa. After a long and honourable career in the 1st Battalion, he settled down
on retirement in Shillong. This grand old soldier, who had joined the 44th
Regiment in 1858, was certainly a link with the past.
Amjad
Ali passed away on 14 January 1927. Rabindranath Tagore visited Shillong for a
third and last time in the summer of 1927 and stayed in the summer home of the
Sidli Raja (also known as Sidli
House) at Upland Road, Laitumkhrah on invitation from his close associate
Ambala Sarabhai. During his stay, Tagore wrote the novel Yogayog and poems like Susamay
and Devdaru[1]. A plaque commemorates that
visit. The Shillong connection is immortalized in the bard's masterpiece - Shesher Kobita.
Sir
Syed Muhammad Saadulla was knighted in 1928. During 1927-28 Rilbong and Kench's
Trace areas, earlier earmarked, as reserve area for Military purposes were
allotted to civilian Government servants for construction of residences.
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