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Conversion from indigenous to Christianity began in the 19th century under the British era. In the 1830s,American Baptist Foreign Missionary Society had become active in Northeast to convert indigenous tribes to Christianity. Later,they were offered to expand and reach into Cherrapunji Meghalaya,but they lacked the resources to do so and declined. Welsh Presbyterian Mission took the offer and they began work at the Cherrapunji mission field. By the early 1900s,other Protestant denominations of Christianity were active in Meghalaya. The outbreak of World Wars forced the preachers to return home to Europe and America. It is during this period that Catholicism took root in Meghalaya and neighbouring region. Currently,Presbyterians and Catholics are two most common Christian denominations found in Meghalaya.
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Silverine Swer (1910–2014),popularly known as Kong Sil,was an Indian social and environmental activist,educationist and civil servant. She was the first person of tribal origin to hold senior posts with the Government of Meghalaya,and was a recipient of the Silver Elephant Medal of the Bharat Scouts and Guides Award and Kaisar-i-Hind Medal. The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri in 1990,making her the first recipient of the award from the state of Meghalaya.
Hamlet Bareh Ngapkynta (1931-2012) was an Indian writer,historian and film director from the Northeast Indian state of Meghalaya. He is known as the first person from the Khasi tribe,an indigenous ethic group of the state,to secure a doctoral degree (PhD) and as the maker of the first feature film in Khasi language,Ka Synjuk Ri ki Laiphew Syiem. He was the chairman of the executive committee of the Rajiv Gandhi University,Arunachal Pradesh and a recipient of the 2004 Meghalaya Day Award. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2004,
Manas Chaudhuri is an Indian journalist and the former editor of Shillong Times,an English language daily published from the Meghalayan capital of Shillong. He won as a legislator to the Shillong Assembly twice from Mawprem constituency as an independent candidate. . He is a former cabinet minister of the State and served Shillong Times as its Editor from 1978 to 2008,when he resigned from the post for Patricia Mukhim to take over. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri,in 2005,for his contributions to Indian journalism. He is the founder of the Ardhendu Chaudhuri Charitable Trust.
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