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7 unusual facts about Shillong


ACTS Academy of Higher Education

ACTS has also founded the William Carey University in Shillong, Meghalaya.

Eastern Panorama

Eastern Panorama is a monthly news magazine started in April 1992, by Dr. K. K. Jhunjhunwala from Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya, India.

Hokishe Sema

A native of Sutemi in the Zunheboto district of Nagaland, Sema studied at the Serampore College and St Anthony's College in Shillong.

Laitumkhrah

It is also a center of education with numerous well known educational institutions like Loreto Convent, St. Edmund's College, St. Anthony's College, St. Mary's College, Don Bosco Technical School, Shillong and the National Institute of Technology Meghalaya that offers courses like electricals, carpentry and printing and others, located within the boundary of Laitumkhrah.

Langsning F.C.

Langsning FC is a Khasi Football club, the name Langsning is taken from one locality in Shillong known as Jaiaw Langsning and most of the players who play for this club are from this locality or neighbouring localities.

North-Eastern Space Applications Centre

North-Eastern Space Applications Centre was set up with a joint initiative of DOS and NEC in September, 2000 at Shillong in Meghalaya, India.

P. A. Sangma

After completing his graduation in (B.A. (Hons.) from St. Anthony's College, Shillong, he went to Dibrugarh University in Assam for his Masters degree in Political science.


Cathedral High School, Bangalore

Artists performing include Hariprasad Chaurasia, S. P. Balasubramanyam, Usha Uthup, Ke Jun (of the Chinese Opera), the National Dance Company of Ireland, the Shillong International Chamber Choir, The Chariot, Petra (the Grammy award winning gospel rock band from the U.S.A.), ABBA revival group Björn Again, Grammy-nominee Enoch Fernando and Hariharan.

DD North-East

DD North-East is a state owned TV channel telecasting from Doordarshan Kendra in Guwahati, Agartala, Kohima, Imphal, Silchar, Dibrugarh, Tura, Aizawl, Itanagar and Shillong.

Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council

The HNLC primarily operates in the Khasi Hills region, and has carried out a number of activities in Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya.

Mahendra P. Lama

Recently, the President of India has nominated Prof Mahendra P. Lama to the prestigious Executive Council of North Eastern Hill University in Shillong.

Robin Ngangom

He studied literature at St Edmund's College and the North Eastern Hill University Shillong, where he now teaches.

Software Technology Parks of India

STPI has a presence in many of the major cities of India including the cities of Bangalore, Mysore, Trivandrum, Bhilai, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Gurgaon, Pune, Guwahati, Noida, Mumbai,Nagpur, Kolkata, Kanpur, Lucknow, Dehradun, Patna, Rourkela, Ranchi, Gandhinagar, Imphal, Shillong, Nashik etc.


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