The Nongsawlia Presbyterian Church is the first established Christian church in Meghalaya, long back in the year 1846. The first church building was built upon a hillock of the present Cemetery by The Presbyterian Church of Wales who had sent Rev. Thomas Jones-I and his young wife Anne. Upon landing, the Rev. devoted his time listening attentively the pronunciation of the Khasi words and learnt the language. One British official had advised Jones as "go back home Jones; you may as well try to instruct the monkeys on that tree than to attempt to teach these people" It is said that only in 7/8 months he could converse with people and preached the Gospel. He also them Roman alphabets, translated a Welsh book into khasi and uplifted their way of life. His wife Anne is buried in this cemetary. Amazing click 📷 by 👉 @thewandering_shuv 👈 #Follow 🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹 . 👉🏻 Double Tap if you Like 💓💓 👉🏻 👉🏻 Do Tag your Friends in it. 🔖🏷️ . We pick pictures from our hashtag #FamousPlacesInIndia or #FPII so #TagUs and #FollowUs @FamousPlacesInIndia Thank you in advance 🙏 🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹🔸🔹 #NongsawliaPresbyterianChurch #meghalayadiaries #meghalaya #meghalayatourism #soguwahati #cherrapunjee_diaries #meghalaya #sohra #MyPixelDiary #theheritagephotographyclub #budpoi #lostgraves #WahhIndia #zonestreet #storiesofindia #culturvation #ForbesTravelGuide #cherrapunjee #police #architecturephotography #snapseed storiesofindia #history #picoftheday #picoftheday #lightroom #cloudporn