However, the place is once a wild land, stuck in timelessness, until a seed for its destiny was sown by the high ideals of its founding fathers. It was on 22nd September, 1936 that a group of representatives from various missions in Assam met in Shillong to consider the organization of a council of churches in the erstwhile undivided Assam. One year later on the 23rd September 1937, that a committee to set up a college was formed. It included Rev.T.E. Pugh, J.M. Forbes, Rev.J.J.M. Nichols Roy and RaiBahadurD.Ropmay, with Dr. Victor Hugo Sword as its Chairman and Treasurer.In 1941, the Assam Christian Council communicated with the other member-affiliated churches to generate funds for the noble project, and was assured of receiving four annas (25 paise) from each member, as well as other special gifts... Beneath the cloud-capped hills, amidst luxuriant woodlands and surrounded by the shimmering waters of the Umiam Lake, lays an idyllic conclave of houses and buildings that make up one..
Also known as: Union Christian College