By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: Sister (Dr) Amalia Pereda Ortiz de Zarate, better known as Mother Teresa of Meghalaya, died in Shillong on Monday morning. She was 85. Born on 31 August 1927 to Daniel and Aurora Pereda Ortiz de Zarate in Spain, Sister Amalia joined the Missionaries of Christ Jesus in 1946. She came to India in April, 1961 soon after completing her religious and academic formation in Spain.