WGH, DC Ram Singh presenting the Citation to Albinstone M Sangma, the surviving member who took active part in the struggle for Statehood at DC Park Tura on 21.1.2022

The Shillong Times first appeared as a tabloid weekly on 10th August 1945 under the editorship of Late Sudhindra Bhusan Chaudhuri. In 1958 it was converted to a Daily. Owing to financial constraints, within six months it reverted back to a weekly.