Jowai, Jan 18: Tympang Club, which is the first club in the town and the premier locality of Jowai town, today celebrates 125 years since the club was established in the year 1901.
Tympang Club, which is the first urban hub of Jowai town, where important government offices such as the Deputy Commissioner’s office and the JHADC office are located, is an important locality in Jowai.
Speaking as the Chief Guest on the occasion, Wailadmiki Shylla, MLA of Jowai Constituency and Minister in charge of Sports and Youth Affairs, Government of Meghalaya, congratulated the leaders and members of the club on achieving this very important milestone.
He also lauded the achievements of the club and promised to work together with the club for the welfare of the locality and the town in general. The MLA also declared open the yearlong Quasqui Centernary celebration of the club.
Smti Ripnar Lyngdoh (Retd. IAS), a senior member of the Tympang Club, in her speech stated that historical records establish that the place derives its name from Ïawmusiang, which was originally located at Nangbah but was later shifted to Jowai, where the area is also called Ïawmusiang. Ïawmusiang is not only the most important market in the entire Jaiñtia Hills, but it is also the locality where u Kiang Nangbah lived and died.
She also stated that the first government office started in the area by the British government was a Thanah in the year 1855. The old stone path, which started from Jaintiapur to Nartiang and extended to Goba in Nowgong, passed through Ïawmusiang, which made it a public thoroughfare from that time onwards. People had lived in the area much earlier, and that was how the area became peopled.
She concluded by saying that it was in this area that four individuals, which include u Ksan Thule, u Woh Khroo (Langdong) Shylla, u Woh Dalin Sutnga, and u Woh Sing (Suloin) Shylla, started ka dong Ïawmusiang 125 years ago.
It was started as a dong, but then changed to Ïawmusiang Club, and later, taking the suggestion made by a relative of u Soso Tham, the name was changed to Tympang Club.
Stories have it that u Soso Tham, the poet laureate, uttered the words “ïoo Tympang” when he first saw the place, and since then the area and the club have been known as Tympang Club.
The inaugural ceremony of the quasqui centennial celebration was also addressed by Thombor Chiwat, CEM, JHADC, and others who spoke on the occasion were Edelweiss Dkhar, Chairman of the Club, Ajoy Lywait, General Secretary of the Club, and Rev. G. S. Shullai, who offered a prayer.
Earlier, a meeting was held at the club’s hall to honour the past leaders of the club who are no longer with us by presenting them with posthumous awards, which were received by their descendants. The meeting was chaired by R. Lamarr, Vice Chairman of the Club.
