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'''Evelyn Norah "Rani" Shullai''' is an educationalist and a pioneer of Girl Guiding in [[India]]. She has received numerous awards including the Silver Star from the Indian government and the Silver Elephant from the [[Bharat Scouts and Guides]]. Shullai is the second [[Padma Shri]] recipient in [[Meghalaya]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Bhattacharyya|first=Rajlakshmi|title=Adventure of knowledge - Personality|publisher=The Telegraph|date=2003-10-23|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1031023/asp/northeast/story_2488487.asp|accessdate=2008-05-15}}</ref> given in 1977.<br />
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==Family life==<br />
Shullai married a fellow teacher, H. Pariat, from the [[Jowai]] Government School in the [[Jaintia Hills]]. He died before the birth of their child, Judith. She remarried. She has several grandchildren. Her hobbies include winemaking and cooking, and formerly gardening and knitting.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Sengupta|first=Nilanjana|title=Triumph of the spirit: Rani Shullai|journal=Harmony Magazine|date=July 2005|url=http://www.harmonyindia.org/hportal/VirtualPageView.jsp?page_id=1896|accessdate=2008-05-15}}</ref><br />
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==Girl Guiding==<br />
Shullai was involved in Girl Guiding in her time at Welsh Mission Girls’ High School (now called Presbyterian Secondary School) in [[Shillong]], and continued while she studied at [[Scottish Church College, Calcutta|Scottish Church College]] in [[Calcutta]]. Here she was a Ranger and was involved for six years with a village near [[Serampore]], teaching hygiene and enabling villagers to construct wells. In 1980, she led the Indian contingent to the international camp in Sydney. In 1984, she represented India at [[WAGGGS]]' World conference in [[New York City]]. Shullai has been awarded the Silver Elephant. {{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}<br />
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==Educational career==<br />
Shullai taught at the Jowai Government School and the American Ludlow Jute Mill School, the latter twenty-eight miles from Calcutta. She became headmistress of the Assamese M.E. School and opened a [[Montessori method|Montessori]] school on campus. {{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}<br />
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Shullai was appointed the first assistant Inspector of Schools for hill areas of composite Assam and later as Inspector of Schools in Shillong for a decade. In between, the Assam government sent her to the Central Institute in [[Delhi]] to study for a [[Master of Education|M Ed.]] After her retirement, a school was opened in Shillong in her name - the Shullai Progressive School. Shullai teaches in the school. {{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
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*[[Sangam World Girl Guide/Girl Scout Center]]<br />
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