No free photograph
Silverine Swer
Indian social and environmental activist · India · On the map · Activists · Lived 1910 to 2014 · aged 104
Silverine Swer (1910-2014), popularly known as Kong Sil, was an Indian social and environmental activist, educationist and civil servant.
Silverine Swer is read about 5 times a day, in 12 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 24 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?Awards
About this person
She was the first person of tribal origin to hold senior posts with the Government of Meghalaya, and was a recipient of the Silver Elephant Medal of the Bharat Scouts and Guides Award and Kaisar-i-Hind Medal. The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri in 1990, making her the first recipient of the award from the state of Meghalaya.
