Grover Cleveland R. Marak, the first Garo architect and former president of the A'chik Baptist Dalgipa Krima (ABDK), died after a prolonged battle with ill health on Sunday. He was 83.

The gospel seeds of faith that were sown 150 years ago in Garo Hills continue to produce a harvest, a century and half later, as the Garo Baptist Convention began its historic four day Sesquicentennial Jubilee at Bethel A.bri (hill), 34 kms from Tura, on Thursday, marking a phenomenal celebration of the connection between the Almighty and his people.