Khasi and Jaintia Hills
Khasi-Jaintia Hills | |
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British India | |
1912–1947 | |
The Khasi and Jaintia Hills in the Bengal Gazetteer, 1907 | |
Area | |
• 1901 | 15,947 km2 (6,157 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 1901 | 197,904 |
History | |
• Bifurcation of Independence of India | 1947 |
The Khasi and Jaintia Hills are a
Jaintia Hills
The Jaintia Hills are located further to the east from the Khasi Hills. The twelve Chiefs of the elaka (tribal province) of the Pnars, a
Above them is the only true princely ruler of the area, the Raja of the
The Jaintia Hills used to be a part of the Jaintia Hills District. The district has been bifurcated into two separate districts, namely, East Jaintia Hills and West Jaintia Hills on 31 July 2012.
Khasi Hills
The Khasi Hills are located east of the Garo Hills. The other Khasi tribes did not have princes but their twenty petty states (hima), and sometimes even smaller tribal divisions, are led by one or two Chiefs -selected in various ways- usually styled Siem, Syiem.[3]
The names of these chieftainships are : Bhowal, Cherra (or Sohra; capital Cherrapunji), Dwara (capital Hat Dwara), Jirang, Khyri(e)m (capital Cherrapunjee, under a Radja), Langrin, Langïong, Maharam, Malai Sohmat, Marriw, Mawdon, Mawiang, Mawlong, Mawphlang, Mylliem (including Shillong city, the colonial capital of all Tribal Assam), Nobosohphoh, Nonglwai, Nongkhlaw, Nongspung, Nongstoiñ, Pamsanngut, Rambrai, Shella, Sohïong. or Sardar ...
References
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 773–774.
- ^ "Integration of the North East: the State Formation Process" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ Great Britain India Office. The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.