East Garo Hills is an administrative district in the state of Meghalaya in India. The district headquarters are located at Williamnagar. The district occupies an area of 2603 km² and has a population of 247,555 (as of 2001). Local government areas called districts are used, or have been used, in several countries. ... Meghalaya (मेघालय in DevanÄgarÄ«) is a small state in north-eastern India. ... Williamnagar is the headquarters of East Garo Hills district in the state of Meghalaya in India Categories: India geography stubs ...-1... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
The East Garo Hills district was formed in 1976, after the erstwhile Garo Hills district of Meghalaya was re-organised with a view to bring the administration closer to the people. Meghalaya (मेघालय in DevanÄgarÄ«) is a small state in north-eastern India. ...
The district headquarter-complex of the new district. christened as Williamnagar after the name of Captain Williamson A. Sangma, the founder Chief Minister of the State of Meghalaya, was located on the vast plainlands along the bank of the Simsang River, at Simsanggre. These plainlands are in a sense historical, as it was here that the Garos made their last major resistance to the British intrusion into Garo Hills during the year 1837. The legendary Garo leader Pa Togan Nengminja Sangma was felled by the British, in skirmish, at Chisobibra, quite close to this place, on 12th December 1837. Williamnagar is the headquarters of East Garo Hills district in the state of Meghalaya in India Categories: India geography stubs ...
The district falls under the Tura Parliamentary Constituency which is currently represented by Purno Agitok Sangma, who had been unanimously elected as the Speaker of the 11th Lok Sabha (the House of the People), the Lower House of the Indian Parliament. Categories: 1949 births | Indian politicians | People stubs ... Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. ...
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East Garo Hills District Administration Oficial Website
EastGaroHills is an administrative district in the state of Meghalaya in India.
The EastGaroHillsdistrict was formed in 1976, after the erstwhile GaroHillsdistrict of Meghalaya was re-organised with a view to bring the administration closer to the people.
The legendary Garo leader Pa Togan Nengminja Sangma was felled by the British, in skirmish, at Chisobibra, quite close to this place, on 12th December 1837.
On 21 January 1972 the Garo, Khasi and Jaintia Hillsdistricts of western Assam became the new state of Meghalaya.
The ranges of the GaroHills in the west, Khasi Hills, and Jaintia Hills in the east are not especially high, with Shillong Peak the highest point at 1,965 m.
The Khasi, the largest group, followed by the Garos, were among those known to the British as "hill tribes".
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