History of Meghalaya

Meghalaya is the home of the Tribals especially the Khasis, Jaintias, Mikirs and Cacharis, who are said to have inhabited this region before the start of the Christian era. These tribes evolved out of the migration into north east by the migrants who belonged to the Indo-Chinese linguistic family, the Mon-Khmer and Tibeto-Burman. The Khasis came from the Khasis and Jaintias. The Tibeto-Burman sub-family were the Naga, Kukichin and Bodo. The Bodos were later divided into small  linguistic groups such as Garo, Kachari, Mechs, Dimasa, Tippea, Lalung, Rabha, Chutiyas. The British occupied the Garo Hills in 1872. The tribal district council was established. The tradition among the tribals was kingship. The earliest Jaintia Raja is said to have ruled from 1500AD. They were influenced by the Hindu culture. The British influence in Meghalaya extended to the improvement of the landscape, development of roads. The works for progress and development of this region is still continuing after independence and formation of Meghalaya into a state.

Related posts:

1. About Meghalaya Meghalaya is situated in the north-eastern region of India, between...
2. History of Arunachal Pradesh There are practically no records relating to the earlier history...
3. History of Manipur Manipur has a varied and proud history from the earliest...
4. History of Karnataka Karnataka, called as Karunadu (elevated land) in ancient times. The...
5. History of Bikaner A Rajput prince Rao Bika ji a descendent of the...

This entry was posted on Thursday, August 6th, 2009 at 2:18 pm and is filed under Meghalaya. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.