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INDIA - MEGHALAYA |
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Date-wise Events |
- 1835: The British
incorporated Meghalaya into Assam. The region enjoyed
semi-independent status by virtue of a treaty relationship
with the British Crown.
- October 16, 1905: When
Bengal was partitioned on this day by Lord Curzon, Meghalaya
became a part of the new province of Eastern Bengal and
Assam.
- 1912: However, when the
partition was reversed in this year, Meghalaya became a part
of the province of Assam.
- January 03, 1921: On this
day, in pursuance of Section 52A of the Government of India
Act of 1919, the governor-general-in-council declared the
areas now in Meghalaya, other than the Khasi states, as
"backward tracts" .
- 1935: The British
administration enacted the Government of India Act of 1935,
which regrouped the backward tracts into two categories:
"excluded" and "partially excluded" areas.
- 1947: At the time of Indian
independence, present day Meghalaya constituted two
districts of Assam and enjoyed limited autonomy within the
state of Assam.
- 1960: A movement for a
separate Hill State began in this year.
- 1969: The Assam
Reorganisation (Meghalaya) Act of 1969 accorded an
autonomous status to the state of Meghalaya.
- April 02, 1970: The Act of
1969 came into effect on this day and an autonomous state of
Meghalaya was born out of Assam.
- January 21, 1972: Meghalaya
was formed, in terms of the North-Eastern Areas
(Reorganization) Act, 1971, by carving out two districts
from the state of Assam: the United Khasi Hills and Jaintia
Hills, and the Garo Hills as a full-fledged state of India
on this day.
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Description |
- The Khasi, Garo, and Jaintia tribes had their own
kingdoms until they came under British administration in the
19th century.
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