U Kiang Nangbah, was a
Khasi (Pnar) freedom fighter from Meghalaya who led an uprising against the
British. He was hanged by the British publicly at Iawmusiang in Jowai town in
West Jaintia Hills district on 30 December 1862. A government college was also
opened at Jowai in 1967 in his honour.
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