Monday, December 30, 2024

U Kiang Nangbah martyred in 1862


 

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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