Meghalaya was formed by carving out two districts from the state of Assam: the United Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills, and the Garo Hills on 21 January 1972.
- MeghalayaThe state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur to the east; Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Bangladesh to the south; and West Bengal to the west via the Siliguri Corridor, a 22 km wide strip of land that connects the state to the rest of India.
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Northeast India
5 linksEasternmost region of India representing both a geographic and political administrative division of the country.
Easternmost region of India representing both a geographic and political administrative division of the country.
It comprises eight states – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim.
Sylhet Division
3 linksNortheastern division of Bangladesh.
Northeastern division of Bangladesh.
It is bordered by the Indian states of Meghalaya, Assam and Tripura to the north, east and south respectively, and by the Bangladeshi divisions of Chittagong to the southwest and Dhaka and Mymensingh to the west.
Tiwa people (India)
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Tiwa is an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the states of Assam and Meghalaya in northeastern India.
Karbi people
2 linksThe Karbis, mentioned as the Mikir are one of the major ethnic communities in Northeast India mostly concentrated in the hill district of Karbi Anglong of Assam.
The Karbis, mentioned as the Mikir are one of the major ethnic communities in Northeast India mostly concentrated in the hill district of Karbi Anglong of Assam.
The Karbi community is the principal indigenous community in the Karbi Anglong district and West Karbi Anglong district of the Indian State of Assam.
Besides Karbi Anglong district, the Karbi-inhabited areas include Dima Hasao, Kamrup Metropolitan, Hojai, Morigaon, Nagaon, Golaghat, Karimganj, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur and Biswanath Chariali districts of Assam; Balijan circle of Papumpare district in Arunachal Pradesh; Jaintia Hills, Ri Bhoi, East Khasi Hills and West Khasi Hills districts in Meghalaya; Dimapur District in Nagaland, Mizoram and Sylhet district of Bangladesh with disproportionate distribution.
Bengali language
1 linksIndo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia.
Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia.
Within India, Bengali is the official language of the states of West Bengal, Tripura and the Barak Valley region of the state of Assam.
It is the most widely spoken language in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal, and is spoken by significant populations in other states including Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha and Uttarakhand.
Koch people
1 linksThe Koch are a small trans-border ethnic group of Assam and Meghalaya in India and northern Bangladesh.
Garo people
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The Garo are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent, living mostly in the Indian states of Meghalaya, Assam, Tripura, and Nagaland, and in neighboring areas of Bangladesh, including Madhupur, Mymensingh, Netrokona, Jamalpur, Sherpur and Sylhet, Rangamati.
Guwahati
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Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India.
The passing of the North Eastern (Reorganization Areas) Act in 1971 by the Indian Parliament accorded Meghalaya the status of a full-fledged state.
Hoolock gibbon
1 linksThe hoolock gibbons are three primate species of genus Hoolock in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae, native to eastern Bangladesh, Northeast India, Myanmar, and Southwest China.
The hoolock gibbons are three primate species of genus Hoolock in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae, native to eastern Bangladesh, Northeast India, Myanmar, and Southwest China.
Its range extends into seven states covering Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura (The seven northeastern states of India).
Boro people
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Boro (बर'/बड़ो ), also called Bodo, is the largest ethnolinguistic group in the Assam state of India.
Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary, former governor of Meghalaya, retired IPS officer, former director-general of National Security Guards (NSG) and the Border Security Force (BSF)