Khasi and Jaintia Hills

This article is about the district during the British Raj. For the mountain range, see Khasi Hills.

Khasi-Jaintia Hills
District of Assam Province, British India
1912–1947

The Khasi and Jaintia Hills in the Bengal Gazetteer, 1907
Area 
• 1901
15,947 km2 (6,157 sq mi)
Population 
• 1901
197,904
History 
• Bifurcation of Eastern Bengal and Assam[1]
1912
1947
Khasi states, 1947

The Khasi and Jaintia Hills are a mountainous region in India that was mainly part of Assam and Meghalaya. This area is now part of the present Indian constitutive state of Meghalaya (formerly part of Assam), which includes the present districts of East Jaintia Hills district, headquarter Khliehriat, West Jaintia Hills district, headquarter Jowai, East Khasi Hills district, headquarter Shillong, and West Khasi Hills district, headquarter Nongstoin.[2]

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Khasi and Jaintia Hills" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 773–774.
  2. ^ "Integration of the North East: the State Formation Process" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.