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Bindo Lanong
Bindo Lanong (born 1949/1950) is an Indian politician. He has been elected twice to the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly from Malki-Nongthymmai (Vidhan Sabha constituency), Malki-Nongthymmai once in 1983 and in 2008 as a member of the United Democratic Party (Meghalaya), United Democratic Party. He was sworn as Minister of State for Labour, Environment, Relief, and Rehabilitation, Earthquake Rehabilitation in Mukul Sangma ministry, Mukul Sangma cabinet in June 2019. He was elected as Speaker of Meghalaya Legislative Assembly from March 2008 to May 2009 and was List of deputy chief ministers of Meghalaya, Deputy Chief Minister of Meghalaya from April 2010 to March 2013 References Living people State cabinet ministers of Meghalaya Deputy chief ministers of Meghalaya People from Shillong 1976 births Meghalaya MLAs 1983–1988 United Democratic Party (Meghalaya) politicians Speakers of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Meghalaya MLAs 2008–2013 North-Eastern Hill University a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shillong
Shillong (, ) is a hill station and the capital of Meghalaya, a Indian state, state in northeastern India. It is the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district. Shillong is the list of most populous cities in India, 330th most populous city in India with a population of 143,229 according to the 2011 census. It is said that the rolling hills around the town reminded the British Empire, British of Scotland. Hence, they would refer to it as the "Scotland of the East". Shillong has steadily grown in size since it was made the civil station of the Khasi Hills, Khasi and Jaintia Hills in 1864 by the British Raj, British. In 1874, on the formation of Assam as the Chief Commissioner's Province, Shillong was chosen as the headquarters of the new administration because of its convenient location between the Brahmaputra and Surma River, Surma valleys and more so because the climate of Shillong was much cooler than tropical India. Shillong remained the capital of undivided Assam until t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
