The Anglo-Khasi War was part of the independence struggle between the
Khasi people and the
British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, colonies, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, mandates, and other Dependent territory, territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It bega ...
between the years 1829-1833. The war started with
Tirot Sing's attack on a British garrison that disobeyed orders of this Khasi King to stop a road and
sanatorium
A sanatorium (from Latin '' sānāre'' 'to heal'), also sanitarium or sanitorium, is a historic name for a specialised hospital for the treatment of specific diseases, related ailments, and convalescence.
Sanatoriums are often in a health ...
construction project through the
Khasi Hills
The Khasi Hills () are a low mountain formation on the Shillong Plateau in the Meghalaya state of India. The Khasi Hills are part of the Garo-Khasi-Jaintia range and connect with the Purvanchal Range and the larger Patkai Range further east. The ...
. The Khasis were defeated in this war and the British gained supremacy over these hills.
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See also
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Khasi
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Tirot Sing
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Meghalaya
Meghalaya (; "the abode of clouds") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeast India. Its capital is Shillong. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the Assam: the United Khasi Hills an ...
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North-East India
Northeast India, officially the North Eastern Region (NER), is the easternmost region of India representing both a geographic and political administrative division of the country. It comprises eight states—Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, M ...
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Indian History
Anatomically modern humans first arrived on the Indian subcontinent between 73,000 and 55,000 years ago. The earliest known human remains in South Asia date to 30,000 years ago. Sedentariness began in South Asia around 7000 BCE; by 4500 ...
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British East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to Indian Ocean trade, trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South A ...
References
External links
North-East Notebook
Wars involving the United Kingdom
Wars involving British India
History of Meghalaya
Indian independence movement
1829 in Asia
1830 in Asia
1831 in Asia
1832 in Asia
1833 in Asia
1829 in the United Kingdom
1830 in the British Empire
1831 in the United Kingdom
1832 in the United Kingdom
1833 in the United Kingdom
Conflicts in 1829
Conflicts in 1830
Conflicts in 1831
Conflicts in 1832
Conflicts in 1833