The Garo Hills (IPA: ˈgɑ:ro:) are part of the Garo-Khasi range in Meghalaya state of India. They are inhabited by the Garo people. It is one of the wettest...
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West Garo Hills is an administrative district in Garo Hills of the state of Meghalaya in India. Tura town is the administrative headquarters of the district...
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East Garo Hills is an administrative district in the state of Meghalaya in India. The East Garo Hills district was formed in 1976, after the erstwhile...
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population. In addition to the Garo Hills population of the community in Meghalaya, there is also a significant number in the Khasi Hills and a smaller group in...
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South Garo Hills is an administrative district in the state of Meghalaya in India. As of 2011 it is the least populous district of Meghalaya (out of 7)...
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North Garo Hills is an administrative district in the state of Meghalaya in India. The district headquarters are located at Resubelpara. The district occupies...
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covers East Garo Hills district, West Garo Hills district, South Garo Hills district, North Garo Hills district and South West Garo Hills district; is...
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districts from the state of Assam: (a) the United Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills and (b) the Garo Hills. The estimated population of Meghalaya in 2014 was 3...
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889,000 Garo speakers in India alone; another 130,000 are found in Bangladesh. Ethnologue lists the following locations for Garo. Garo Hills division...
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Southwest Garo Hills is an administrative district in the State of Meghalaya, India. The Ampati Civil Sub-Division is upgraded to a full fledged district...
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Retrieved 15 February 2023. "Garo Hills | region, India | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 15 February 2023. "Jaintia Hills | region, India | Britannica"...
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Khasi Hills (/ˈkɑːsi/) 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...
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for Garo Hills and Khasi-Jaintia Hills respectively. The National People's Party launched its campaign on 23 January 2023 in Adokgre, North Garo Hills district...
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Khasi-Jaintia Hills and Garo Hills (which are now in Meghalaya), North Cachar Hills and Mikir Hills (which continue to be in Assam), Lushai Hills (present...
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Balpakram National Park is a national park to the south of Garo Hills in Meghalaya, India, located at an altitude of about 910 m (3,000 ft) close to the...
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Pick Hills, Goalpara district, Assam. On 16 February 2015, 4 Garo National Liberation Army and 2 ASAK cadres surrendered at an East Garo Hills police...
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the Assembly, with 29 members elected from Khasi Hills, 7 from Jaintia Hills and 24 from Garo Hills. The following is the list of all the Meghalaya Legislative...
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Nokrek National Park (category West Garo Hills district)
National park located approximately 2 km away from Tura Peak in West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, India.The Nokrek Biosphere Reserve along with the...
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state to be called Garoland, for the people of the Garo Hills. Founded in February 1946 as the Garo National Conference, Moody K Marak was the first President...
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Bodo other than Garo language. It is spoken in the South Garo Hills and West Khasi Hills districts of Meghalaya state in Northeast India, southern Kamrup...
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Meghalaya comprise a large number of caves in the Jaintia, Khasi Hills, and Garo Hills districts in the Indian state of Meghalaya, and are amongst the...
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the Garo tribe Kingdom of Garo, a former kingdom in southern Ethiopia Garo, Colorado Garo Hills, part of the Garo-Khasi range in Meghalaya, India Garo (name)...
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and is bordered on the north by Meghalaya, a state of India and the Garo Hills, on the south by Gazipur District, on the east by the districts of Netrokona...
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rice-farmers. They are said to have brought wet-field cultivation to Garo Hills, where the Garo people used slash and burn method of agriculture. Hajong have...
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Williamnagar (category East Garo Hills district)
headquarters of East Garo Hills district in the state of Meghalaya in India. Williamnagar, the headquarters complex of the East Garo Hills district of Meghalaya...
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Adolf Lu Hitler Marak (category People from West Garo Hills district)
released on bail about a month later. The following year he lost the Garo Hills District Council election for the Dengnakpara G.D.C. constituency to Roster...
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Thomas A. Sangma (category People from West Garo Hills district)
Thomas A. Sangma (born July 27, 1961 in Tura, Meghalaya) is an Indian politician from Meghalaya and member of the National People's Party. He was elected...
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Simsang is a major river in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya and Netrakona District of Bangladesh. It divides the Garo Hills into two. The river is the main...
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Tura, Meghalaya (category Cities and towns in West Garo Hills district)
Tura (IPA: ˈtʊərə) is a municipality in the West Garo Hills district of the Indian state of Meghalaya. One of the largest towns in Meghalaya, Tura is located...
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Williamson A. Sangma (category People from South Garo Hills district)
District Council of the Garo Hills (GHADC), the Khasi Hills(Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council), the Jaintia Hills (Jaintia Hills Autonomous District...
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