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Meghalaya (/ ˌ m eɪ ɡ ə ˈ l eɪ ə, m eɪ ˈ ɡ ɑː l ə j ə /; [6] [7] lit. "the abode of clouds" [8]) is a state in northeast India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of Assam : (a) the United Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills and (b) the Garo Hills . [ 9 ]
Shillong (English: / ʃ ɪ ˈ l ɒ ŋ /, [5] [6] Khasi: [ʃɨlːɔːŋ]) is a hill station and the capital of Meghalaya, a state in northeastern India.It is the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district.
Location of Meghalaya. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Meghalaya: Meghalaya – state in north-east India. The name means "the abode of clouds" in Sanskrit. The state is the wettest region of India, recording an average of 12,000 mm (470 in) of rains a year.[6]
Khasi is natively spoken by 1,038,000 people in India (as of 2011). It is the first language of one-third of the population of Meghalaya, or 997,000, [3] and its speakers are mostly found in the Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills regions.
The Khasi Hills (/ ˈ k ɑː s i /) 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.
Khasi people form the majority of the population of the eastern part of Meghalaya, that is Khasi Hills, constituting 78.3% of the region's population, [10] and is the state's largest community, with around 48% of the population of Meghalaya.
Elephant Falls, Shillong, Meghalaya, India The Elephant Falls are a two-tier waterfall in Shillong , Meghalaya , India . [ 1 ] The mountain stream descends through two successive falls set in dells of fern-covered rocks.
As a Khasic language, Pnar belongs to a complex dialect continuum which includes mixed varieties whose exact relations remain a matter of debate among linguists. A language map of Meghalaya designed by Anna Daladier shows two major Pnar-speaking areas separated by a thin strip of Khasi and War-speaking areas.