{"id":129856,"date":"2021-08-30T18:28:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T12:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=129856"},"modified":"2021-09-01T17:52:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T12:22:46","slug":"pib-shillong-organizes-webinar-on-unsung-heroes-of-meghalaya-to-commemorate-azadi-ka-amrit-mahotsav","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pib-shillong-organizes-webinar-on-unsung-heroes-of-meghalaya-to-commemorate-azadi-ka-amrit-mahotsav\/","title":{"rendered":"PIB Shillong Organizes Webinar on \u2018Unsung Heroes of Meghalaya\u2019 to Commemorate Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\nSource:\u00a0<\/b>This post is based on the article &#8220;PIB Shillong Organizes Webinar on \u2018Unsung Heroes of Meghalaya\u2019 to Commemorate Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav&#8221; published in PIB on 28th August 2021.<\/p>\n<h5><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Press Information Bureau, Shillong has held a virtual discussion on \u2018Unsung Heroes of Meghalaya\u2019 as part of the nationwide celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>Important Unsung Heroes of Meghalaya:<\/b><\/h5>\n<p><b>U Tirot Sing Sylem:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>U Tirot Sing was <\/b><b>born in the year 1802 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and died in the year 1835. He was one of the chiefs of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khasi people<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the early 19th century.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>He declared war <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and fought against the British for attempts to take over control of the Khasi Hills.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>U Sib Charan Roy:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>U Sib Charan Roy <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was a Nationalist and socio-religious reformer, born in 1862 in Sohra, Meghalaya. He was the eldest son of Babu Jeebon Roy, the \u2018Father of modern Khasis\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>He joined government service <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 1891 as an A.S.I of police. But, he grew disgusted with the oppressive measures resorted by the British Government. Subsequently, he resigned from Government service in 1892.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>He joined the Indian National Congress in 1920<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was the <strong>only Khasi who attended the famous \u2018Lahore Session\u2019 of 1929<\/strong> and had seen the flag hosting and demand for \u2018Purna Swaraj\u2019 (complete independence) by the Congress.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>He started a monthly paper<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2018U Nongphira\u2019 (watchman).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, he knew Sanskrit and translated the <\/span><b>Hindu religious book \u2018Bhagavad Gita\u2019 into the Khasi language.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h5><b>U Kiang Nangbah:<\/b><\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>U Kiang Nangbah <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was a Khasi freedom fighter from Meghalaya who led an uprising against the British.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>He was hanged by the British <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">publicly at Iawmusiang in Jowai town in West Jaintia Hills district in 1862.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>A postage stamp <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was issued by the Government of India to commemorate him in 2001. A government college was also opened at Jowai in 1967 in his honour.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Source:\u00a0This post is based on the article &#8220;PIB Shillong Organizes Webinar on \u2018Unsung Heroes of Meghalaya\u2019 to Commemorate Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav&#8221; published in PIB on 28th August 2021. What is the News? 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