U kiang nangbah biography of donald
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December is not only the time for merry making in Meghalaya; it is also a time when the people of the state remember the two heroes Pa Togan Sangma and U Kiang Nangbah who led a rebellion against the British soldier during the heyday of the Raj.
There is not much material to create the life history of U Kiang Nangbah, and in the absence of historical evidence like many folk heroes, with the passage of time the story of u Kiang Nangbah got intertwined with myths and legends that people has weaved and passed on orally from one generation to another.
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The recorded correspondence between the British administrators, the military leaders and the power that was in Calcutta and in Cherrapunjee does not provide us with material about the personal life of U Kiang Nangbah. U Kiang to the British was an enemy on the run and a leader of the rebellion they wish crush, and a person they wish to capture whose identity they barely known except his name.
It was from the local oral tradition that we know that his mother’s name was ka Rimai Nangbah, the only record that we have about his father is again from the British record which Dr. Shoban Lamare has salvage from the archive and published in his book. U Phet Hi
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Phlang Letang, Guerilla Tactics and the story of U Kiang Nangbah
“Brothers and sisters please look carefully on my face when I die on the gallows. If my face turns towards the east, my country will be free from the foreign yoke within years; if it turns towards the west, my country will remain in bondage for good.”
Saying these words, U Kiang Nangbah passed away. The British authorities stood there laughing, unaware of which way the wind would blow, 85 years later. But, before we get to our hero, it is time to rewind and travel through the time bubble.
The day is March 15, Captain Lister carries out the annexation of the plains portion of the Jaintia Kingdom. Two companies of the Sylhet Light Infantry march and take formal charge of Jaintiapur. Rajendra Sing who succeeds Raja Ram Sing gives up the hilly tracts and eventually the whole kingdom comes under the British rule.
Kiang Nangbah, then a small boy, grows up in this new world where two different cultures come into contact with each other. Born to Ka Rimai Nangbah in Jowai, he learns the traditional way of life, including warfare and administration. The British attitude towards the people does not escape his attention. He is inspired by the stories told to him about the heroism of his people, in particular, his uncle
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Meghalaya pays tributes to delivery fighter Kiang Nangbah
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