wepropose to consider is
finance. A demand common to the NagaHills, the Khasi and JaintiaHills, the
Garo Hills and the Lushai Hill is that ... National Councils. TheNational Conference of the Garo and of the Khasi
and JaintiaHills suggested a contribution to the provincial revenues ora
sharing of certain items
tribal areas within the State of Assam.
(2) The United Khasi-Jaintia Hills District shall comprise the territories which before the commencement of this Constitution ... were known as the Khasi States and the Khasi and Jaintia Hills District, excluding any areas for the time being comprised within the cantonment
Mikir Hills (in the Nowgong and SibsagarDistricts).
The British portion of the Khasi and Jaintia Hills District, other than
Shillong Municipality and Cantt.
There ... onthe other hand, provide sanctuary for
the Kachari, Naga,Kuki, Mikir and Khasi. The largest of the tribes here arethe
Kachari and the villages
this the proviso which Dr. Ambedkar has' moved regarding the Khasi and Jaintia Hills, it is stated that the Khasi States will be included ... adopted.
Mr. President : The question is : Paragraph (2).
"(2) The United Khasi-Jaintia Hills District shall comprise the territories which before the commencement
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there. There, the autonomous districts have beenenumerated. There are the
Khasi and Jaintia Hills District,excluding the town of Shillong, the Garo
Hills District ... Mikir Hills portion of Nowgong and sibsagar Districts.Now, in the Khasi
and Jaintia Hills District, as also in the MikirHills, portion of Nowgong
could not have gone to any other tribal areas, except perhaps to Khasi Hills. As a matter of fact he never went anywhere except perhaps ... much so, that I living in Shillong cannot purchase property from any Khasi except with the permission of the Chief of the State or with
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western extremity of the partiallyexcluded area actually reaches a
point in the Khasi Hillsand eastwards, it extends to a point not far from
Dimapurwhile ... fault. There are pockets of
Mikir inthe North Cachar and the Khasi Hills. Like the Garo andKhasi the Mikir
desire the consolidation of their owntribesmen
rules to these Regional and District Councils. In some places like the Khasi
Hills we have got educated people but in places like the Naga
really help in the development of the
tribal areas; the Nagas, the Khasis and other tribes in Assam remained
where they stood. What
