Williamnagar Tourism, Meghalaya India
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Williamnagar Fast Facts
- State: Meghalaya
- District: East Garo Hills
- Famous for/as: Scenic
- Religions: angala, which is celebrated in the month of October
- Altitude: 600 m
- Language: Garo, Bengali, Hindi, English
- Best Season: Oct - May
- Weather: Summer 22 to 30°C, Winter 10 to 22°C
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- Pincode: 794111
- STDCode: 3658
Williamnagar, India Overview
Williamnagar is the headquarters of East Garo Hills district in the state of Meghalaya in India.The place where Williamnagar is situated has historical importance as it was here that the Garos made their last major resistance to the British intrusion into Garo Hills during the year 1837.
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Williamnagar, the headquarter-complex of the East Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, one of the states of North-Eastern India was christened after Captain Williamson A. Sangma, the founding Chief Minister of the State of Meghalaya. The township was planned around the erstwhile village of Simsanggre, on the vast plainlands along the bank of the Simsang River, in 1976 after the Garo Hills district of yesteryear was re-organised to carve out a new district called East Garo Hills District.
An important historical relevance attached to this place is the opposition of Garos, the main community of the destination, against the intrusion of the British into the Garo hills. This was their last and the major protest that took place during 1837.