Important Cities, Towns and Religious/Tourist Place:
Kyllang Rock (near Shillong), Nartiang (near Shillong), Nohsangithinang Falls (at Mawasmai near Cherrapunjee), Shillong (beautiful spots such as Ward's Lake, Lady Hydari Park, Polo Ground, Mini Zoo, Elephant Falls and Shillong Peak and golf course), Uniam Lake (by the side of Shillong Guwahati road).
Judicature: Meghalaya comes under the jurisdiction of Guwahati High Court. A circuit bench exists at Shillong.
Location: A landlocked territory of lovely hills with abounding sylvan beauty, Meghalaya (meaning "the abode of clouds") is bounded on the north by Goalpara, Kamrup and Karbianglog by the districts of Assam State, and on the east by the districts of Cachar and North Cachar Hills, also of the State of Assam. On the south and west is Bangladesh.
History:
The State was creates under the Assam Reorgaisation (Meghalaya) Act, 1969 and inaugurated on April 2, 1970 its status was that of a State within the State of Assam until January 21, 1972 when it became a full-fledged State of the Union. It consists of the former Garo Hills district and United Khasi and Jaintia Hills district of Assam.
Cherrapunjee, 53km from Shillong, is noted for its heavy rainfall. The annual average is 10,871 millimetres which varies greatly, 22,987 millimetres were recorded in 1861 with a maximum precipitation in July of 9,296.40 millimetres. The heaviest rainfall in the world is recorded in the nearby village of Mawsynram with an amphitheatre relief and on the windward side of the monsoon.
Economy:
Agriculture is the main source of livelihood for over 80 percent of the population of Meghalaya. About 27 percent of the total cultivated area is under irrigation. Potato, tezpata, sugarcane, oilseeds, cotton, jute, mesta and arecanut are the main crops. Selected areas have been carmarked for growing high yielding varieties of paddy, wheat and maize. Fruits and vegetables are also grown in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills districts. The state is making good progress in horticulture.
Pineapples, oranges and bananas are the important produces. Forests and forest products are the chief resources of the State. Economic plantations of industrial and commercial use are being undertaken extensively.
Coal, sillimanite, limestone, dolomite, fire clay, felspar, quartz and glass sand are among the minerals of the Khasi Hills, Jaintia Hills and Garo Hills districts. Ninety-five percent of India's total output of sillimanite is produced in the West Khasi Hills district. The Garo Hills district has deposits of coal, limestone, fire clay and light coloured sandstone. There is a cement factory at Cherrapunjee in the public sector with 1,65,000 mt per annum. There are also mini cement plants at Damas and Sutnga.
Meghalaya
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