Attack made, in Apr 1829, by the Khasi Chief, Tirat Singh, upon the sanatorium at Nongkhlao - murder of Lieutenants Richard Gurdon Bedingfield and Philip Bowles Burlton - subsequent general rising of the Khasi Chiefs - their incursions into Sylhet District and Lower Assam -desultory military oper...
Establishment of an experimental sanatorium at Cherrapunji in the Khasi Hills
Scope & Content:
Establishment of an experimental sanatorium at Cherrapunji in the Khasi Hills - plan to establish a cantonment for European troops there - grants of land at Cherrapunji on 99 year leases etc. Vol 1 (includes sketch map of route from Gauhati to Nongkhlao by Lieutenant Richard Wilcox, on pp 232-33,...