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About Williamnagar
Williamnagar, formerly known as Simsanggre, is the headquarters of East Garo Hills district in the state of Meghalaya in India.
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History
Williamnagar, the headquarters complex of the East Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, one of the states of northeastern 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.
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. The legendary Garo leader Pa Togan Nengminja Sangma was felled by the British in a skirmish at Chisobibra, on the outskirts of Williamnagar, on 12 December 1837.
From the History section of Williamnagar on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Rupsi Airport (RUP) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 101 km away.
- Bāghamāra 34 km south, about 34 min by car
- Tura 42 km west, about 42 min by car
- Resubelpara 45 km north, about 45 min by car
- Damara Patpara 52 km north, about 52 min by car
- Thekashu Pt.-II 57 km north, about 57 min by car
- Thekashu Pt-I 57 km north, about 57 min by car
- Salpara Molandubi Pt.-I 60 km north, about 1 h by car
- Asudubi 59 km north, about 59 min by car
- Nongstoin 65 km east, about 1 h by car
- Netrakona 69 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
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