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Under the British Raj, the Khasi and Jaintia Hills was divided into two parts--"Khasi and Jaintia Hills District" and " Khasi states". The " Khasi states" one of the Indian states that acceded to the dominion of India are not parts of British India. Insofar as the administration of justice is concerned, the administration for the Khasi and Jaintia Hills district was governed by the rules of the administration of justice and police ...
The issue of women emancipation is of vital significance in the contemporary discourses on development. Though the concepts of emancipation and empowerment differ substantively, this book brings out close connectivity between the two concepts and empirically upholds that the two concepts constitute each other. In northeast India, the role of women is quite high in the socio-economic spheres whereas their social status is low. This dilemma is ...
This book deals mainly with the issues in and perspectives of adult education, extension and field out reach to transform the communities by responding to their needs in India, with special reference to Meghalaya. Tracing the evolution of adult education, it attempts to quantify the impact of adult education programmes on the development of literacy skills as well as issues relating to women education, population growth and social as well as environmental ...