Located on the banks of Syntu Ksiar, alongside the river Myntdu, is a vast field known as Madiah Kmai Blai. At the centre of this field stands the elegant Kiang Nongbah Monument, a hollow tower-like structure of typical Jaintia design, erected by the Jaintia people in honour of U Kiang Nongbah, the Jaintia patriot who died as a martyr to the cause of Jaintia freedom, at the hands of the British rulers. The field is itself of historical importance, as it was here that a meeting of Jaintia-leaders took place in 1861. At the meeting U Kiang Nongbah took an oath to lead his people, come what may, in their fight to drive the British out of their land.
Kiang Nongbah Monument
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