A large number of Khasi books were written in the Assamese script, including the famous book Ka Niyiom Jong Ka Khasi or The Rule of the Khasis, which is an important manuscript of the Khasi religion.
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The Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shillong which covers the Khasi and Jaintia hills of Meghalaya.
Darwin Diengdoh Pugh (12 January 1927 – 17 November 2008) was the first Khasi Chief Minister of Meghalaya state of Northeastern India.
Author of several books and articles on the history of North East India, he is credited with discovering the date of death of Tirot Sing and locating the grave of Thomas Jones, the Welsh missionary who first arrived in the Khasi Hills.
Patrilines within Haplogroup O-M95 predominate among the Austroasiatic-speaking populations of South and Southeast Asia, such as the Khmer of Cambodia and the Khasi of Meghalaya in northeastern India.
During Ahom reign, Beltola was a small kingdom, whose ruler assisted in the administration of the Borphukan in Guwahati, the Ahom Viceroy of Lower Assam and in maintaining relations with the communities of Khasi Hills.
The first journal in Khasi was UNongkit Khubor (The Messenger) published at Mawphlang in 1889 by William Williams (missionary).
Langsning FC is a Khasi Football club, the name Langsning is taken from one locality in Shillong known as Jaiaw Langsning and most of the players who play for this club are from this locality or neighbouring localities.
The name of the village contains Maw, a Khasi word meaning stone, and thus might refer to certain megaliths in the surrounding area.
Also in the lower hills of Meghalaya and Nagaland, Khasi and Cachar hills, sometimes considered a third race; winter movements of this population is not known.