The Anglo-Khasi War was part of the independence struggle between the Khasi people and the British Empire between the years 1829-1833.
[1] The war started with Tirot Sing's attack on a British garrison that disobeyed orders of this Khasi King to stop a road and sanatorium construction project through the Khasi Hills.
The Khasis were defeated in this war and the British gained supremacy over these hills.
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