Shillong, April 21: Phan Nonglait, Meghalaya’s first and most prominent female freedom fighter, has been recognized by the Ministry of Culture as an ‘unsung hero’ for bravely assisting U Tirot Sing against the British troops.
Informing this on Thursday, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said, “Ka Phan Nonglait, Meghalaya’s 1st & most prominent female freedom fighter being recognised as an unsung hero, who bravely assisted U Tirot Sing against the British troops, featured in the recently concluded #AmritSamagam of @MinOfCultureGoI in New Delhi.”
Ka Phan Nonglait, Meghalaya’s 1st & most prominent female freedom fighter being recognised as an unsung hero, who bravely assisted U Tirot Sing against the British troops, featured in the recently concluded #AmritSamagam of @MinOfCultureGoI in New Delhi@AmitShah @kishanreddybjp pic.twitter.com/yiGhg6jbDP
— Conrad Sangma (@SangmaConrad) April 21, 2022
A brief history about Phan Nonglait as a freedom fighter from the Khasi Hills featured during the Amrit Samagam.
When British soldiers started to move out of Mairang village and headed for Nongkhlaw, soldiers of U Tirot Sing set a trap for the British soldiers at Langstiehrim. Due to the heat, British soldiers rested near a waterfall. Brave Phan Nonglait made the soldiers of U Tirot Sing wait in the shadows.
She provided the British soldiers who rested at the waterfall with drinks, and took away all their weapons to throw under the rock hole of the waterfall. Later, the soldiers of U Tirot Sing captured the British soldiers easily.
