On every July 16, the Garo Hills remember a remarkable yet often overlooked chapter of history—the Garo Labour Corps, whose contributions during World War I echoed far beyond their homeland in northeastern India. The occasion, known as Garo Labour Corps Day, commemorates July 16, 1918, when a small band of survivors returned home from France.
Tura, July 16: A·gilsakni skanggipa dakgrikani somoio France-ona watatako man·gipa Garo sipairangko gisik ra·na, chang 107-gipa Garo Labour Corps Day-ko Tura-o maniangaha. Manderang pulrangko...
Shillong, June 3: Construction of the Cenotaph in Tura will start very soon after the Detailed Project Report (DPR) is approved by government, cabinet...
Cabinet Minister Marcuise N. Marak, who also heads the 28-member committee for the preservation of Garo culture and heritage, clarified that the site will remain solely a war memorial, with no commercial development.
Shillong, Apr 24: Garo Labour Corps na re·anggipa A·chik matgrikrangko mande ra·e uamangni bimungrangko see konge dongipa Cenotaphko Tura-ni damgni biaprango donode namgen ine...
The government constituted committee on preservation of Garo culture and heritage has suggested two locations for the proposed construction of a second Cenotaph for engraving the names of those, who were not included in the first Garo Labour Corps Cenotaph at Lower Babupara in Tura.
