Author: Meghalaya, Government, Land Reforms Commission for Khasi Hills [ Tokin-Rymbai, U. R. ; et al ]
Title: Report of the Land Reforms Commission for Khasi Hills
Description: Shillong, Government Press, n.d. [1975?]. boards. 276 pp., 33x20cm, Binder's blind cloth-backed boards, with original front & rear cover wrappers bound-in.. Some rubbing. Corner bumped. Good. ¶ Consists of three volumes bound as one [main report + 2 appendices]. Includes extracts in romanized Khasi. Contents: Volume I: The Problem Stated; Ka Ri Khader Doloi, Ka Ri Laiphew Syiem; A. Khasi; Land Tenure System; Ri Raid Land; Ri Kynti Land; Government Land; Pynkam; Problems of Mixed Marriage; Ka Sang; Inheritance ( Matrilineal System); Settlement of Disputes; A Short Note on the Memoranda Received; outline of Recommendations; Bibliography; Volume II: Appendix A: List of Memoranda submitted by various persons, organisations, etc.; Volume III: List of memoranda submitted by the various persons, organizations, etc. (contd. from Vol. II, and Appendices B-L; Questions issued by the Land Reforms Commission for Khasi Hills: Preamble; Glossary; Territories in Khasi Hills known as Khasi State and as British villages before the commencement of the Constitution of India; Different classes of land; System of Democration of Boundaries; Land System; Customary Law governing holding of lands within a Hima/Raid/Shnat, etc. by a Sohsyiem, Sohshnong, Mynder-ri; Customary Law of inheritance; Disposal of property while living to take effect after death; Difficulties, handicaps, Remedies; Savings; Appendices.

Keywords: Indian Ethnology, Meghalaya Tribal, Khasi Hills Tribes, Policy Meghalaya, Anthropology Legal, Customary Law, Northeast India, South Asia Language, Social Sociology, Land Reform