Da u Collin Wanñiang
Ha kine ki Sngi ki la don shibun ki Jingïaphylliew-jingmut halor ki Autonomous District Council (ADC) bad ka Kamram jong ki ha baroh shilynter kine ki snem naduh ka Por ba la pynkha ïa ki ha u Snem 1952. La sngewthuh ba ka Jingpynkha ïa ki ADC ka la long kawei na ki Lynti kaba ka Sorkar India ka la shim ban kdup lang ïa ki Riewlum trai muluk kiba don ïa la kajong ka Riti-synshar. Da kane ka Jingleh, la khmihlynti ba kita ki Riti Synshar Khaddar tynrai kin ym sngew ba la dkhat noh ïa kata ka Iktiar na ki. Phewse, wat hadien kane ruh, ki Bor synshar tynrai kum ki Hima ki dang ïai ïaleh ban dawa pynkupbor, te kaei shisha ka bym treikam hangne?
Ha ka Jingthoh jong u D.R.Syiemlieh, “Traditional Institutions of Governance in the Hills of North East India: The Khasi Experience” u la ong ba ka Ri India kam shym pat la ïoh Jinghikai na ki Phareng kiba la synshar ïa ki Riewlum lyngba ki Nongsynshar Riewlum trai muluk hi. Ha ka Jaka ban pyndonkam ïa ka Bor Synshar bad Jingtbit jong ki Nongsynshar trai muluk hi, ka Sorkar India ka la pynkha pynban da ka Bor Synshar bathymmai ha ka dur jong ka District Council ha ka Khyrnit bahynriew ban peit ban khmih ïa ka Jingtreikam jong kine ki Bor synshar tynrai. Kumne, ha ka jaka ba ki Hima kin nang ïai bteng ïa la ki kamram ki jong ki, ki la sngew pynban ba la knieh noh ïa ka Bor jong ki bad ba la pahara ïa ka kamram jong ki da kane ka Khyrnit. Kumne, ka wanrah pynban ïa ka Jingbymïashaniah hapdeng kine ki Bor Synshar.
Lada ngi ong ba ka Sorkar India kan ym jyn da la pynkha ïa ki ADC; ha ka Jaka jong ki pynban kan jyn da la shu ithuh noh ïa ki Syiemship, ki Doloiship, ki Wahadarship, ki Lyngdohship, tt. Lada ka India kan jyn da la leh kumta, kan jyn da la thok la shukor hi ïa lade hadien ba ka la kdup ia ka Riti-synshar ba da jied paidbah kumba ïaleh lang ha kiwei ki Ri ka pyrthei ba la shai mynta. Kumba ïatip hi baroh baroh ba kata ka Synshar Khaddar tynrai jongngi kam dei kaba da jied u Paid u Raïot ka It ka Hima baroh – Tang katto katne kita ki Kur ki Jait kiba lah ban long Syiem ne shimti ïa kiwei kiwei ki kam pynïaid Hima-Sima, tt. Kumta, kata ka dei ka Jait ophis ba shu hiarpateng. Imat ki Puriskam Purinam halor kita ki Ïawbei phylla kum ka Pahsyntiew – ka Lidohkha ki lambyrkdkew ba kita ki Jait ki Khong Longsyiem kim shym la leh ïa kaei kaei kaba bakla, namar la pynkhamti la bynshet ïa kata ka Iktiar halor jong ki da ki kynja bor bamaïan.
Kum ban shu kdew hangne, ba wat shaduh Hima Maharam ruh ki ong ba kita ki Jait longsyiem “Syiemlieh” “Syiemïong” ki la wan naduh Nongkrem – kumta ka don Thymmei hi ha kum kata ka Ïawbei tynrai baphylla. Ha ka Jingthoh jong u Nevinneshal Syiemlieh, u Hughwas Syiemlieh, u Sliksingh Syiemlieh, bad u Smallford Syiemlieh “Ka Kur Syiemlieh (Kpoh Kaitkuna), Hima Maharam” ki da kdew ba Ka Jait Syiem kala wan poi ha ka Hima Maharam, naduh ka Por ba wan ka Jingsynshar Syiem bad uta u Syiem banyngkong eh hapoh ka Hima Maharam, u kyrteng “U Kohringngap”. Une u Syiem u la wan na ka Ïing Syiem Nongkrem bad u la wan ïalam arngut ki Pyrsa Kur Kynthei ban ïarap lem ha ka Shet ka tiew, ka Sait jaiñ Sait nep bad ha ki Jingdonkam baroh. La ong ba kawei na kine ki Pyrsa jong u Syiem, ka don ïa ka Sniehdoh kaba ïong, bad kawei pat ka don ïa ka Sniehdoh kaba lieh. Kumta ki Paidbah jong ka Hima namar kim ïatip Kyrteng, kumta ki la shu ïakhot ieit da kaba ong “Ka Syiemlieh” bad “Ka Syiemïong” bad dei lyngba da kane ka Jingkhot ieit ba ka sa don kata ka Jait “Syiemlieh” bad ka Jait “Syiemïong” kiba la pynlong ïa ka Jait longsyiem ha ka Hima Maharam haduh kine ki Sngi. Kumne, katkum ka “Succession to Syiemships In the Khasi States” da u Capt. D.Herbert, Deputy Commissioner U.K.J. Hills 1903, Appendix 52 page 122; la ong ba ki Khun pateng la pateng na “ka Lieh” bad “ka Ïong” kin ïai bteng ïa ka Jinglong Syiem hapoh ka Hima Maharam na ka Por sha ka Por.
Ïa kum kane ka Synshar Khaddar hiarpateng, ka India kam shym la pynshlur shuh ha baroh kawei ka Ri naduh ba la ïoh laitluid. Nangta haw ïakylli ïa ki Khasi jong ka Juk bamynta, kin ïasngew kumno ba lada ha ka jaka jong ki ADC la shu pynskhem noh ïa kita ki Synshar Khaddar tynrai hiarpateng? Lada kim ïapyrwa eiei mynta wat lada dang don kita ki Syiem ruh, ka lah ban dei ba kata ka Jinglong-syiem mynta ka shu dei tang ka Shynrong ka bym da don Jingïohnong eh. Kumta, lah ban ong ba kita ki Jingïakhih ban ithuh ne pynkupbor ne ban bei pisa beit beit ïa kum kine ki Jait Synshar Khaddar hiarpateng kin shu ïai long tang kum ki Turoi pynsawa jong ka Saiñpyrthei; naba ka dawa shisha ban pynkheiñ noh ïa ka Riti Synshar Khaddar ba da jied paidbah.
Nga sngew ban ong ba kumba la kdew ha shibun ki Jingïamir bad ki Tyrko ba ka Jingïadei hapdeng ka ADC bad ki Hima kam shym la long kaba ïaid beit bha, kumta nga sngew ban ong ba la donkam ïa ki Syiem ruh ba kin long ki kynja dkhot Nongaibuit ha ka ADC. Phewse, ban leh kumta, ki Syiem hi ki dei ban thrang shwa ïa ka Jingpynbha ïa la ki Hima da ka rukom synshar-paidbah. Kumno yn leit lah pynlong Nongaibuit ïa ubym da shah jied da ki paidbah jong ka Hima? Un mihkhmat ïa ka Kur ne ïa u Paid u Raïot ka Hima? U Nongthoh, C.R.Lyngdoh ha ka Paper “The Politics of Development: Contesting the Claims of the Himas,” ba la pule paidbah ha ka Seminar “Development Plans for the NE Region – Exploring Options and Possibilities” (NEHU, Shillong 11-12 December 2003) u da ïawer ba donkam ban pynthymmai ïa ki Hima katkum ka Por bad ka Jingïashimbynta lang jong ki Samla, ki Kynthei, bad ki Riewshemphang ha ki Hima Khasi kan ïarap shibun ha ki Mat treikam jong ki. Lah ban ong ba Kane ka Jingïawer ka thew ruh sha ki Shnong, ki Dong, ki Kyntoit, tt.
Watla don shibun ki Jingdonkam ban pynbha ïa ka Rukom treikam jong ki ADC lada ki dang hap ban sah, lane ban pynduh jyndam noh ïa ki, lada kim phoida eiei – ïa kane ngan ieh ha ka Jingïaiwadbniah shuh shuh jong ki Riewshemphang. Kaba nga sngew kwah ban ïawer hangne ïa ka District Council halor ka Jingdonkam kyrkieh, ka long ba kumba la pynkupbor ïa ka ban shna aiñ (para.3) halor ka Rukom bate khyndew bad kiwei kiwei kiba ïadei bad ka Jaitbynriew; kaba la kyrkieh eh mynta ka long ba ka Council kan shim khia ban buh aiñ buh kyndon ne pynthymmai ïa ki rukom bat khyndew. Lymda kumta, ki Sngi ki la jan; ha ka Jingshisha ki la dep sdang, ba ïa ka khyndew ka shyiap baroh yn bat lut ha ka kti jong ki khyndiat ngut ki Riewlum trai muluk hehspah hi. Hangta, ka Kyntien imsngi “Duk-Suk, Riewspah-Jynjar trah” kan ym lah ban kit jingmut! Kumno u Duk un suk haba ïa ka Jaka rep kyllum ka Shnong ka Raid la shu kam trai noh tang da ki khyndiat ngut? Nalor ba, ka paragraph 2(1) jong ka Khyrnit bahynriew ka ong ba ïa ki Nongmihkhmat sha ka District Council dei ban da jied paidbah; Ïa kata ka Jingjied paidbah la sngewthuh-batai kum kata ka Elekshon lyngba ki Seng saiñpyrthei. Ha ka Jingbun ki party saiñpyrthei kum mynta, ka pynbunkam pynban ïa ki Nongmihkhmat halor kumno ban pynneh ïa la kajong ka Syllok-ki party ha baroh ki 5 snem jong ka Jingsynshar jong ka; khamtam haba ym don kata ka aiñ tehlakam ïa ka Kyntiap-seng! Ynnai da ïakren ba ki MDC kin ym donkam ïa kum kata ka aiñ namar ki dei ki Nongmihkhmat jong ka Jaitbynriew – kumta la tehlakam ïa ki da ka aiñ “Tip Briew–TiP Blei” – “Kamai ïa ka Hok”! Ha kum kine ki Jingbunkam, yn ym ïoh Por shuh ban ïakren halor ki Kynrum Kynram jong ka Jaitbynriew ïa kiba la donkam kyrkieh ban buh aiñ buh kyndon. Kumne, lada ïai bteng ka Rukom kum mynta, ka Jingma kaba kham khraw ka ap ïa ka Jaitbynriew riewlum! Ka Pharshi “Kylla Nongtong-um, kylla Nongthoh-dieng ha Ri lajong” kan kham sngew-ngiw shuh shuh namar kita ki Kynrad ki dei hi ki Paradoh Parasnam lajong – ki para Khasi Riewlum trai muluk. Kumta, ka Council ha ka Jaka ban shu pynskhem ïa kaba la ïabud haduh kine ki sngi (ka bym dei shuh hi ka tynrai), ka la dei ban shna aiñ thymmai noh pynban ban wanrah ïa ka Jingïaryngkat ha baroh ka Jaitbynriew; namar kaba la ïabud baroh shikatta kam long kajuh na Kupli sha Rongdi, sha Bhoi, sha Maram, sha Lyngngam, sha War, sha Kynriam, tt.
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