Da U Bah Philip Marweiñ
Dang kumba ar taiew ei ei nga la thoh katto katne shaphang ka jingdawa Garoland State jong ki Garo. Mynta ruh ngan thoh shuh shuh sa katto katne shaphang kane ka bynta khnang ban kham shai shuh shuh ki paidbah nongpule kotkhubor.
Kumno kane ka jingdawa jylla (Garoland) jong ki Garo (Achik) kan ktah ia ki ngi ki Khasi ngin iakhmih kham hadien hynrei, mynta to ngin iakhmih shuwa ia kane ka jingiakhih jong ki ha ka 5 tarik U Nohprah, 2018 ha Shillong bad ki kren aiu ki Nongialam jong kane ka kynhun iakhih jylla.
Ka 5 tarik jong une u bnai ka la long ka histori ha Nongbah Shillong ba la pynlong ia ka jingiakhih da ki paidbah Garo (Achik) ban dawa jylla noh la ka jong da kata kaba ki khot ka “Garoland State” ban lait noh na Meghalaya. Ia kane ka jingiakhih la ïalam da ka Garo Hill State Movement Committee (GHSMC) bad ba la kyrshan lang da ka Garo National Council (GNC), ka Achik Holistic Awakening Movement (AHAM), Garo Students’ Union (GSU), Achik Youth Council (AYC), ka Mother’ Union (MU) bad kiwei kiwei ki kynhun Achik.
Namar ka jingbym ioh lad ban iaid da ka proseshon ha sor Shillong ba khanglad ki bor pyniaid jong ka District ba ioh ka ktah ia ka iaid ka ieng jong ki paidbah bad khamtam ia ki kali ba la khapngiah lypa, kumta, ki Garo kiba la poi na kylleng ki jaka jong ka Garo Hills bad Khasi Hills da ki bun spah ngut, ha la ka jingriam tynrai Achik, ki la shu iaid noh sawdong sawdong ia ka jylli pynieng kali ha Secretariat,Shillong da kaba iahylla jam, “No State, No Rest”, “We want Garoland”, “Garoland is our birth right” bad kiwei kiwei ki jingiapyrta shla kaba la pynkhihwin ia ka lyer sawdong jong ka bor sorkar ha Secretariat. Namarba kane ka jingiakhih bad iapyrta jam ka dei ha pdeng jong ka sor bun bah ki paidbah kiba iaid ba ieng lyngba jong kane ka jaka pdeng, ki nongthoh khubor bad kiwei, ki la iohi bad ki la iohsngew ia ka jingsawa jam jong kane ka jingdawa Garoland jong ki Achik bad ki la rah ruh ia kane ka khubor sha kiwei kiwei ki bynta jong ka jylla. Nalorkata, ki nongthohkhubor ki la pynphriang kylleng ia kane ka khubor kylleng ka jylla.
U Chairman jong kane ka Garoland Hill State Movement Committee (GHSMC), u Nikman Ch. Marak, u la ong ba ka jingdawa ia ka Garoland ka la long naduh ki por ba synshar ki phareng bad ka la poi haduh spah snem malu mala naduh ka snem 1889, hynrei ki Garo kim shym la ioh la ka jong ka Garoland. U la ong ruh ba ka lynti jong ka jingiakhih jong ka GHSMC ka long da ka jingjai jai ym da kaba ia-umsnam. “Ngi dawa na ka sorkar pdeng bad ia ka sorkar jylla ba kin khot ban iakren bad ngi ka Committee halor kane ka mat jingdawa jong ngi bad lada kim sngap ngin pynjur shuh shuh ia ka jingiakhih haduh kin hab ban sngap ia ka jingdawa ha kawei ka sngi”, ong u Nikman Marak. U la ong ruh ba ka daw jong kane ka jingdawa la ka jong ka Garoland ka long ba ka jylla Meghalaya ka la dap 46 snem kynthih bad sa tang khyndiat snem kan rakhe ia ka Golden Jubilee hynrei ka thaiñ Garo kam i don dak jingroi hangno hangno ruh bad ka la shah iehbeiñ palat. Nalorkata u la ong ba wat la ha kine ki 46 snem kynthih ba ngi la ioh Meghalaya hynrei kam don kano kano ka jingiashrut hapdeng ki Khasi-Jaintia bad ki Garo, ki ia-imm suk im saiñ, hynrei ka don ka jingiapher bak-ly-bak ha ka jinglong jingman, ka Riti ka Dustur, ka ktien ka thylliej, ka rukom synshar shnong synshar thaw, ka rukom bat khyndew bad kiwei kiwei. “Kine hi ki pynlong ia ngi ban iakhih ban ioh noh la ka jong ka jylla Garoland bad ngi da khmih lynti ba lada ngi la ioh noh la ka jong ka jylla kan wan ka bha ka miat bad ka jingroi stet ha ki liang baroh”, ong u Nikman Marak. U la ong, “ngi dawa ia ka sorkar jylla ba kan iakren lem bad ka sorkar India halor kane ka jingdawa jylla jong ngi bad ngi dawa ruh na ka sorkar India, lyngba kane ka jingiakhih jong ngi, ba kan thung noh ia ka State Re-Organisation Commission ba kan pynstet noh ban wan jylla Garoland”.
Haba kren shaphang ka Map na ka bynta kane ka jylla Garoland, u Nikman Marak u la ialeh ban kren sian bha da kaba u ong ba ka GHSMC kam pat don ia kano kano ka Map bad kam pat dro ruh ia kano kano ka Map na ka bynta ka Garoland State hynrei kin sa dro hadien ynda la dep iakren bad ki seng saiñ hima, ki sengbhalang, ka sorkar Meghalaya bad kiwei kiwei de.
Ha kaba iadei bad ka Map Garoland na ka liang ka ANVC ka la dep ai ia ka Map jong ka “Garoland” sha ka Home Ministry shuwa ban pyndem wait noh bad na ka liang ka GNLA ruh ka la dep dro ia ka Map bad ha kine baroh ar tylli ki Map la kynthup lang ia ki bun bah ki jaka Khasi. Lah ban kdew hangne ba kine ki seng kaikhlaw ki la dawa ba ia kiba bun bah ki bynta jong ka Khasi Hills, khamtam jong ka West bad South West Khasi Hills- khamtam kito ki jaka ba shongshnong ki Garo, dei ban kynthup hapoh ka Garoland. Lada ka Garoland Hill State Movement Committee (GHSMC) ka dawa Garoland State katkum ba la pruid dak bad dawa Garoland da kine ki seng kaikhlaw kan ktah shibun ia ki Khasi. Kumno u pud u sam Khasi un leit noh sha Garo? Kumno ki jaka puta bad ki khyndew ki shyiap Khasi kin leit noh sha ka jylla Garoland, namarba bun bah ki jaka ba shong ki Garo, ki trai jong ki jaka puta ba shong maki, ki dei hi ki Khasi, ki Garo ki shu shong thap shongsap. Kane ka bym lah ban long satia. Dei hangne ba ka jingdawa Garoland kan ktah ia ki Khasi. Hynrei, lada kam don jingeh ei ei haba kam ia u pud u sam bad haba kam ktah ia ka khyndew ka shyiap, ka jingdawa Garoland State jong ki, kam ktah ei ei ruh. Ki Garo lane ki Achik ki don ka hok bapura ban dawa jylla noh la ka jong. Ha ka jingshisha ngi ki Khasi ngim don ei ei ruh ban pyrshah ia ka jingpan jylla jong ki. Ngin jin da kwah ba ka sorkar India bad ka sorkar jylla jong ngi ruh, ki dei ban pynbeit noh kloi ia ki lynti ban ai jylla noh la ka jong ia ki Garo. Lada ngi ki Khasi ruh ngi kwah ban ioh Khasi-Jaintia State noh la ka jong khlem da tuklar ei ei ia u pud u sam jong ki Garo, ma ki ruh kin jin da sngewtynnat bha bad la lait ruh bun ki sohkyrdot, kum ka bhah ioh kam ioh jam (40:40 %) bad kiwei kiwei. Ka jingkylli ka long, yn leh kumno ia kine kiba la dep ioh kam lypa ha kine ki snem ba la leit noh?. Ha ka jingshisha lada ki Achik ki ioh noh la ka jong ka jylla, ka Meghalaya kan kham rit noh bad kan sah noh sa tang ka Khasi-Jaintia. Kin don hi shibun ki bynta ki ban ktah hynrei ia ngi ki Khasi-Jaintia kan ym don than kata ka jingktah.
Kum ban shu pynkynmaw, ka GHSMC ka la sdang iakhih jylla noh la ka jong tang ha ka snem 2012 hynrei u Clifford R. Marak, MLA barim ka Chokpot u la iakhih ban ioh Garoland State naduh ki snem 1885-86 ter ter bad malu mala u Bah Hopingstone Lyngdoh ruh u la iakhih ban ioh Khasi-Jaintia State noh la ka jong ha kijuh ki snem. Kumta, u kpa jong ka jingiakhih Garoland State u dei u Clifford Marak ym u Nikman Marak lane ka GHSMC.