Pa togan sangma biography of rorys baby
Garo tribal leader resorted to guerrilla tactics to alarm the ......
A Leader is Born
Meanwhile, Togan Sangma was closely monitoring the chain of events that were taking place in the region, all the while thinking of a way to safeguard the Garo villages.
Pa togan sangma biography of rorys baby
He was already aware of the gradual intrusions made by the Christian missionaries into the Garo Hills and the increasing popularity of their “charitable activities” among the Garos. He considered it to be detrimental to the indigenous religious beliefs and value systems of the natives who were looked down upon with contempt by the Christian missions as “uncivilised heathens” and “non-believers”.
Sangma soon realised the threat posed by the collusion of the Christian missionaries with the colonial state, and thus took it upon himself to protect his people, their lands, culture and identity.
After the first Anglo-Burmese war (1824-1826), the British Government decided to occupy the Brahmaputra with the purpose of connecting the two valleys of the Brahmaputra