Khasi and Jaintia Hills
（重定向自Jaintia Hills）
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The Khasi and Jaintia Hills are a mountainous region that was mainly part of Assam Province in British India. This area is now part of the present Indian constitutive state of Meghalaya, formerly Assam, including Jaintia district, capital Jowai, East Khasi district, capital Shillong, and West Khasi district, capital Nongstoin.