U Kiang Nangbah

U Kiang Nangbah an Indian meghalaya freedom fighter, revolutionary. He was hanged by the British publicly because He led an uprising against the British.

The last words U Kiang Nangbah said to the British, at the gallows:

“Brothers and sisters please look carefully on my face when I die on the gallows. If my face turns towards the east, my country will be free from the foreign yoke within 100 years;  if it turns towards the west, my country will remain in bondage for good.”

A postage stamp was issued by Government of India to commemorate him in 2001. A government college was also opened at Jowai in 1967 in his honour.