Sohra

Sohra
Sohra, also known as Chur(r)ra (a British Raj corruption), is one of the hima (Khasi tribal chieftainships constituting petty Khasi Hills States) in the present East Khasi Hills district of the (formerly Assamese) Indian state of Meghalaya. It was originally homonymous with its capital, a town which is now known as Cherrapunji or -punjee.

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