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'''Babu Jeebon Roy''' (born 1838 in Saitsohpen, [[Sohra]], India) was an Indian government servant; he is known as the "Father of Modern Khasis".<br />
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He was the eldest son of Ram Sing Jaid Rani and his second wife, Bijan Laitkynsew Jaid Mairom. He had a brother Bon Roy and a sister, Tiewbon.<br />
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Babu Jeebon Roy is known as the "Father of Modern Khasis" for his contribution to Khasi language, literature, linguistics, entrepreneurship and education. He was a government servant working for the [[East India Company]]. He later resigned his job as a government servant and worked in [[limestone]] mining. He became the first Khasi to develop mines, having leased limestone [[quarry|quarries]] in Mynteng Nongjri of present-day [[Shella]]. He established the first high school in Khasi – Jaintia Hills in the year 1880 in Shillong, now known as the Shillong Government Boys Higher Secondary School and had set up the first printing press in the Hills there called the ‘Ri Khasi Press’ in Umsohsun, Shillong in 1896. He also authored books such as ''Ka Niam Jong Ki Khasi'' (''The Religion of the Khasis'').<br />
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==References==<br />
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.easternpanorama.in/index.php/special-section/1957-khasi-roots-and-the-adaptation-to-winds-of-change|title=Khasi Roots and the Adaptation to Winds of Change|first=Eastern|last=Panorama|website=Easternpanorama.in|accessdate=18 October 2017}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2013/05/12/a-spirit-of-service/ Theshillongtimes.com]<br />
*{{google books|id=qfSz3UOAxM4C|page=43}}<br />
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