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{{Short description|Village in Meghalaya, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
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| name = Langpih
| image_skyline = Anganwadi at Lampi.jpg
| image_caption = Anganwadi center at Lampi
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Assam#India
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|coordinates = {{coord|25|50|10.65|N|91|10|9.78|E|display=inline}}
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'''Langpih''', also spelt '''Langpi''', '''Lampi''', or '''Lumpi''' is a village in [[northeast India|northeast]] [[India]].<ref name="LokSabha">{{citation|title=Lok Sabha debates (English Version)|year=1988|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fn83AAAAIAAJ&q=langpih|page=97}}</ref><ref name="Hindu">{{citation|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200805311621.htm|periodical=The Hindu|title=Assam conducts function on disputed land|date=31 May 2008|accessdate=10 August 2010|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph">{{citation|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100516/jsp/frontpage/story_12454682.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100519195318/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100516/jsp/frontpage/story_12454682.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 May 2010|periodical=The Telegraph|title=Lampi: a victim of one-upmanship; Progress eludes 'apple of discord'|last1=Roy|first1=Dipankar|last2=Sarma|first2=Pankaj|date=16 May 2010|accessdate=18 August 2010|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref> It is located near the border of [[West Khasi Hills district]], [[Meghalaya]] and [[Kamrup district]], [[Assam]].<ref name="DNA">{{citation|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_don-t-politicise-langpih-meghalaya-cm_1168318|title=Don't politicise Langpih: Meghalaya|date=3 June 2008|accessdate=10 August 2010|periodical=Daily News and Analysis}}</ref> In Meghalaya's administrative structure, it is under [[Kyrdum]] gram panchayat, [[Mawshynrut]] block, West Khasi Hills district, whereas Assam assigns it to [[No. 9 Dakhin Pub Boko]] gram panchayat, [[Boko-Bongaon]] block, Kamrup district, with the [[Postal Index Number]] 781129 (shared with [[Hahimbazar]], [[Nalapara]], and [[Samuka]], which are all in [[No. 70 Dakhin Pub Luki]] gram panchayat).<ref>{{citation|chapter-url=http://ddws.gov.in/ddwsimis/RuralWaterSupply/reports/ReportYSRHabitationDistrict.aspx?districtId=0047&districtname=KAMRUP|title=Name of Habitations in yearly status report, rural water supply programme|chapter=Kamrup|year=2010|publisher=Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India|accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{citation|chapter-url=http://megphed.gov.in/knowledge/achieve0708/wkh.pdf|publisher=Public Health Engineering Department, Government of Meghalaya|year=2008|title=List of Habitations that have been provided with Water Supply during the year 2007–2008|chapter=West Khasi Hills|accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/pincode/india/assam/kamrup/pincode-of-lower-lumpi.html|title=Pincode of Lower Lumpi|publisher=MapsOfIndia.com|accessdate=27 August 2010}}</ref>

==Facilities==
The village is served by a government health sub-centre, but it is not staffed by doctors. Teachers rarely come to the village's two schools. The village is not [[rural electrification|electrified]].<ref name="Telegraph"/> The village is served by one road, in poor condition, connecting it to the Riangdo-Boko road which itself connects to [[National Highway 37 (India)|National Highway 37]] in Assam, at a junction just west of [[Boko, Assam|Boko]]. Another {{convert|5|km}} road from neighbouring [[Kthiehthawiar]] to Meghalaya was under construction in 2008.<ref name="Telegraph"/><ref name="Zeenews20081122">{{citation|url=http://zeenews.india.com/Elections08/JKStory.aspx?aid=485586|title=Meghalaya flexes muscle on Assam boundary|periodical=[[Zee News]]|date=22 November 2008|accessdate=11 August 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224003636/http://zeenews.india.com/Elections08/JKStory.aspx?aid=485586|archivedate=24 February 2014}}</ref> That would connect Langpih through Kthiehthawiar to a junction with [[National Highway 44 (India)|National Highway 44]] just west of [[Nongstoin]]. It remained under construction by 2011.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.nongsain.com/epaperpdf/1062011/1062011-md-hr-1.pdf|title=La khang ia ki trok ban iaid na ka surok Kthiehthawiar-Langpih|work=U Nongsain Hima|date=9 July 2011|accessdate=11 August 2012}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 2008, the Assam government began building a health centre and police outpost in the village, and Assam police reportedly detained Meghalaya journalists who came to cover the event.<ref name="Hindu"/> Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister [[Hopingstone Lyngdoh]] stated that once the Kthiehthawiar–Meghalaya road was complete, the Meghalaya Police would move their temporary police outpost in the area from Lejadubi to Langpih.<ref name="Zeenews20081122"/> He stated that two platoons of police would be stationed in the village. Assam Chief Secretary [[P. C. Sharma]] rebutted that his state would not allow this.<ref name="IndianExpress"/>

==Territorial dispute==

===1950s to 1990s===
Langpih is the subject of a long-running dispute between the Meghalaya and Assam state governments, one of twelve such disputed territories.<ref name="Zeenews20081122"/> According to Meghalaya Chief Minister [[Donkapur Roy]], the British annexed the village to Assam's Kamrup district, but then after [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian independence]], it was assigned to the [[United Khasi and Jaintia Hills district]], a district in today's Meghalaya state.<ref name="DNA"/> The Meghalaya government claims that Assam's 1951 demarcation shows the area as part of a district in what would later become Meghalaya state. However, in 1972, Assam's new demarcation showed the area as part of its own Mikir Hills district (now [[Karbi Anglong District]]).<ref name="TimesOfIndia">{{citation|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-21/guwahati/28273150_1_assam-and-meghalaya-boundary-assam-s-karbi-anglong |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811095226/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-21/guwahati/28273150_1_assam-and-meghalaya-boundary-assam-s-karbi-anglong |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2011 |title=Won't accept 1972 demarcation by Assam: Meghalaya|date=21 June 2010|work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=10 August 2010}}</ref>

In 1974, government forces from the two states had a faceoff in the village after Meghalaya policemen allegedly expelled Nepalese grazers, leading Assam policemen to arrive and investigate.<ref>{{citation|periodical=Data India|publisher=Press Institute of India|year=1974|title=Confrontation at Langpih|page=63|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eHlDAAAAYAAJ&q=langpih}}</ref> ''Link'' magazine described the situation as "explosive".<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f3BDAAAAYAAJ&q=langpih|title=The States|periodical=Link|volume=16|issue=3|year=1974|page=28}}</ref> [[Hopingstone Lyngdoh]] claims that Assam "encroached on the village in 1979" and since then encouraged further Assamese settlement there.<ref name="IndianExpress">{{citation|date=22 November 2008|accessdate=10 August 2010|title=Will set up police post in disputed Langpih village: Meghalaya|periodical=Indian Express|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Will-set-up-police-post-in-disputed-Langpih-village--Meghalaya/389179}}</ref> In 1988, it was claimed in the [[Lok Sabha]] that the government of Meghalaya had proposed to set up an electoral constituency, 34-Nongstoin, which covered [[Kamphaduli]], [[Hakumari]], and Langpih.<ref name="LokSabha"/>

===2010s===
The '''[[Langpih Incident]]''' occurred on 14 May 2010, when clashes broke out between the Nepalese and tribal Khasi people, leading to shootings by police.<ref>{{citation|url=http://kolkataobserver.com/?p=13462|periodical=Kolkata Observer|title=Security tightened after clash at disputed village|date=15 May 2010|accessdate=10 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713163707/http://kolkataobserver.com/?p=13462|archive-date=13 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> National media reported that four Khasi villagers died of the gunshot wounds: Columbus Hujon, Charles Lyngkhoi, Dennis Nonsiej, and Ekros Rani. Reports of the total number of injured varied between twelve and twenty-six.<ref name="Telegraph20120629">{{citation|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120630/jsp/frontpage/story_15674216.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709005717/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120630/jsp/frontpage/story_15674216.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 July 2012|title=Cops object to stage at Langpih|periodical=The Telegraph of India|date=29 June 2012|accessdate=11 August 2012|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://news.oneindia.in/2010/05/19/centreto-probe-firing-across-assam-meghalaya-border.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313172255/http://news.oneindia.in/2010/05/19/centreto-probe-firing-across-assam-meghalaya-border.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 March 2012|title=Centre to probe firing across Assam-Meghalaya border|date=19 May 2010|accessdate=10 August 2010|periodical=OneIndia.in}}</ref> The governments of Assam and Meghalaya have each reported the death toll as two; even this death toll has become an object of political controversy, with authorities of each state moving the corpses around across state borders to manipulate the number.<ref name="Telegraph"/> A monument was constructed in memory of the dead villagers.<ref name="Telegraph20120629"/>

Repercussions of the 2010 incident continued to be felt in 2012, when Pynskhemlang Nongshlong of neighbouring [[Rambrai]] village planned to lead a [[hunger strike]] in memory of the four slain men.<ref name="Telegraph20120629"/> Nongshlong and thirteen fellow activists took to a stage constructed by local people specially for their fast. Two hours after the fast began, the Assistant District Commissioner of Kamrup and 150 police of Assam State arrived at the site. However, Langpih villagers formed a [[human chain (politics)|human chain]] to deny access to police.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.northeasttoday.in/our-states/assam/assam-police-fails-to-disrupt-langpih-fast/|title=Assam Police Fails to Disrupt Langpih Fast|work=Northeast Today|date=2 July 2012|accessdate=11 August 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218063633/http://www.northeasttoday.in/our-states/assam/assam-police-fails-to-disrupt-langpih-fast/|archive-date=18 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> By the eighth day, eight of the fasters had been retired to [[Shillong Civil Hospital]] due to ill health; Nongshlong and five others remained, but were clearly suffering from the effects of dehydration.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120709/jsp/northeast/story_15706471.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132319/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120709/jsp/northeast/story_15706471.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2016|title=Fast over Langpih enters Day Eight; No solution to imbroglio in sight|periodical=The Telegraph of India|date=9 July 2012|accessdate=11 August 2012|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref> As the fast neared its second week, Meghalaya Chief Minister [[Mukul Sangma]] appealed to Delhi for assistance.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120712/jsp/northeast/story_15718358.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717083909/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120712/jsp/northeast/story_15718358.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2012|title=Sangma petitions Delhi on Langpih|periodical=The Telegraph of India|date=11 July 2012|accessdate=11 August 2012|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref>

Nongshlong declared an end to the fast on 13 July, giving the government a deadline of two months to fulfill a list of demands which the villagers would later announce.<ref>{{citation|url=
http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/hunger-strike-at-langpih-to-be-withdrawn-tomorrow/31575/|title=Hunger strike at Langpih to be withdrawn tomorrow|work=Business Standard|date=13 July 2012|accessdate=11 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2012/07/13/langpih-protesters-end-fast-unto-death/|title=Langpih protesters end fast unto death|work=The Shillong Times|date=13 July 2012|accessdate=11 August 2012}}</ref> However, on 16 July Nongshlong and four women resumed their fast at Nongstoin.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120716/jsp/northeast/story_15732741.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822162445/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120716/jsp/northeast/story_15732741.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 August 2014|title=Youth resumes fast unto death at hospital|date=16 July 2012|accessdate=11 August 2012|location=Calcutta, India|work=The Telegraph}}</ref> Around the same time, the [[Meghalaya People’s Human Rights Council]] sent a delegation to the 20th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]]. MPHRC General Secretary [[Dino Dympep]] met with UN [[United Nations special rapporteur|Special Rapporteur]] [[James Anaya]] regarding the 2010 killings, following which Anaya sent a communique to the Government of India. However, by the following month the GOI had failed to respond.<ref>{{citation|url=http://tntmagazine.in/news/meghalaya/india-yet-to-submit-the-long-pending-assam-meghalaya-border-dispute-to-the-un-dino-dg-dympep/|title=India yet to submit th elong pending Assam-Meghalaya Border dispute to the UN|periodical=TNT Magazine|date=1 August 2012|accessdate=11 August 2012}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:2010 in India]]
[[Category:Territorial disputes of India]]
[[Category:Villages in Kamrup district]]
[[Category:Villages in West Khasi Hills district]]

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