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Thomas Jones (missionary)

1810–1849 · 19th century

Thomas Jones (1810–1849) was a Welsh Calvinistic Methodist missionary who arrived in the Khasi Hills of north-east India in 1841. Working from Sohra (Cherrapunji), he wrote the Khasi language in the Latin alphabet, prepared the first Khasi reading books and translations, and opened schools. He is remembered in Meghalaya as the father of the Khasi alphabet and of Khasi literature.

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Sohra State

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