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Meghalaya में पिता का surname लगाने नहीं मिलेगा ST certificate -Tribal council का आदेश

A tribal council’s order not to issue a Scheduled Tribe (ST) certificate to any Khasi person who adopts the surname of her or his father has triggered a war of words in matrilineal Meghalaya. The Khasis, numbering about 1.39 lakh, are one of the three indigenous matrilineal communities in the northeastern State.