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title: "Meghalaya Plateau: Geography for UPSC | Model Diplomat"
description: "The Meghalaya Plateau is a detached fragment of the Peninsular shield in Northeast India, holding the Garo, Khasi and Jaintia Hills and Earth's wettest places."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

TL;DR

- The Meghalaya Plateau is a detached northeastern block of the Indian Peninsular shield, separated from the main plateau by the Garo-Rajmahal gap.
- Why is the Meghalaya Plateau classified with Peninsular India rather than the Himalaya?
- What is the Garo-Rajmahal gap and why does it matter?
- Why do Cherrapunji and Mawsynram receive the world's highest rainfall?
- What are the three main hill divisions of the Meghalaya Plateau?

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Meghalaya was constituted a full state of the Indian Union on 21 January 1972, taking its name—"abode of clouds"—from the record monsoon rainfall the plateau's southern escarpment receives at Cherrapunji and Mawsynram.

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