Background
He was the eldest son of Ram Sing Jaid Rani and his second wife, Bijan Laitkynsew Jaid Mairom.
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Career
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 quarries in Mynteng Nongjri of present day Shella.
