{"id":240204,"date":"2024-05-12T00:19:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T18:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=240204"},"modified":"2024-05-12T00:19:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T18:49:09","slug":"hgb-luking-palling-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/05\/12\/hgb-luking-palling-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"HGB Luking Palling passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>TUTING, 11 May:<\/strong> Luking Palling, former and longest-serving head gaon bura (HGB) of Rising village in Tuting, Upper Siang district, passed away on Friday night at his home, marking the end of a notable life dedicated to community service and development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Born in May 1946, Palling was the youngest of his siblings. He tragically lost his elder brothers in the devastating earthquake and flashflood of 1950.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the age of 14 or 15 years, he served as a porter for the Indian Army during the 1962 Sino-India war. He joined the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) at the age of 22 years but resigned after three years due to a transfer, choosing instead to care for his mother and manage the family&#8217;s ancestral lands in Tuting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Throughout his life, he played a crucial role in the modernisation of Tuting, including donating land for the township&#8217;s development. He was a unifier who fostered cohesive relations among various tribes, including the Adi, Memba, and Khamba communities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Palling leaves behind his wife, three sons &#8211; Olik Palling, a teacher; Okit Palling, MD of the Arunachal Pradesh Agriculture Marketing Board; and Omin Palling, who is in the Indo-Tibetan Border Police &#8211; and three daughters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His legacy as a true public leader and community builder remains ingrained in the hearts of those who knew him and benefitted from his lifelong dedication to Tuting town.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TUTING, 11 May: Luking Palling, former and longest-serving head gaon bura (HGB) of Rising village in Tuting, Upper Siang district, passed away on Friday night at his home, marking the end of a notable life dedicated to community service and development. Born in May 1946, Palling was the youngest of his siblings. He tragically lost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-240204","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}