Assam gk category assam general knowledge, assam history. Kachari article about kachari by the free dictionary. State in india assam state clockwise from top academic complex of iit. Descent and succession to property are in the male line. This book gives information about the origin, spread. M34b, a subhaplogroup of m34 has been newly defined, and another subhaplogroup m34a 23 has been redefined in the present study. Sonowal kacharis news newspapers books scholar jstor march 2020 learn how and when to remove this template message. An outline on the growth and development of autonomy. The dimasa kingdom and others kamata, chutiya that developed in the wake of the kamarupa kingdom were led by chieftains of indigenous communities of assam and are examples of indigenous state formations in medieval assam. History the hill tribes of northeast india were independent of india and assam prior to the british colonization of this region. There are demands from other ethnic groups like the konch, ahom, moran, mattok, chutia and the. Nath has stated that this country was known as bodhomeland. The traditional occupation of the sonwal was panning for gold during the ahom kingdom.
In his book, he translated several of their spoken folktales, including the following story about a boy who tries to plant seeds after everyone else has finished. Their language belongs to the bodo subgroup of the tibetoburman languages. The state is bordered by bhutan and arunachal pradesh to the north. Dimasa means children of the big river referring to the brahmaputra river. Today the sonwal are primarily engaged in agriculture.
Methodology it is an analytical approach towards understanding different aspects of sonowal kachari autonomy movement and it depends upon both the primary and secondary sources including personal interviews. There is also another extended sixth schedule status autonomous arrangement in assam bodoland territorial council btc, 2003 which also posses village council. Chapter iii background of assamese society and culture. Whereas adi, apatani or nyishis believes in the the. It has 23 chapters, each chapter dealing with a particular topic arranged chronologically. In the present study, an attempt has been made to explore the diversity of iks pertaining to utilization of medicinal plants by the sonowal kachari tribe of dibrugarh district in assam, ne india. Hamren is the headquarter of the newly formed district. Dna was extracted from all the collected 45 ml blood samples using standard phenolchloroform methods 56 with minor modifications. And sonowal kachari is a clantribe of a larger bodo kachari community. Migration, ethnicitybased movements and states response.
According to the census report of 1972, the sonowal kacharis constitute the third largest plain tribe of assam. Kachari is a sinotibetan language of the borogaro supgroup, spoken in assam, india. The kachari sonwal or sonowal are an indigenous people who live in northeast india. The crisis of citizenship in assam the india forum. This work, in many ways reflected the self description of the bodos during the bodo movement. Xonowal kosaree are one of the indigenous peoples of the state of assam in northeast india. They have traditional house pattern, food, dress, religion etc. Bodokachari unitedly lived in kamarupa kingdom but power struggle separated into many parts.
Religion and social change among the ethnic communities of assam. Ethnic diversity of assam apsc mains essay assamexam. The thengalkacharis, belonging to the borokachari ethnic groups are one of the most ancient inhabitants of assam with rich tradition and cultural history. The sonowal kacharis and their movement for autonomy among the greater bodo race, the sonowal kachari is an important autochthon tribe of assam. Endle the kacharis 1911 and sir edward gait a history of assam 1906. Updating phylogeny of mitochondrial dna macrohaplogroup m. Sonowal kachari tribe 5 unknown facts all about assam. Kacharis, their family history, about their living style. Assam group of ministers to report on st status in february.
Indigenous knowledge and practices of thengal kachari women in sustainable management of bari system of farming article pdf available in indian journal of traditional knowledge 81. Assam current affairs december 22 28, 2019 assamexam. Current affairs 06012020 by aspireias are useful for upsc, ias, pcs, bpsc, uppsc, mppsc, rpsc, kpsc and all other competition exams. Oral traditions of the sonowal kacharis of assam ijirssc. It comes under the 6th schedule of the constitution of. Bodo kachari unitedly lived in kamarupa kingdom but power struggle separated into many parts. Waddel 1901 says that the section of the kacharis that live in upper assam is the sonowal or sadiola who were mostly goldwashers in erstwhile lakhimpur district of assam. The west karbi anglong district is a new district formed out of the existing karbi anglong district of assam in 2015. Rabhas, hasong, tiwa, mising, sonowal kachari, thangal kachari and deuris have been granted autonomous district councils to satisfy their autonomy aspirations. There are large tanks pukhuri in assamese language such as padum pukhuri, bangal. They have also several worshipping place called thaan. Bohua nritya, an unique folk dance form of the sonowal. They live in the districts of dibrugarh, tinsukia, dhemaji, sivasagar, lakhimpur, golaghat and jorhat. Sonowal kacharis are a branch of the bodo kacharis, mostly agrarian, practicing traditional means for cultivation of land.
It is simply constructed by the elites, empowered by modernization and. Among the various tribal groups of assam, the sonowal kachari is the fifth largest. Haidang are the traditioanl folk songs of which tribe. The kachari are divided into the mountain kachari dimasa and the. Indigenous knowledge and practices of thengal kachari.
The people the sonowal kacharis is an endogamous group of kachari tribe and a popular plain scheduled tribe population of assam. Assistant professor department of history duliajan college. Bodokachari also kachari, bodo is a generic term applied to a number of ethnic groups living predominantly in the northeast indian state of assam, that speak assamese and borogaro languages, some of who possibly have shared ancestries. They have a tribal religion, with an extensive pantheon of village and household gods. There is also the book by khiti bora named kacharibarir ghatat. Click download or read online button to get the kacharis book now. The brahmaputra river entering bangladesh is known as a padma b meghna c jamuna d jaldhaka 3. And last but not the least the dress which is mentioned here is called dokhona in bodo language, but with slight differences due to cultural influences of neighbouring communities for vast period of time, like say 800 years since ahom and few decades later with mishings. A tribe possesses certain qualities and characteristics that make it a unique cultural, social, and political entity. Sonowal kachari nocte, singpho sulung, memba tibetan chakma nepali, wancho zakhring based on poi. Problems and prospects of women entreprenureship in sonowal kachari. The bodo or kachari tribe of assam is scattered throughout the state. The earliest settlers antiquity and evolutionary history of. Religion and social change among the ethnic communities of.
Although these groups spoke different borogaro languages in historical times, many of them speak assamese currently. Kachari is a generic term for a number of ethnic groups that live in the northeastern states of assam and nagaland, india. Arunachal pradesh series the second group consists of adis, akas, apatanis, bungnis, nyishis, mishmis, mijis etc. The earliest settlers antiquity and evolutionary history. History of classical sanskrit literature m krishnamachariar. State in northeast india for other uses, see assam disambiguation. Jan 20, 2019 the group of ministers gom, formed by the sarbananda sonowal government to study the issue of granting the scheduled tribe st status to six communities in assam, will submit its report on february. Though history is considered as a weapon and tradition that can fuel ethnic conflict, the current ethnic conflict cannot be explained by simply calling it as a revived form of an earlier conflict. The mongoloid sonowal kacharis are one of the scheduled tribes of assam.
Upendra chandra guha mentions is his book kacharer itibritta that the kachari. In the early 1900s, a missionary named reverend sidney endle wrote about the kachari people, who live in the assam region of india. Nishi, adi, kuki, rava, garo, lalung, sonowal kachari, mising, chutia, tipras, hajangs, etc. Updating phylogeny of mitochondrial dna macrohaplogroup m in. Xonowal kosaree are one of the indigenous peoples of. Choudhury traces the origin of the bodos as follows. History of classical sanskrit literature by m krishnamachariar contains an elaborate account of all branches of classical sanskrit literature on the basis of literary, epigraphical and archaelogical sources. Five samples of malpaharia have been clustered into a new subhaplogroup m33d fig. The brahmaputra river entering bangladesh is known as a padma b continue reading assam gktest set 30. The kacharis download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Assam group of ministers to report on st status in.
With fewer than 60,000 speakers recorded in 1997, and the asam 2001 census reporting a literacy rate of 81% the kachari language is currently ranked as threatened. Animist sonowal kacharis believe in supernatural powers. The results also showed that girls were found to have greater fatpattern than boys related to ufa, afi and ufe p books in pdf, epub, tuebl, and mobi format. The dimasa kingdom also kachari kingdom or hidimba kingdom was a powerful kingdom in assam, northeast india ruled by dimasa kings, called timisa in the ahom buranjis. The hill tribes of northeast india were independent of india. Oct 06, 2016 a tribe is a social division in a traditional society consisting of families linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect. They are of tibetoburman origin, and are closely associated with other ethnic groups of assam which are commonly referred as kirata, kirati people or kachari people first classified by s endle. Dna was extracted from all the collected 45 ml blood samples using standard phenolchloroform methods 56. Problems and prospects of women entreprenureship in sonowal. Pdf indigenous knowledge and practices of thengal kachari. A study of traditional food of sonowal kacharis of brahmaputra. The sonowal kacharis have their own traditional culture. Lila gogois novel on noi boi jai deals with the intense relation of the river and the pain and joy of. Avoiding sonowal kachari where only one m2 sample was found, 36 m2 samples were randomly selected from each of the 16 tribes for complete mtdna sequencing 72 in total.
They try to appease all benevolent and malevolent deities of their own. Kachari a people living in the northern part of assam state in india. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Religion and ethnic reconstruction among the tribes of north east india.
Rajagopalachari has 30 books on goodreads with 16066 ratings. Love, corruption, ambition by chetan bhagat, can lov. They are of tibetoburman origin, and are closely associated with the other ethnic groups of assam which are commonly referred to as bodokachari peoples. Dec 25, 2011 i wish our leaders would take up the step to turn the history in books so that the upcoming generation can feel proud as many would not know during the time in kashpur kingdom the mughals attacked from sylhet area with more then 60000 soldires but the dimasa kachari stop them but gone through many looses, as the mughal got defeated they were. The mean values of the sonowal kachari children and adolescents were found lower than the kenyan, zimbabwean and turkish children. A study in historical methodology, penguin books, england. The sonowal kachari is also a branch of greater kachari.
Historical relics of kachari royal dome still exist in and around dimapur. Her study advertentlyborrowed from the description of the colonial writers works. These people were earlier known as bodo kachari, but now they are called only bodo. Oct, 2009 the lineages of madia ma114 and sonowal kachari sk53 have been grouped under m33b. A case study among the sonowal kacharis of dibrugarh, assam. Contemporary trends in ethnic and tribal assertion in assam. The kachari tribe is divided into clans named after aspects of nature e. Distribution dimasa kachari are mainly found in the presentday dima hasao district old name north cachar hills of assam. Their population is more than 200, 000 1967, estimate. The district is part of karbi anglong autonomous council and administered according to the provisions of sixth scheduled of the indian constitution history. As a basic requirement of life and to indicate their culture among the societies, like other communities.
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