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class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_Bodoland.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Official seal of Bodoland Territorial Region"><img alt="Official seal of Bodoland Territorial Region" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Emblem_of_Bodoland.png/82px-Emblem_of_Bodoland.png" decoding="async" width="82" height="82" class="mw-file-element" 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Territorial Region Within India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Bodoland_Territorial_Area_Districts.svg/250px-Bodoland_Territorial_Area_Districts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Bodoland_Territorial_Area_Districts.svg/375px-Bodoland_Territorial_Area_Districts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Bodoland_Territorial_Area_Districts.svg/500px-Bodoland_Territorial_Area_Districts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1005" data-file-height="660" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Bodoland Territorial Region Within India</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&params=26_42_N_91_05_E_region:IN_dim:200000_type:city(3155359)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">26°42′N</span> <span class="longitude">91°05′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">26.700°N 91.083°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">26.700; 91.083</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and territories of India">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">February 9, 2003<span class="noprint">; 22 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2003-02-09</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kokrajhar" title="Kokrajhar">Kokrajhar</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_districts" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Indian districts">Districts</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Bodoland" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Bodoland">5</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_administrative_divisions_of_India" title="Autonomous administrative divisions of India">Autonomous Administrative Region</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Bodoland_Territorial_Council" title="Bodoland Territorial Council">Bodoland Territorial Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive_Member_of_the_Bodoland_Territorial_Council" title="Chief Executive Member of the Bodoland Territorial Council">Chief Executive</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pramod_Boro" title="Pramod Boro">Pramod Boro</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Deputy Chief Executive</th><td class="infobox-data">Gobinda Basumatary<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Speaker</th><td class="infobox-data">Katiram Boro</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">8,970 km<sup>2</sup> (3,460 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">3,155,359</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">350/km<sup>2</sup> (910/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Languages<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bodo_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodo language">Bodo</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B05:30" title="UTC+05:30">UTC+05:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bodoland.gov.in/">bodoland<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Bodoland Territorial Region</b> (<b>BTR</b>) is an <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_administrative_divisions_of_India" title="Autonomous administrative divisions of India">autonomous division</a> in <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Proposed_states_and_union_territories_of_India#Assam" title="Proposed states and union territories of India">proposed state</a> in <a href="/wiki/Northeast_India" title="Northeast India">Northeast India</a>. It is made up of five districts on the north bank of the <a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra_River" title="Brahmaputra River">Brahmaputra River</a> below the foothills of <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a>. It is administered by an elected body known as the <a href="/wiki/Bodoland_Territorial_Council" title="Bodoland Territorial Council">Bodoland Territorial Council</a> which came into existence under the terms of a peace agreement signed in February 2003 and its autonomy was further extended by an agreement signed in January 2020. The region covers an area of over nine thousand square kilometres and is predominantly inhabited by the <a href="/wiki/Bodo_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodo people">Bodo people</a> and other indigenous communities of Assam.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology_of_Bodoland">Etymology of <i>Bodoland</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology of Bodoland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Boro_people#Etymology_of_Boro" title="Boro people">Boro people § Etymology of Boro</a></div> <p>The Plains Tribes Council of Assam had demanded, since its inception in 1967, for a separate union territory for the <a href="/wiki/Boro_people" title="Boro people">Boro</a> and other plain tribes to be called <i>Udayachal</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the failure of PTCA, the All Bodo Students' Union launched the Bodo Movement in 1987 with the demand for a separate state to be called <i>Bodoland</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ending with the Bodo Accord of 1993 with the formation of Bodoland Autonomous Council.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bodoland is named after <i>Bodo</i>, an alternative spelling of the <a href="/wiki/Boro_people" title="Boro people">Boro people</a> who live primarily in the <a href="/wiki/Dooars" title="Dooars">Dooars</a> regions of <a href="/wiki/Undivided_Goalpara_district" title="Undivided Goalpara district">Goalpara</a> and <a href="/wiki/Undivided_Kamrup_district" title="Undivided Kamrup district">Kamrup</a> districts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Protected_tribal_belts_and_blocks_in_Assam" title="Protected tribal belts and blocks in Assam">Protected tribal belts and blocks in Assam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dooars" title="Dooars">Dooars</a></div> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width: 402px;"> <div class="thumbimage" style="width: 400px; height: 200px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -200px; left: -240px; width: 937px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Languages_and_Dialects_of_the_B%C3%A2r%C3%A2_or_Bodo_Group_of_the_Tibeto-Burman_Family_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Bodoland is Mech or Bârâ region of North bank, as reported in the Language Survey of India 1903" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Map_of_the_Languages_and_Dialects_of_the_B%C3%A2r%C3%A2_or_Bodo_Group_of_the_Tibeto-Burman_Family_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="937" height="1088" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="937" data-file-height="1088" /></a></span></div></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Languages_and_Dialects_of_the_B%C3%A2r%C3%A2_or_Bodo_Group_of_the_Tibeto-Burman_Family_(cropped).jpg" title="File:Map of the Languages and Dialects of the Bârâ or Bodo Group of the Tibeto-Burman Family (cropped).jpg"> </a></div>Bodoland is Mech or Bârâ region of North bank, as reported in the Language Survey of India 1903 </div> </div> </div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Album_Pose.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Album_Pose.jpg/250px-Album_Pose.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Album_Pose.jpg/375px-Album_Pose.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Album_Pose.jpg/500px-Album_Pose.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2407" data-file-height="2041" /></a><figcaption>A Brahma Temple at Kokrajhar</figcaption></figure> <p>Originally a part of <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a>, this region came under the control of <a href="/wiki/Koch_dynasty" title="Koch dynasty">Koch</a> king <a href="/wiki/Vishwa_Singha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vishwa Singha">Vishwa Singha</a> in the early 16th century.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around 1562, the successor king <a href="/wiki/Nara_Narayan" title="Nara Narayan">Nara Narayan</a> determined that the Meches and Koches peoples north of the newly constructed <a href="/wiki/Gohain_Kamal_Ali" title="Gohain Kamal Ali">Gohain Kamal Ali</a> could follow their indigenous customs whereas peoples to its south had to follow Hindu Brahmanical rites.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the split of the Koch kingdom and subsequent collapse of the eastern <a href="/wiki/Koch_Hajo" title="Koch Hajo">Koch Hajo</a> due to the Mughals and during the period of <a href="/wiki/Ahom-Mughal_conflicts" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahom-Mughal conflicts">Ahom-Mughal conflicts</a> in early 17th century the Bhutan kingdom pushed south and took control of the region down to the Gohain Kamal Ali.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Itakhuli" title="Battle of Itakhuli">Battle of Itakhuli</a> in 1681 the <a href="/wiki/Ahom_kingdom" title="Ahom kingdom">Ahom kingdom</a> consolidated their rule up to the <a href="/wiki/Manas_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Manas river">Manas river</a> in the west and the region north of the Gohain Kamal Ali, divided into different <i><a href="/wiki/Dooars" title="Dooars">Duars</a></i>, fell into its possession.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ahoms soon faced trouble from the Bhutanese, in the form of incursions, raids,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and violent opposition, beginning about 1688, to tax collection by the Ahoms.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually these clashes came to an end with a written agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Southern_border_of_Bhutan1985.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Southern_border_of_Bhutan1985.jpg/280px-Southern_border_of_Bhutan1985.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Southern_border_of_Bhutan1985.jpg/420px-Southern_border_of_Bhutan1985.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Southern_border_of_Bhutan1985.jpg/560px-Southern_border_of_Bhutan1985.jpg 2x" data-file-width="664" data-file-height="440" /></a><figcaption>Most areas of BTR were under the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bhutan" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Bhutan">Kingdom of Bhutan</a> till the <a href="/wiki/Duar_War" title="Duar War">Duar War</a> of 1865</figcaption></figure> <p>Duars between <a href="/wiki/Sankosh_river" class="mw-redirect" title="Sankosh river">Sankosh river</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manas_River" title="Manas River">Manas River</a> were collectively known as the <a href="/wiki/Dooars#Eastern_Dooars" title="Dooars">Eastern Duars</a>, those between Manas River and <a href="/wiki/Barnadi_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Barnadi River">Barnadi River</a> were collectively known as <a href="/wiki/Dooars#Kamrup_Dooars" title="Dooars">Kamrup Duars</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and those between Barnadi River and <a href="/wiki/Dhansiri_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhansiri River">Dhansiri River</a> were collectively known as <a href="/wiki/Dooars#Darrang_Dooars" title="Dooars">Darrang Duars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The duars to the west of Goalpara were called <a href="/wiki/Dooars#Western_Dooars" title="Dooars">Western Duars</a>. </p><p>The <i>Duars</i> in the <a href="/wiki/Goalpara" title="Goalpara">Goalpara</a> region (which was outside the Ahom kingdom) were under Bhutan's control, but the administration of the Duars to east were shared between Bhutan or <a href="/wiki/Ganden_Phodrang" title="Ganden Phodrang">Tibet</a> and the Ahom kingdom under different mechanisms.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Duars</i> in the Kamrup region followed the <i>posa</i> system in which the Bhutanese were given possession of the duars in lieu of an annual payment;<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and those in the Darrang region were alternately controlled by the Bhutanese and the Ahoms in an annual cycle.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Bhutanese control over these regions were via local authorities, not ethnic Bhutanese, who were appointed by Bhutanese provincial governors called <i><a href="/wiki/Penlop" title="Penlop">Ponlops</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the British took control of Ahom kingdom in 1826, they maintained the Ahom-Bhutan arrangement for a while but the payments made in kind and the shared administration were something the colonial administration was unwilling to maintain<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and annexed the Kamrup and Darrang Duars in 1841 and the Kariapar Duar in 1844;<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and following the <a href="/wiki/Duar_War" title="Duar War">Duar War</a> in 1865 took complete possession of the Duars and removed Bhutanese interest from the Goalpara and Western Duars for good. The duars associated with the historical regions of <a href="/wiki/Goalpara_district" title="Goalpara district">Goalpara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kamrup_district" title="Kamrup district">Kamrup</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Darrang_district" title="Darrang district">Darrang</a> were then added to these districts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Demand_for_statehood">Demand for statehood</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demand for statehood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Along with the other parts of <a href="/wiki/Northeast_India" title="Northeast India">Northeast India</a>, regional aspiration in the region reached a turning point in the 1980s. The isolation of the region, its complex social character, and its backwardness compared to other parts of the country have all resulted in the complicated set of demands ranging from demand for autonomy and opposition to migrants to movements for secession. </p><p>The region is also the gateway to the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_India" title="Northeast India">North Eastern Region of India</a>, where one of the main students organization, All Bodo Students Union (ABSU), allied with <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Front_of_Boroland_-_Progressive" title="National Democratic Front of Boroland - Progressive">National Democratic Front of Boroland – Progressive (NDFB-P)</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Front_of_Boroland_(D.R._Nabla_faction)" title="National Democratic Front of Boroland (D.R. Nabla faction)">National Democratic Front of Boroland – D.R. Nabla faction</a>, People's Joint Action Committee for Boroland Movement (PJACBM) which is an amalgamation of over three dozen Bodo organisations<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and its supporters are demanding from the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> that a separate state (within the Indian Union) be created comprising the seven districts of <a href="/wiki/Kokrajhar_district" title="Kokrajhar district">Kokrajhar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chirang_district" title="Chirang district">Chirang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baksa_district" title="Baksa district">Baksa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Udalguri_district" title="Udalguri district">Udalguri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sonitpur_district" title="Sonitpur district">Sonitpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lakhimpur_district" title="Lakhimpur district">Lakhimpur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dhemaji_district" title="Dhemaji district">Dhemaji</a> of Assam which have a significant Bodo population.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the other hand, it is also claimed as a sovereign state (complete independence from India) by the separatist insurgent group <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Front_of_Bodoland" class="mw-redirect" title="National Democratic Front of Bodoland">NDFB</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1993_and_2003_peace_agreements">1993 and 2003 peace agreements</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1993 and 2003 peace agreements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following an agreement in 1993, Bodoland became an <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_administrative_division" title="Autonomous administrative division">autonomous administrative unit</a> constituted under the <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_Areas#Sixth_Schedule" title="Scheduled Areas">Sixth Schedule area</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a> covering an area of 8,795 km<sup>2</sup> administered by the Bodoland Autonomous Council. </p><p>Following a further peace agreement, the Bodoland Territorial Council was formed in 2003, with a mission to accomplish development in the area of economic, education, preservation of land right, linguistic aspiration, socio-culture and ethnic identity of Bodos and above all to speed up the infrastructure development of communities in the Bodoland area. The actual functioning of the council was started on 7 December 2003 by constituting the 12 members of the Council provisionally. </p><p>After the Council Election on 13 May 2005 and subsequent bye-election in November 2005, the 40-member Legislative Council has been formed to look after the development works in the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts. The remaining six members are nominated by the Governor of Assam from the unrepresented Communities. Thus there are altogether 46 members of the council, representing all communities of BTC Area known as Member of Council Legislative Assembly (MCLA). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2020_peace_agreement_and_the_formation_of_the_Bodoland_Territorial_Region">2020 peace agreement and the formation of the Bodoland Territorial Region</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2020 peace agreement and the formation of the Bodoland Territorial Region"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A new peace agreement was signed on 27 January 2020 between the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Assam" title="Government of Assam">Government of Assam</a> on one side and the <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Front_of_Bodoland" class="mw-redirect" title="National Democratic Front of Bodoland">National Democratic Front of Bodoland</a> (NDFB), the All Bodo Students’ Union and United Bodo People's Organisation on the other.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the terms of this agreement, a Bodoland Territorial Region was formed with enhanced executive and legislative powers. The Bodoland Territorial Council will have competency over almost all areas defined by the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India and its membership will be increased to 60.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The boundary of BTR will be redrawn to make Boro speakers majority within the region. This will be done by forming new districts and the boundary of the region will be adjusted to include contiguous Bodo inhabited areas from neighbouring districts and exclude the non-Bodo inhabited territories which are currently under the jurisdiction of the BTC.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 26 January 2023, Assam Chief Minister <a href="/wiki/Himanta_Biswa_Sarma" title="Himanta Biswa Sarma">Himanta Biswa Sarma</a> have decided to include 60 more villages which have at least 80% <a href="/wiki/Bodo_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodo people">Bodo population</a> in the Bodoland Territorial Region, in order to make Bodo-speakers a slight majority.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bodoland will also have the right to autonomously be represented at national level sports and cultural events such as the <a href="/wiki/National_Games_of_India" title="National Games of India">National Games of India</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Khelo_India_Youth_Games" title="Khelo India Youth Games">Khelo India Youth Games</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The agreement also makes the Bodo language with Devnagri script an associate official language of Assam. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Government and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bodoland_Territorial_Council">Bodoland Territorial Council</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bodoland Territorial Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bodoland_Territorial_Council" title="Bodoland Territorial Council">Bodoland Territorial Council</a></div> <p>The region is administered by an elected body known as the <a href="/wiki/Bodoland_Territorial_Council" title="Bodoland Territorial Council">Bodoland Territorial Council</a> (BTC) which was established according to the Memorandum of Settlement of 10 February 2003. BTC came into existence immediately after the surrender of <a href="/wiki/Bodo_Liberation_Tigers_Force" title="Bodo Liberation Tigers Force">Bodo Liberation Tigers Force</a> (BLTF). The BLTF laid down their weapons on 6 December 2003 under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Hagrama_Mohilary" title="Hagrama Mohilary">Hagrama Mohilary</a> and Shri Hagrama Mohilary was sworn in as the <a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive_Member_of_the_Bodoland_Territorial_Council" title="Chief Executive Member of the Bodoland Territorial Council">Chief Executive Member</a> (CEM) on 7 December 2003. </p><p>The BTC has 46 members (30 seats reserved for scheduled Tribes, 5 seats for non-scheduled tribes and 5 open seats) and 6 seats of which are nominated by Governor of Assam from unrepresented communities. The council appoints a cabinet of 14 executive members each looking after a specific area of control. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Districts">Districts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Bodoland region is made up of <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Bodoland" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Bodoland">five districts</a> which are further subdivided into 10 Civil Subdivisions and 40 Development Blocks.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The area and population of these districts has been estimated as follows: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Area (km<sup>2</sup>) </th> <th>Population (census 2011) </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kokrajhar_district" title="Kokrajhar district">Kokrajhar</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,169 </td> <td>887,142 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chirang_district" title="Chirang district">Chirang</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,974 </td> <td>482,162 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Baksa_district" title="Baksa district">Baksa</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,573 </td> <td>560,925 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Udalguri_district" title="Udalguri district">Udalguri</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,012 </td> <td>831,668 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamulpur_district" title="Tamulpur district">Tamulpur</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">884 </td> <td>389,150 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><i>Total</i> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">9,612 </td> <td>3,151,047 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Under the terms of a peace agreement signed in January 2020, new districts will be created with the existing four districts reorganised into seven districts. The area of the region will be enlarged and will also include two new districts created from areas currently outside the region. The total number of districts within the Bodoland region will therefore be nine.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2022, <a href="/wiki/Tamulpur_district" title="Tamulpur district">Tamulpur district</a> was created by separating the Tamulpur sub-division from <a href="/wiki/Baksa_district" title="Baksa district">Baksa district</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>The proposed new districts created from districts currently within the Bodoland region are</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gossaigaon" title="Gossaigaon">Gossaigaon</a> district, from <a href="/wiki/Kokrajhar_district" title="Kokrajhar district">Kokrajhar district</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bhergaon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bhergaon (page does not exist)">Bhergaon</a> district, from <a href="/wiki/Udalguri_district" title="Udalguri district">Udalguri district</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>The proposed new districts created from districts currently outside the Bodoland region are</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mainaosri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mainaosri (page does not exist)">Mainaosri</a> district, from <a href="/wiki/Sonitpur_district" title="Sonitpur district">Sonitpur district</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Holongi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Holongi (page does not exist)">Holongi</a> district, from <a href="/wiki/Biswanath_district" title="Biswanath district">Biswanath district</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lakhimpur_district" title="Lakhimpur district">Lakhimpur district</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The geographical boundary of the BTR lies between 26° 7'12'' N to 26° 47' 50'' N Latitude and 89° 47' 40'' E to 92° 18' 30'' E Longitude and is in the Northwestern part of Assam. Kokrajhar town the Administrative Head Quarter lies roughly between 26° 25' N latitude and 90° 16' 38'' E Longitude. </p><p>Its strategic location is blessed with beautiful forests full of flora and fauna.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_collage_of_vegetables_spices_puthimari_growing_in_Kokrajhar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/A_collage_of_vegetables_spices_puthimari_growing_in_Kokrajhar.jpg/260px-A_collage_of_vegetables_spices_puthimari_growing_in_Kokrajhar.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/A_collage_of_vegetables_spices_puthimari_growing_in_Kokrajhar.jpg/390px-A_collage_of_vegetables_spices_puthimari_growing_in_Kokrajhar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/A_collage_of_vegetables_spices_puthimari_growing_in_Kokrajhar.jpg/520px-A_collage_of_vegetables_spices_puthimari_growing_in_Kokrajhar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>Agriculture in Kokrajhar district</figcaption></figure> <p>The economy is largely agricultural based and is lagging behind in urbanization and development. The region is industrially backward with most of its population depending on agriculture for livelihood. Most of the industries like oil, gas and major industries of the state are located in upper <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tourism">Tourism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tourism in the region is regulated by the department of Bodoland Tourism. <a href="/wiki/Manas_National_Park" title="Manas National Park">Manas National Park</a> is the major tourist attraction of the region. It also has many wildlife sanctuaries, reserve forests, site seeings, picnic spots, and events.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Manas_National_Park">Manas National Park</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Manas National Park"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Manas_National_Park" title="Manas National Park">Manas National Park</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Manas_National_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Manas_National_Park.jpg/220px-Manas_National_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Manas_National_Park.jpg/330px-Manas_National_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Manas_National_Park.jpg/440px-Manas_National_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Main entrance of Manas National Park in Chirang</figcaption></figure> <p>Manas, the nature's abode is at the foothills of Bhutan with its unique biodiversity and landscape. The blending of the dense jungle and grassland at the confluence of Indian, Ethiopian and Indo Chinese realms enhances it as one of the richest region of wild animals. The Park harbours 60 species of mammals of which 23 has been listed in Schedule 1 under the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wildlife_(Protection)_Act,_1972&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (page does not exist)">Indian Wildlife Protection Act 1972</a>. The Park also has a recorded count of 36 species of reptiles and 476 species of birds. The Park is home for <a href="/wiki/Asian_elephant" title="Asian elephant">Elephant</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_rhinoceros" title="Indian rhinoceros">Rhino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tiger" title="Tiger">Tiger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gaur" title="Gaur">Gaur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wild_water_buffalo" title="Wild water buffalo">Wild Buffalo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deer" title="Deer">Deer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wild_boar" title="Wild boar">Wild Hogs</a>, and many other Reptiles, Birds and Insects including some highly endangered species like <a href="/wiki/Pygmy_Hog" class="mw-redirect" title="Pygmy Hog">Pygmy Hog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_Langur" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Langur">Golden Langur</a> & <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Florican" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengal Florican">Bengal Florican</a>. It is not only a significant National Park of India but also an important migratory corridor for the elephant population of the entire Indo-Bhutan region. Manas is also included in the much ambitious plan nomenclature as Indian Rhino Vision −2020 (IRV-2020) since 2006, with the support of Govt. of Assam in collaboration with <a href="/wiki/Wildlife_Trust_of_India" title="Wildlife Trust of India">Wildlife Trust of India, (WTI)</a>, Bodoland Territorial Council, WWF-India, <a href="/wiki/International_Rhino_Foundation" title="International Rhino Foundation">International Rhino Foundation</a>, and US Fish and Wildlife Service. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gethsemane_Man-made_Forest">Gethsemane Man-made Forest</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Gethsemane Man-made Forest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bhairabkunda" title="Bhairabkunda">Bhairabkunda</a></div> <p>Situated in <a href="/wiki/Udalguri_district" title="Udalguri district">Udalguri</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Bhairabkunda" title="Bhairabkunda">Bhairabkunda</a>, it is a forest-grown entirely by local <a href="/wiki/Joint_Forest_Management" title="Joint Forest Management">JFMC</a> of 35 members with the help of Forest department of Assam.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Spread across more than 6 km<sup>2</sup>, the forest contains more than 1.4 million plus trees of over 35 varieties. A number of animals, birds and reptiles<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> can also be spotted in the area. Visitors can trek through the trail in the forest and stay the night in their guest house.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Trekking_of_Baukungri_Hill">Trekking of Baukungri Hill</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Trekking of Baukungri Hill"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Baukungri_Hajw_Gakhwnai" title="Baukungri Hajw Gakhwnai">Baukungri Hajw Gakhwnai</a></div> <p>Baukungri hill trekking is an adventurous event held annually in <a href="/wiki/Kokrajhar" title="Kokrajhar">Kokrajhar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bodoland_Territorial_Council" title="Bodoland Territorial Council">Bodoland Territorial Council</a>. It is organised every year on first day of the year according to the Bodo calendar which falls in mid April.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:Red; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 6365.6741162871px; border-left-color:Blue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Blue"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Blue"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 147.145531582px; border-left-color:Green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Green"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:97.236992039768px 23.344536385591px 0 0; border-top-color:Orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Orange"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Religions in Bodoland (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-Religion_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Religion-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Orange; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> (71.25%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Green; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> (19.25%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Blue; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> (9.25%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Red; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Others (0.25%)</div> </div> </div></div><div class="notheme barbox tleft" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#Fcd116"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Language in Bodoland (2011 Census)<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Language</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percent</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Bodo_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodo language">Bodo</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:red; width:30.4%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">30.4%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:pink; width:25.5%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">25.5%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:blue; width:20.4%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">20.4%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Santali_language" title="Santali language">Santali</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:yellow; width:5.3%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">5.3%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:grey; width:3.3%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">3.3%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Rangpuri_language" title="Rangpuri language">Rajbongshi</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:Orange; width:3.1%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">3.1%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Kurukh_language" title="Kurukh language">Kurukh</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:black; width:1.4%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.4%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:black; width:1.2%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.2%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">"Others" under Assamese</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:grey; width:1.1%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.1%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Rabha_language" title="Rabha language">Rabha</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:pink; width:1%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Others</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:violet; width:7.3%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">7.3%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population">Population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bodo_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodo people">Bodos</a> constitute the largest Tribal group in the region numbering around 1.2 million (31.5%) followed by Bangla-speaking <a href="/wiki/Miya_people" title="Miya people">Miya people</a>, who form the largest minority group as per 2011 Census.<sup id="cite_ref-economictimes_assam_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-economictimes_assam-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population of BTC area as per 2011 Census report is 3.2 million out which the ST<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (August 2020)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> population is around 38% of which only 3% of the total population live in urban areas. The average density of the population in BTC is 326 per Sq.K.m. compared to 340 per Sq.K.m. of Assam. Amongst the ST/SC population Bodos, and others Indigenous tribes like Rabha, Sarania-Kachari, Modahi-Kachari and less quantity of Assamese speaking SC caste Kaibarta, Hira, Bania are inhabiting in this area.<sup id="cite_ref-economictimes_assam_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-economictimes_assam-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The other ethnic groups like <a href="/wiki/KRNB_lects" class="mw-redirect" title="KRNB lects">Kamatapuri</a> speaking Koch-Rajbanshi, Nath-Jogi, Kalita, Sutradhar are inhabiting in large part of BTC. Adivasi communities including <a href="/wiki/Santal_people" title="Santal people">Santhal</a>, Oraon etc. are also available in sizeable numbers. Moreover, other general communities like ethnic Assamese Muslim like Garia, Maria and <a href="/wiki/Deshi_people" title="Deshi people">Deshi</a>(Uzani) and large number of Bengali speaking Miya Muslim and Bengali Hindu people, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Gorkha" title="Indian Gorkha">Gorkha</a> and few numbers of Hindi speaking people are also found in the Council area.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transportation">Transportation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Transportation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Bodoland" title="Transport in Bodoland">Transport in Bodoland</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bodo_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodo culture">Bodo culture</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aronai.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Aronai.jpg/220px-Aronai.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Aronai.jpg/330px-Aronai.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Aronai.jpg/440px-Aronai.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1656" /></a><figcaption>A green coloured Aronai with white Agor (design)</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bodo_dance.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Bodo_dance.jpg/212px-Bodo_dance.jpg" decoding="async" width="212" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Bodo_dance.jpg/318px-Bodo_dance.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Bodo_dance.jpg/424px-Bodo_dance.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="1736" /></a><figcaption>Bodo girls dancing the Bagurumba dance</figcaption></figure> <p>The Bodos have a distinct culture from the rest of the world, ranging from dance and music to festivals and attires. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Football</a> is popular in the region with clubs like <a href="/wiki/Bodoland_FC" title="Bodoland FC">Bodoland FC</a>, competing in <a href="/wiki/Durand_Cup" title="Durand Cup">Durand Cup</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/United_Chirang_Duar_FC" title="United Chirang Duar FC">United Chirang Duar FC</a> playing in the fourth tier of Indian football, <a href="/wiki/I-League_3" title="I-League 3">I-League 3</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many clubs from the region also participate in the state football league. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bodo_Kachari_Welfare_Autonomous_Council" title="Bodo Kachari Welfare Autonomous Council">Bodo Kachari Welfare Autonomous Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodo_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodo people">Bodo people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodo_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodo culture">Bodo culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodo_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodo language">Bodo language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodo_Sahitya_Sabha" title="Bodo Sahitya Sabha">Bodo Sahitya Sabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Assam_violence" title="2012 Assam violence">2012 Assam violence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_tribes_of_Northeast_India" title="Hill tribes of Northeast India">Hill tribes of Northeast India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Council" title="North Eastern Council">North Eastern Council</a></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodoland_Territorial_Region&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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Archived from the original on 19 April 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 December</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=cdpsindia.org&rft.atitle=Bodoland+Territorial+Council+%28BTC%29+Accord&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcdpsindia.org%2Fbtc_accord.asp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABodoland+Territorial+Region" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ucdpged.uu.se/peaceagreements/fulltext/India%2019930220.pdf">"THE BODOLAND AUTONOMOUS COUNCIL ACT, 1993"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>ucdpged.uu.se</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 December</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ucdpged.uu.se&rft.atitle=THE+BODOLAND+AUTONOMOUS+COUNCIL+ACT%2C+1993&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fucdpged.uu.se%2Fpeaceagreements%2Ffulltext%2FIndia%252019930220.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABodoland+Territorial+Region" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"(T)he Bodo leadership in 1967 formed a political party called the Plains Tribals Council of Assam (PTCA). Since its formation, the PTCA has categorically demanded a union territory for the Bodosand other Plains tribals of the region called Udayachal." (<a href="#CITEREFGeorge1994">George 1994</a>:879)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"ABSU took over the leadership of the Bodos; it launched a movement for greater autonomy on March 2, 1987, with the demand for creation of a full-fledged state of Bodoland outside of Assam." (<a href="#CITEREFGeorge1994">George 1994</a>:880)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"These efforts ultimately resulted in the Bodo Accord, signed at Guwahati on February 20, formally ending the six-year Bodoland agitation...The Bodo Accord provides for a Bodoland Autonomous Council (BAC)..." (<a href="#CITEREFGeorge1994">George 1994</a>:887)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"When Biswa Singha (1515-40) rose to power, the local chiefs, who ruled the country between the river Sonkosh and the Baradi were subdued and the Koch occupied the Duar areas." (<a href="#CITEREFDas1998">Das 1998</a>:29)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"[Nara Narayana] further instructed the Meches and Koches living to the north of the <i>Gosain Kamal Ali</i> to follow their tribal customs, but in the territory south of this road as far as the Brahmaputra Brahmanic rites were to be continued." (<a href="#CITEREFNath1989">Nath 1989</a>:55)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Naranarayan placed an image of Goddess Durga and appointed a Kachari as its priest. He then collected all the Bhutias of Duars, the Kacharis and Meches living between the Bhutan hills and the Gohain Kamal Ali and ordered that the former could follow their tribal custom in the territory upto the Gohain Kamal Ali.(<a href="#CITEREFDas1998">Das 1998</a>:31–32)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Taking advantage of [the collapse of Koch Hajo], the Bhutias pushed their southern boundary towards the plains and occupied the land upto the Gohain Kamal Ali." (<a href="#CITEREFDas1998">Das 1998</a>:13)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"During the period of political uncertainty caused by the Ahom-Mughal conflict in the middle of seventeenth century, the Bhutias had taken possession of the whole of the fertile plain south of their hills as far as the Gohain Kamal Ali." (<a href="#CITEREFDas1998">Das 1998</a>:59)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"These Duars play crucial role in the determination of the relations between Assam and Bhutan. The term ‘Duar’ literally meaning ‘door’ in English, is used to refer to the areas below the foothills is equivalent to Bhutanese ‘las-sgo’ (lit. work-door) which always carries the sense of a border mart at the foot of a pass and the area in its immediate vicinity." (<a href="#CITEREFDas1998">Das 1998</a>:26)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"As a result, they are said to have harassed the population along the Assam frontiers with persistent incursions and raids."(<a href="#CITEREFPhuntsho2013">Phuntsho 2013</a>:394)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-auto-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFPhukan2014">Phukan 2014</a>:65)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"The Kamrup duars were Bijni, Chapakhamar, Chapaguri, Baksa and Gharkola." (<a href="#CITEREFPhukan2014">Phukan 2014</a>:63)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFDas1998">Das 1998</a>:26)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"The two Darrang duars were Bariguma and Killing." (<a href="#CITEREFPhukan2014">Phukan 2014</a>:63)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDas1998">Das (1998</a>, p. 32)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"While Bhutan generally enjoyed absolute possession of the eleven Bengal duars, its control over the seven Assam duars was not straightforward. Even during the Ahom rule, the Bhutanese did not gain full possession of the duar tracts. As a result, they are said to have harassed the population along the Assam frontiers with persistent incursions and raids." (<a href="#CITEREFPhuntsho2013">Phuntsho 2013</a>:394)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"In order to avoid these violent attacks, the Ahom rulers gave possession of the five duar tracts along the Kamrup district to Bhutan in exchange for an annual payment. The payment included about thirty-seven tola of gold, thirty-seven bags of musk, thirty-seven yak tails, thirty-seven daggers, thirty-seven blankets, fifty-seven ponies and about 4785 Narrainee rupees in cash in total." (<a href="#CITEREFPhuntsho2013">Phuntsho 2013</a>:394)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"It was also provided that the Darrang Duars were to be annually surrendered to the Ahom government for four months from <i>Ashar</i> to <i>Aswin</i>. (that is from the 15th of June to the 15th of October)." (<a href="#CITEREFDas1998">Das 1998</a>:30)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">(<a href="#CITEREFPhuntsho2013">Phuntsho 2013</a>:394)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"This arrangement between Bhutan and Ahom rulers of control over the seven Assam duars continued with the British after their annexation of Assam in 1826." 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Kashmir)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purvanchal" title="Purvanchal">Purvanchal</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Uttar Pradesh)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_India" title="Northeast India">Northeast India</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bodoland</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Assam)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimaraji" title="Dimaraji">Dimaraji</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Assam/Nagaland)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garo_Hills" title="Garo Hills">Garoland</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Meghalaya)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karbi_Anglong" class="mw-redirect" title="Karbi Anglong">Karbi Anglong</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Assam)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tipraland" title="Tipraland">Tipraland</a> <span 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title="Malabar District">Malabar</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Kerala)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rayalaseema" title="Rayalaseema">Rayalaseema</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Andhra Pradesh)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulu_Nadu" title="Tulu Nadu">Tulu Nadu</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Karnataka/Kerala)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/West_India" class="mw-redirect" title="West India">West India</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khandesh" title="Khandesh">Khandesh</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Maharashtra)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konkan" title="Konkan">Konkan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Goa/Karnataka/Maharashtra)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kutch" class="mw-redirect" title="Kutch">Kutch</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Gujarat)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marathwada" title="Marathwada">Marathwada</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Maharashtra)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maru_Pradesh" title="Maru Pradesh">Maru Pradesh</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Rajasthan)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saurashtra_(region)" title="Saurashtra (region)">Saurashtra</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Gujarat)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidarbha" title="Vidarbha">Vidarbha</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Maharashtra)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">Current states and union territories of India</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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Khasi <a href="/wiki/Pnar_people" title="Pnar people">Synteng or Pnar</a>, War, Bhoi or <a href="/wiki/Lyngngam_language" title="Lyngngam language">Lyngngam</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuki_people" title="Kuki people">Kuki Tribes</a> (see below)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mara_people" title="Mara people">Mara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai_Aiton_people" title="Tai Aiton people">Man (Tai speaking)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizo_people" title="Mizo people">Mizo (Lushai) tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karbi_people" title="Karbi people">Mikir (Karbi)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naga_people" title="Naga people">Naga tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lai_people" title="Lai people">Pawi (Lai)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pnar_people" title="Pnar people">Synteng (Pnar)</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="10" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Naga_female_by_retlaw_snellac.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Naga_female_by_retlaw_snellac.jpg/100px-Naga_female_by_retlaw_snellac.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Naga_female_by_retlaw_snellac.jpg/150px-Naga_female_by_retlaw_snellac.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Naga_female_by_retlaw_snellac.jpg/200px-Naga_female_by_retlaw_snellac.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1365" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Yimkhiung_Naga" title="Yimkhiung Naga">Yimkhiung<br />Naga</a> woman</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nagaland" title="Nagaland">Nagaland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Garo_people" title="Garo people">Garo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodo-Kachari_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodo-Kachari people">Bodo-Kachari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuki_people" title="Kuki people">Kuki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karbi_people" title="Karbi people">Mikir (Karbi)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naga_people" title="Naga people">Naga</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bodo-Kachari_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodo-Kachari people">Bodo-Kachari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chakma_people" title="Chakma people">Chakma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimasa_people" title="Dimasa people">Dimasa (Kachari)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garo_people" title="Garo people">Garo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hajong_people" title="Hajong people">Hajong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hmar_people" title="Hmar people">Hmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khasi_people" title="Khasi people">Khasi and Jaintia</a> (inc. <a href="/wiki/Pnar_people" title="Pnar people">Khasi Synteng or Pnar</a>, War, Bhoi or <a href="/wiki/Lyngngam_language" title="Lyngngam language">Lyngngam</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koch_people" title="Koch people">Koch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuki_people" title="Kuki people">Kuki Tribes</a> (see below)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mara_people" title="Mara people">Lakher (Mara)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai_Aiton_people" title="Tai Aiton people">Man (Tai speaking)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizo_people" title="Mizo people">Mizo (Lushai) tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karbi_people" title="Karbi people">Mikir (Karbi)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naga_people" title="Naga people">Naga tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lai_people" title="Lai people">Pawi (Lai)</a></li> <li>Raba, Rava</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pnar_people" title="Pnar people">Synteng (Pnar)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Galo_tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Galo tribe">Abor (Galo)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hruso_people" title="Hruso people">Aka (Hruso)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apatani_people" title="Apatani people">Apatani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyishi_people" title="Nyishi people">Dafla (Nyishi)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galo_tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Galo tribe">Galong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bugun" title="Bugun">Khowa (Bugun)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mishmi_people" title="Mishmi people">Mishmi</a> (inc. <a href="/wiki/Miju_Mishmi_tribe" title="Miju Mishmi tribe">Miju Mishmi</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monpa_people" title="Monpa people">Momba</a> (inc. <a href="/wiki/Chugpa_tribe" title="Chugpa tribe">Chugpa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lishipa_tribe" title="Lishipa tribe">Lishipa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Takpa_people" title="Takpa people">Takpa</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naga_people" title="Naga people">Naga tribes</a> (inc. <a href="/wiki/Nocte_people" title="Nocte people">Nocte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tangsa_Naga" title="Tangsa Naga">Tangsa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tutsa_Naga" title="Tutsa Naga">Tutsa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wancho_Naga" title="Wancho Naga">Wancho</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherdukpen_people" title="Sherdukpen people">Sherdukpen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jingpo_people" title="Jingpo people">Singpho (Jingpo)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai_peoples" title="Tai peoples">Tai peoples</a> (inc. <a href="/wiki/Khamti_people" title="Khamti people">Khampti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khamyang_people" title="Khamyang people">Khamyang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tai_Phake_people" title="Tai Phake people">Phake</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adi_people" title="Adi people">Adi</a> (inc. <a href="/wiki/Bori_tribal_people" title="Bori tribal people">Bori</a>, <a href="/wiki/Padam_people" title="Padam people">Padam</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deori_people" title="Deori people">Deori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khamba_people" title="Khamba people">Khamba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisu_people" title="Lisu people">Lisu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memba_people" title="Memba people">Memba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miji_people" title="Miji people">Miji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karbi_people" title="Karbi people">Mikir (Karbi)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minyong_people" title="Minyong people">Minyong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mising_people" title="Mising people">Mishing (Miri)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Na_people" title="Na people">Nga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puroik_people" title="Puroik people">Puroik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zekhring_people" title="Zekhring people">Zekhring</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aimol_people" title="Aimol people">Aimol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/An%C4%81l_people" title="Anāl people">Anal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiru_people" title="Chiru people">Chiru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chothe_people" title="Chothe people">Chothe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangte_people" title="Gangte people">Gangte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hmar_people" title="Hmar people">Hmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inpui_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Inpui people">Inpui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thangal_people" title="Thangal people">Koirao (Thangal)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koireng_people" title="Koireng people">Koireng</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kom_people_(Manipur)" title="Kom people (Manipur)">Kom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamkang_people" title="Lamkang people">Lamkang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liangmai_people" title="Liangmai people">Liangmai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mao_people_(India)" title="Mao people (India)">Mao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maram_people" title="Maram people">Maram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maring_people" title="Maring people">Maring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizo_people" title="Mizo people">Mizo (Lushai) tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monsang_people" title="Monsang people">Monsang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moyon_people" title="Moyon people">Moyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paite_people" title="Paite people">Paite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purum_people" title="Purum people">Purum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralte_people" title="Ralte people">Ralte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rongmei_people" title="Rongmei people">Rongmei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simte_people" title="Simte people">Simte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paite_people" title="Paite people">Suhte (Paite)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangkhul_people" title="Tangkhul people">Tangkhul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thadou_people" title="Thadou people">Thadou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaiphei_people" title="Vaiphei people">Vaiphei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeme_people" title="Zeme people">Zeme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zou_people" title="Zou people">Zou</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhil_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhil people">Bhil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhutia" title="Bhutia">Bhutia</a></li> <li>Chaimal</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chakma_people" title="Chakma people">Chakma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garo_people" title="Garo people">Garoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halam_tribe" title="Halam tribe">Halam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamatia" title="Jamatia">Jamatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khasi_people" title="Khasi people">Khasia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuki_people" title="Kuki people">Kuki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lepcha_people" title="Lepcha people">Lepcha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizo_people" title="Mizo people">Lushai (Mizo)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mog_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Mog people">Mag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munda_people" title="Munda people">Munda, Kaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noatia" title="Noatia">Noatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reang" title="Reang">Riang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santal_people" title="Santal people">Santal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripuri_people" title="Tripuri people">Tripuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uchoi" title="Uchoi">Uchoi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chakma_people" title="Chakma people">Chakma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimasa_people" title="Dimasa people">Dimasa (Kachari)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garo_people" title="Garo people">Garo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hajong_people" title="Hajong people">Hajong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hmar_people" title="Hmar people">Hmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khasi_people" title="Khasi people">Khasi and Jaintia</a> (inc. <a href="/wiki/Pnar_people" title="Pnar people">Khasi Synteng or Pnar</a>, War, Bhoi or <a href="/wiki/Lyngngam_language" title="Lyngngam language">Lyngngam</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuki_people" title="Kuki people">Kuki Tribes</a> (see below)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mara_people" title="Mara people">Lakher (Mara)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai_Aiton_people" title="Tai Aiton people">Man (Tai speaking)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizo_people" title="Mizo people">Mizo (Lushai) tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karbi_people" title="Karbi people">Mikir (Karbi)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naga_people" title="Naga people">Naga tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lai_people" title="Lai people">Pawi (Lai)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pnar_people" title="Pnar people">Synteng (Pnar)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhutia" title="Bhutia">Bhutia</a> (including Chumbipa, Dopthapa, Dukpa, <a href="/wiki/Yolmo_people#KAGATE" title="Yolmo people">Kagatey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sherpa_people" title="Sherpa people">Sherpa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan people">Tibetan</a>, Tromopa, <a href="/wiki/Yolmo_people" title="Yolmo people">Yolmo</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lepcha_people" title="Lepcha people">Lepcha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kuki_people" title="Kuki people">Kuki tribes</a><br />including:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biate_language" title="Biate language">Biate</a></li> <li>Changsan</li> <li>Chongloi</li> <li>Doungel</li> <li>Gamalhou</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangte_people" title="Gangte people">Gangte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guite_people" title="Guite people">Guite</a></li> <li>Hanneng</li> <li>Haokip, Haupit</li> <li>Haolai</li> <li>Hengna</li> <li>Hongsung</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrangkhol_people" title="Hrangkhol people">Hrangkhwal, Rangkhol</a></li> <li>Jongbe</li> <li>Khawchung</li> <li>Khawathlang, Khothalong</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khelma_people" title="Khelma people">Khelma</a></li> <li>Kholhou</li> <li>Kipgen</li> <li>Kuki</li> <li>Lengthang</li> <li>Lhangum</li> <li>Lhoujem</li> <li>Lhouvun</li> <li>Lupheng</li> <li>Mangjel</li> <li>Misao</li> <li>Riang</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saihriem_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Saihriem people">Sairhem</a></li> <li>Selnam</li> <li>Singson</li> <li>Sitlhou</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukte_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Sukte people">Sukte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thadou_people" title="Thadou people">Thado</a></li> <li>Thangngeu</li> <li>Uibuh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaiphei_people" title="Vaiphei people">Vaiphei</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Naga_people" title="Naga people">Naga tribes</a><br />including:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/An%C4%81l_people" title="Anāl people">Anāl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angami_Naga" title="Angami Naga">Angami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ao_Naga" title="Ao Naga">Ao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang_Naga" title="Chang Naga">Chang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chakhesang_Naga" title="Chakhesang Naga">Chakhesang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chirr_Naga" title="Chirr Naga">Chirr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiru_people" title="Chiru people">Chiru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chothe_people" title="Chothe people">Chothe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inpui_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Inpui people">Inpui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharam_people" title="Kharam people">Kharam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khiamniungan_people" title="Khiamniungan people">Khiamniungan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konyak_Naga" title="Konyak Naga">Konyak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lainong_Naga" title="Lainong Naga">Lainong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamkang_people" title="Lamkang people">Lamkang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liangmai_people" title="Liangmai people">Liangmai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lotha_Naga" title="Lotha Naga">Lotha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makury_Naga" title="Makury Naga">Makury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mao_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Mao people">Mao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maram_people" title="Maram people">Maram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maring_people" title="Maring people">Maring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monsang_people" title="Monsang people">Monsang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moyon_people" title="Moyon people">Moyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nocte_people" title="Nocte people">Nocte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Para_Naga" title="Para Naga">Para </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pochury_Naga" title="Pochury Naga">Pochury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phom_Naga" title="Phom Naga">Phom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poumai_people" title="Poumai people">Poumai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rengma_Naga" title="Rengma Naga">Rengma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rongmei_people" title="Rongmei people">Rongmei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangtam_Naga" title="Sangtam Naga">Sangtam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%BCmi_Naga" title="Sümi Naga">Sumi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangkhul_people" title="Tangkhul people">Tangkhul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangsa_Naga" title="Tangsa Naga"> Tangsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarao_people" title="Tarao people">Tarao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thangal_people" title="Thangal people">Thangal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tikhir_Naga" title="Tikhir Naga">Tikhir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tutsa_Naga" title="Tutsa Naga">Tutsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wancho_Naga" title="Wancho Naga">Wancho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yimkhiung_Naga" title="Yimkhiung Naga">Yimkhiung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeme_people" title="Zeme people">Zeme</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>See also <a href="/wiki/List_of_Scheduled_Tribes_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Scheduled Tribes in India">List of Scheduled Tribes in India</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="23x15px&#124;border_&#124;alt=&#124;link=_State_of_Assam854" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Assam" title="Template:Assam"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Assam" 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href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_birds" title="List of Indian state birds">Bird</a>: <a href="/wiki/White-winged_duck" title="White-winged duck">White-winged duck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_flowers" title="List of Indian state flowers">Flower</a>: <a href="/wiki/Foxtail_Orchids" class="mw-redirect" title="Foxtail Orchids">Foxtail Orchids (Kopouful)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_trees" title="List of Indian state trees">Tree</a>: <a href="/wiki/Dipterocarpus_retusus" title="Dipterocarpus retusus">Dipterocarpus retusus (Hollong)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Assam" title="Category:Assam">Topics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Etymology_of_Assam" title="Etymology of Assam">Etymology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biodiversity_of_Assam" title="Biodiversity of Assam">Biodiversity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra_Valley" title="Brahmaputra Valley">Brahmaputra Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assamese_cuisine" title="Assamese cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Assam" title="Culture of Assam">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Assam" title="Economy of Assam">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Assam" title="Education in Assam">Education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Assam" title="List of institutions of higher education in Assam">Institutions of higher education</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Physical_geography_of_Assam" title="Physical geography of Assam">Physical geography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Assam" title="Politics of Assam">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Assam" title="Tourism in Assam">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_tea" title="Assam tea">Assam tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_silk" title="Assam silk">Assam silk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Rifles" title="Assam Rifles">Assam Rifles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Regiment" title="Assam Regiment">Assam Regiment</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Assam" title="History of Assam">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kamarupa" title="Kamarupa">Kamarupa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chutia_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Chutia Kingdom">Chutia Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamata_Kingdom" title="Kamata Kingdom">Kamata Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahom_kingdom" title="Ahom kingdom">Ahom kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kachari_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Kachari Kingdom">Kachari Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Assam" title="Colonial Assam">Colonial Assam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Province" title="Assam Province">Assam Province (1912 – 1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Legislative_Assembly" title="Assam Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly (Since 1937)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Mail" title="Assam Mail">Assam Mail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Accord" title="Assam Accord">Assam Accord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golaghat_Convention" title="Golaghat Convention">Golaghat Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_history_of_Assam" title="Timeline of history of Assam">Assam History Timeline</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Public_administration" title="Public administration">Administration</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Assam" title="Government of Assam">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Legislative_Assembly" title="Assam Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chief Ministers of Assam">Chief Ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Assam" title="List of governors of Assam">Governors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gauhati_High_Court" title="Gauhati High Court">High Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Human_rights_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Assam Human rights Commission">Human rights Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Police" title="Assam Police">Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_Parties_in_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Political Parties in Assam">Political Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Assam">Districts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of Assam">divisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/North_Assam_Division" title="North Assam Division">North Assam</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biswanath_district" title="Biswanath district">Biswanath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darrang_district" title="Darrang district">Darrang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonitpur_district" title="Sonitpur district">Sonitpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udalguri_district" title="Udalguri district">Udalguri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Lower_Assam_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower Assam Division">Lower Assam</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baksa_district" title="Baksa district">Baksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barpeta_district" title="Barpeta district">Barpeta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bongaigaon_district" title="Bongaigaon district">Bongaigaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chirang_district" title="Chirang district">Chirang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhubri_district" title="Dhubri district">Dhubri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kokrajhar_district" title="Kokrajhar district">Kokrajhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamrup_district" title="Kamrup district">Kamrup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamrup_Metropolitan_district" title="Kamrup Metropolitan district">Kamrup Metro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goalpara_district" title="Goalpara district">Goalpara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalbari_district" title="Nalbari district">Nalbari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Salmara_district" class="mw-redirect" title="South Salmara district">South Salmara Mankachar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Central_Assam_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Assam Division">Central Assam</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dima_Hasao_district" title="Dima Hasao district">Dima Hasao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hojai_district" title="Hojai district">Hojai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karbi_Anglong_district" title="Karbi Anglong district">Karbi Anglong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Karbi_Anglong_district" title="West Karbi Anglong district">Karbi Anglong (West)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morigaon_district" title="Morigaon district">Morigaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagaon_district" title="Nagaon district">Nagaon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Upper_Assam_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper Assam Division">Upper Assam</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charaideo_district" title="Charaideo district">Charaideo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dibrugarh_district" title="Dibrugarh district">Dibrugarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhemaji_district" title="Dhemaji district">Dhemaji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golaghat_district" title="Golaghat district">Golaghat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorhat_district" title="Jorhat district">Jorhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lakhimpur_district" title="Lakhimpur district">Lakhimpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Majuli_district" title="Majuli district">Majuli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sivasagar_district" title="Sivasagar district">Sivasagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tinsukia_district" title="Tinsukia district">Tinsukia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Barak_Valley" title="Barak Valley">Barak Valley</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cachar_district" title="Cachar district">Cachar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hailakandi_district" title="Hailakandi district">Hailakandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karimganj_district" title="Karimganj district">Karimganj</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Physical_geography_of_Assam" title="Physical geography of Assam">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" 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