Origin and Development of Bodoland Movement in Assam
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 8
Abstract
Abstract: In the Indian political system Separatist movement is not a new phenomenon. In the pre-independence day it was promoted by the British imperialists and they deliberately encouraged the people of various regions to think in terms of their region rather than the nation as a whole with a view to maintain their hold over India. In India sub-national ideology increasing several types of movements. Some movements seek separate state from India itself and the formation of a new nation from one or more states. The Bodoland Movement in Assam is one of the separate state movements in India. The Bodo-Kacharis of Brahmaputra Valley, particularly some districts like Kokrajhar, Baksa, Chirang and Uddalguri are known as Bodos or Boros. The heterogeneous population composition of the Brahmaputra Valley of Assam which is large number of tribal and socially background population groups reales multi-dimensional socio-political problems. Since the beginning of the current century, following large scale influx of immigrants into the region the tribal people developed a sense of socio-political and cultural insecurity. Recently, as claimed by various tribal organizations, growing encroachment of non-tribals into the tribal belts and blocks over past few decades, growing dominance of the non-tribals in the polity and economy of the state of Assam and the deteriorating economic condition of the majority of the tribals aggrieved them further and compelled them to develop separatist tendency. The continuing movement for a separate homeland for the Bodo tribal is an expression of such feelings of the tribal population of the Brahmaputra Valley. The Bodoland Movement started as a political, socio-cultural and economic movement which has developed for a separate state within the Indian Union. Keywords: Movement, Bodo, Tribal, Brahmaputra Valley, Bodoland.
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Md. Altaf Hussain
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