Sarania Kachari

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The Sarania Kachari is one of a major ethnic community in the state of Assam, Northeast India. People are predominantly inhabitants of Kamrup (Metro), Kamrup (Rural), Nalbari, Baksa, Udalguri, Darrang, Barpeta, Dhemaji and Bongaigoan districts of Assam.[1] Sarania Kacharis are the offshoot of different ethnic groups of the tribes of people living in Assam, that is Bodo, Rabha, Garo, Tiwa (Lalung), Karbi (Mikir), Missing (Miri), etc.[2]While other consider them to be Bodos who converted to Vaishnavite faith (ekasaranama-dharma) in the late 19th century.[3] The notable surnames used by the community are Sarania, Das, Deka, Choudhury, Medhi, Hazarika.[4]

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  1. ^ "HOME". udalguri.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  2. ^ (Haloi 2017:1)The Sarania Kacharis are the offshoot of different ethnic groups of the tribes of people living in Assam, that is Bodo or Boro Kachari, Rabha, Garo, Tiwa(Lalung), Karbi(Mikir), Missing (Miri), etc. The majority have been found to inhabit the districts of Kamrup (Metro), Kamrup (Rural), Nalbari, Baksa, Odalguri, Darrang, Barpeta, Dhemaji and Bangaigaon.
  3. ^ "The case presented here is from the Boroma area in the erstwhile Nalbari district of lower Assam. In this area, several neo-vaishnavite satras has undertaken the proselytisation of the Bodo-Kachari tribal population since late 19th century.(Sharma,2005:160) A number of villages of the area became saranias under the influence of the satras. These sarania Bodo villages accepted Assamese language and culture and in due course most of them got assimilated with the Assamese society."(Sharma 2009, p. 361)
  4. ^ Haloi (2017), p. 2: In the zeal towards their newly accepted faith they preferred to use surnames such as Sarania, Das, Deka, Choudhury, Medhi and Hazarika etc.

References[]

  • Haloi, Jurimani (2017). A socio cultural study of the sarania kacharis in assam with special reference to literature (PhD). Gauhati University. hdl:10603/223897.
  • Sharma, Chandan Kumar (2009). "Tribe Caste Continuum and the Formation of Assamese Identity". In Medhi, B.K (ed.). Tribes of North-East India: Issues and Challenges. Delhi: Omsons Publications. pp. 354–366.

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