Goalpara region
Goalpara region, largely congruous to the historical
Manas river on the east in the north bank, and a corresponding region in the south bank; the Garo Hills
in the south and Bhutan Hills in the north.
History
In ancient times, it was a part of a division of the
Bhutan war
of 1865.
Peoples
A majority of the people belong to
Assamese Brahmins and Kayastha communities are small, and even the Kalitas, who have a dominating presence in the adjoining Kamrup region, are not as significant.[9]
The
Rabhas, who along with the Bodos, are a semi-Hinduized group concentrated in the south bank. The Garos and the Hajongs too are not insignificant in the south. The indigenous Keot (Kaibarta) people are present near the wetlands and riverine areas both in the North and South Bank.[11]
The Muslim population, which is not insignificant, a distinction is made between the local indigenous (deshi) communities that are descendants of ethnic groups convert, and non-local immigrant (bhatiya) who have immigrated in recent times from downstream East Bengal (Bangladesh).[12]
Notes
- ^ "Although the old Goalpara district no longer exists,...,"Goalpara" still continues to designate in various contexts the region that almost exactly corresponds to the geographical area covered by the undivided district and at the same time stands for a distinct homogeneous cultural pattern." (Dutta 1995, p. 1)
- ^ (Dutta 1995, p. 1)
- Kamarupa Pithas are defined differently in different sources (Gait 1906, p. 11). Nevertheless, "whatever the alignment of the borders of these portions, the Ratnapith division of Old Kamarupa included the present Goalpara region" (Dutta 1995, p. 7).
- ^ (Dutta 1995, p. 8)
- ^ (Bannerjee 1992, p. 4)
- ^ (Bannerjee 1992, p. 53)
- ^ "Rangpuri | Ethnologue".
- ^ Though two different names were used in the past, they refer to the same people (Dutta 1995, p. 11).
- ^ a b (Dutta 1995, p. 10)
- ^ (Dutta 1995, p. 11)
- ^ (Dutta 1995, p. 12)
- ^ (Dutta 1995, p. 14)
References
- Bannerjee, A C (1992). "Chapter 1: The New Regime, 1826-31". In Barpujari, H K (ed.). The Comprehensive History of Assam: Modern Period. Vol. IV. Guwahati: Publication Board, Assam. pp. 1–43.
- Dutta, Birendranath (1995). A Study of the Folk Culture of the Goalpara Region of Assam. Guwahati, Assam: University Publication Department, Gauhati University.
- Gait, Edward A (1906), A History of Assam, Calcutta, ISBN 9780404168193)
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