Origin, Migration and Settlement of The Bishnupuriya Community

 Remarking An Analisation ISSN NO.: 2394-0344 RNI No.UPBIL/2016/67980 VOL-6* ISSUE-3* June-2021

Paper Submission: 02/06/2021, Date of Acceptance: 14/06/2021, Date of Publication: 25/06/2021








Anjana Devi 
Associate Professor,
 Dept. of Political Science, 
Anandaram Dhekial Phookan 
College, 
Nagaon, Assam, India

                                                   Abstract

 The Bishnupuriyas also known as Mayangs, Kalisha Manipuris, and Bishnupriyas inhabit parts of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura in India, and also outside India in Bangladesh and Myanmar. The word Bishnupriya is referred to as a mother tongue in the Census of India, 1951. Subsequent records maintained by the British India Government as well as the Government of India Census Reports in independent India mention Bishnupuriya as a community speaking a language of the same name.There are various theories put forward by scholars regarding the origin and history of migration of the Bishnupuriyas.The various schools of thought regarding the origin of the Bishnupuriyas have come up with two main perspectives. The first view regards them as indigenous community of Manipur who migrated to other places outside at different periods of history on account of the political turmoil that prevailed due to wars with Burma. The alternative theory suggests that they are immigrants from outside Manipur and perhaps has its origins in Bengal. Based on the language which the people speak, an Indo-Aryan group of language akin to Bengali and Assamese categorized as Magadhi Aprabhamsa, the origin of the ethnic group is said to be in Bengal. The reason for their migration in successive waves to the nearby areas perhaps starting from the 15th century C.E. could be attributed to factors such as Maratha raids, warfare with the neighbouring kingdoms, religious conversion and famine of Bengal in 1770.

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