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The Munda languages are a group of closely related languages spoken by about nine million people in India and Bangladesh. Historically, they have been called the Kolarian languages. They constitute a branch of the Austroasiatic language family, which means they are more distantly related to languages such as the Mon and Khmer languages, to Vietnamese, as well as to minority languages in Thailand and Laos and the minority Mangic languages of South China. Bhumij, Ho, Mundari, and Santali are notable Munda languages.
Sylhet Division is the northeastern division of Bangladesh. It is bordered by the Indian states of Meghalaya, Assam and Tripura to the north, east and south respectively, and by the Bangladeshi divisions of Chittagong to the southwest and Dhaka and Mymensingh to the west. Prior to 1947, it included the subdivision of Karimganj. However, Karimganj was inexplicably severed from Sylhet by the Radcliffe Boundary Commission. According to Niharranjan Ray, it was partly due to a plea from a delegation led by Abdul Matlib Mazumdar.
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The Adivasi are tribes of the Indian subcontinent who are considered indigenous to places within India. The term is a modern Sanskrit word coined in the 1930s by tribal political activists to give an indigenous identity to tribals by claiming indigenous origin. The term is also used for ethnic minorities, such as Chakmas of Bangladesh, Khas of Nepal, and Vedda of Sri Lanka. However, the government of India does not officially recognise tribes as indigenous people. India ratified the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 107 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the United Nations (1957). In 1989, India refused to sign the ILO Convention 169. Most of these groups are included in the Scheduled Tribe category under constitutional provisions in India.
Mayurbhanj district is one of the 30 districts in Odisha state in eastern India. It is the largest district of Odisha by area. Its headquarters are at Baripada. Other major towns are Rairangpur, Karanjia and Udala. As of 2011, it is the third-most-populous district of Odisha, after Ganjam and Cuttack.
Champua is a notified area council in Kendujhar district in the state of Odisha, India.As per SC & ST department of Odisha, the Champua sub-division is under scheduled areas of Odisha. Nicholson Forest training institute is present here. The suburb has its importance as it provides a major trade route for transport of iron ore and manganese from some of the major mines of the state to the nearest port & out-state depots. It is also known for its pre-independence truss bridge built by British rulers, the judicial buildings of the same period as well as a few educational institutes who have a good reputation in the state. The river Baitarani flows by Champua, which is one of the largest rivers of the state second only to Mahanadi.
Mundari (Munɖari) is a Munda language of the Austroasiatic language family spoken by the Munda tribes in eastern Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal. It is closely related to Santali. Mundari Bani, a script specifically to write Mundari, was invented by Rohidas Singh Nag. It has also been written in the Devanagari, Odia, Bengali, and Latin writing systems.
Surajit Chandra Sinha was an Indian anthropologist.
Bhumij is a Munda ethnic group of India. They primarily live in the Indian states of West Bengal, Odisha, and Jharkhand, mostly in the old Singhbhum district. Also in states like Bihar and Assam. There is also a sizeable population found in Bangladesh. Bhumijas speak the Bhumij language, an Austroasiatic language, and use Ol Onal script for writing.
Bhumij, is the language of the Munda subfamily of the Austroasiatic languages, related to Ho, Mundari and Santali, spoken mainly in the Indian states Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal. It is spoken by around 100,000 people in India.
Chuar may refer to:
Jungle Terry or Jungleterry, from Hindi: जंगल तराई jangal tarāi, meaning 'jungle lowland', was a term applied in the 18th century to an area bordering Bengal and Bihar that included large tracts of Bhagalpur and Monghyr districts, as well as the Santal Parganas district.
Pranjal Bhumij is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Indian Super League club Mumbai City FC. Although Pranjal prefers playing as a striker, he can also play as a winger on either side and as an attacking midfielder.
The Ol Onal is a writing script for Bhumij (भूमिज). Ol Onal script was created between 1981 and 1992 by Ol Guru Mahendra Nath Sardar. Ol Onal script is used to write Bhumij language in some parts of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Orissa, and Assam.
Amar Shaheed Veer Ganga Narayan Singh is called the hero of Bhumij rebellion. The revolt by the Bhumijs against the British in more than 60 years, from 1767 AD to 1833 AD, has been called the Bhumij Rebellion. The British have called it "Ganga Narayan's Hungama" while historians have also written it as the Chuad rebellion. In 1765 AD, Shah Alam, the emperor of Delhi, gave the Diwani of Bengal, Bihar, Orissa to the East India Company. Due to this exploitation of the tribals started, then the Bhumij revolted.
Ol Guru Mahendra Nath Sardar is an Indian Bhumij writer and educator. He invented the Ol Onal script for Bhumij language. Until the nineteenth century, Bhumij community had no written language and knowledge was transmitted orally from one generation to other. Later researchers started to use Devanagari, Bengali, and Odia scripts to document the Bhumij language. However, Bhumijs did not have their own script. His invention of the Ol Onal script enriched the cultural identity of the tribal Bhumij community. He wrote many text books in the Ol Onal script.
Shaheed Jirpa Singh Laya, was a revolutionary and the leader of Bhumij rebellion. Before independence, when the British started forcibly cultivating indigo from Indian farmers, breaking the traditional system, collecting salt tax was unlimited, auction system, Daroga system started, violation of inheritance rule, the British were beginning to establish their rights on the water, the forest and the land. In such a situation, the 'Bhumij Rebellion' started after getting fed up with the British rule. In Indian history, this movement is also known as 'Chuar Movement'. The chief commander of Ganganarayan Singh's army, was Jirpa Laya.