The Boro is the largest ethnolinguistic group in the Assam state of India. They are a part of the greater Bodo-Kachari family of ethnolinguistic groups and are spread across northeastern India. They are concentrated mainly in the Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam, though Boros inhabit all other districts of Assam.
The National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) was an armed separatist outfit which seeks to obtain a sovereign Boroland for the Bodo people. It is designated as a terrorist organisation by the Government of India.
Bodoland,, officially the Bodoland Territorial Region, is an autonomous region in lower Assam in Northeast India. It made up of four districts on the north bank of the Brahmaputra river, by the foothills of Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh. It is administered by an elected body known as the Bodoland Territorial Council which came into existence under the terms of a peace agreement signed in February 2003 and its autonomy was further extended by an agreement signed in January 2020. The region covers an area of over eight thousand square kilometres and is predominantly inhabited by the Bodo people and other indigenous communities of Assam.
Insurgency in Northeast India involves multiple armed separatist factions operating in India's northeastern states, which are connected to the rest of India by the Siliguri Corridor, a strip of land as narrow as 14.29 miles (23.00 km) wide. Most factions favour a separate nation while others seek regional autonomy. Some groups demand complete independence. Others wanted religious law.
Kokrajhar district is an administrative district in Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam. It is predominantly inhabited by the Boro tribe. The district has its headquarters located at Kokrajhar Town and occupies an area of 3,169.22 km2 (1,223.64 sq mi). It has two civil sub-divisions namely Parbatjhora and Gossaigaon and five revenue circles namely Kokrajhar, Dotma, Bhaoraguri, Gossaigaon and Bagribari.
Kokrajhar is a town in the Bodoland Territorial Region an autonomous territory in Assam, one of the North Eastern States of India.
Boro, also Bodo, is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken primarily by the Boro people of Northeast India, Nepal and Bengal. It is official language of the Bodoland autonomous region and co-official language of the state of Assam in India It is also one of twenty two languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India. Since 1963, the language has been written using the Devanagari script. It was formerly written using Latin and Assamese script. Some scholars have suggested that the language used to have its own now lost script known as Deodhai.
Bodo People's Progressive Front (BPPF) is a political party in Assam, India, formed on 12 April 2005 for participation in the Bodoland Territorial Areas District elections.
The Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) is an autonomous district council for the Bodoland Territorial Region in India. It was established in February 2003.
Hagrama Mohilary is an Indian politician who has served as the Chief Executive Member of the Bodoland Territorial Council. Mohilary was elected as the Chief of Executive Committee of the Bodoland Territorial Council which comprises thirteen other executive members. At present he is the chairperson of the Bodoland People's Front, which is one of the major political party ruling Assam in coalition with the BJP. Mohilary had been the head of Bodoland Territorial Council since its inception in 2003. He won the third General Assembly Elections 2015 and formed his Government for the third time. Mohilary's third term expired on 27 April 2020 and following the postponement of elections scheduled for 4 April 2020 a result of the global coronavirus pandemic, Bodoland is currently under Governor's rule.
Bineshwar Brahma was the president of the Bodo Sahitya Sabha in Assam, India. He was born in a small village of Bhatarmari in Kokrajhar. He was the son of Late Taramoni Brahma and Late Sanathi Brahma.
The Adivasi Cobra Force, also known as the Adivasi Cobra Militant Force, is an insurgent group active in Lower Assam, India, with the claimed objective of protecting the Adivasi people through armed combat.
The Bodoland People's Front (BPF) is a state political party in Assam, India. The party has its headquarters in Kokrajhar Town and currently is in power in the autonomous region of Bodoland. It is also an ally of Bharatiya Janata Party whose alliance known as NDA formed the Government of Assam in 2016, it is also a member of the regional alliance of North East Democratic Alliance.
The Plain Tribals Council of Assam is a political party in the Indian state of Assam.
United People's Democratic Solidarity was formed in March 1999 with the merger of two terrorist outfits in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, the Karbi National Volunteers (KNV) and Karbi People’s Front (KPF).
Biswajit Daimary is an Indian politician who represents Assam in Rajya Sabha as a member of the Bodoland People's Front (BPF) political party. He was first elected as Member of Assam Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2006. Later elected as Member of Parliament to Rajya Sabha from 2008 to 2014. He was elected for second term from 2014 to 2020 and third time from 2020 ending 2026. In November 2020, Daimary left BPF to join Bhartiya Janta Party before election Bodoland Territorial Council elections.
From the night of 1 May 2014 until the early morning hours of 3 May a series of attacks occurred on the Bengali Muslims in Assam, a north-eastern state of India. The perpetrator is unknown, but is suspected to be the National Democratic Front of Bodoland of Songbijit faction. Speculated to be revenge for not voting for the National Democratic Front in the Lok Sabha elections, the death toll reached 32.
The Central Institute of Technology at Kokrajhar district (CITK) is a public Deemed University established in 2006 and maintained by the Government of India. It is situated in the north-eastern State of Assam. The institute is spread across 200 acres in the area of Debargaon-Tiniali Patch, Kokrajhar. The Institute has a modular course structure involving integrated Diploma-Degree(B.Tech./B.Des.) programmmes. Masters program in Engineering (M.Tech.) and Design (M.Des.) have started from 2019 session. The institute also provides PhD in disciplines across Engineering, Design, Science and Humanities.
This is a list of Chief Executive Members of the Bodoland Territorial Council is the leader of the Bodoland Territorial Council, the autonomous district council for the Bodoland Territorial Region in India.
The 2020 Bodoland Territorial Council election is to be held to elect members to the Bodoland Territorial Council, the autonomous district council for the Bodoland Territorial Region in India. All 40 elected seats in the council will be up for election.
