20, June 2025

Ethnic Identity of the Bodos: With Special Reference to the Bodoland Territorial Council (B.T.C) Kokrajhar.

VOLUME-11; ISSUE-6; JUNE-2025

Author(s): Manaj Mushahary, Dr. Madhab Chandra Adhikary

Authors Affiliations:

Ph.D Research Scholar, Department Of History,Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma

University, Vivekananda  Street, Cooch Behar, West Bengal.

Professor, Department Of History, Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University.

Vivekananda Street, Cooch Behar, West Bengal.

DOIs:10.2015/IJIRMF/202506008     |     Paper ID: IJIRMF202506008


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The Bodo who belongs to an indegenious ethnic Tibeto-Burman language family of Mongoloid race are primarily found in the north eastern region of India or foothills Himalayas. Particularly they are mostly inhabited in the nothern bank of Brahmaputra valley present Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Kokrajhar, in the state of Assam. They are regarded as one of the largest tribe of Assam.¹ The generic term Bodo was first used by B.H Hodgson in 1846.² According to R.M. Nath, the Bodos are also known as "Bodo-Ficha" or "Bodo-Chha" son or children of "Bod" country or Bodo.³ As a ethnic settlers of Assam, they have their own primitive rich culture and traditions, i,e; Primitive types of cultivation, pig, poultry farming, rearing of silk-worm, fishing, hunting, wine making, house building, worshipped of "Bathouism" to"Bathou Bwrai" with planting a Sijou ( Euphorbia Splended) tree at Bathou altar as their religious beliefs and practices. This paper is an attempt to Indicate the ethnic identity of the Bodos and their rich culture and traditions.

Bodo, Term, Ethnic, Culture, Tradition, Bathouism, Festivals.

Manaj Mushahary, Dr. Madhab Chandra Adhikary (2025); Ethnic Identity of the Bodos: With Special Reference to the Bodoland Territorial Council (B.T.C) Kokrajhar.  International Journal for Innovative Research in Multidisciplinary Field, ISSN(O): 2455-0620, Vol-11, Issue-6, Pp.56-58.          Available on –   https://www.ijirmf.com/

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