The Bodo National Movement

1. Division of Assam

2. Origin of the Bodos

3. Origin of the Movement:

4. Bodoland Demand

Origin of the Bodos

The Bodos are Indo Mongoloids of Tibeto-Burman origin. They have been residing in Assam even before the Ahoms.¹ Bodos were once the sole inhanbitants of the upper Assam(the region on the north of Brahmaputra) - The Bodos were dominant in Assam until they came under the British rule in 1825. Immigration over the past century however has rendered them minority in their homeland ² .  At present, Bodos mostly reside above the bank of Brahmaputra in Baksa, Chirang, Kokrajhar, and Udalguri district of Assam.

1. George, Sudhir Jacob (1994) The Bodo Movement in Assam: Unrest to Accord Asian Survey - Vol. 34, No. 10, pp. 878-892 University of California Press 
2. Minanhan,J(2002) Encyclopedia of the Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups Around the World, Greenwood Publishing Group

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Division of Assam

Since the dawn when India achieved independence from the British rule, Assam had been afflicted by its own tale of freedom fights. The Nagas carved out Nagaland, the Khasis, Garos and the Jayantias carved out Meghalaya, the Manipuris carved out Manipur, the Mizos carved out Mizoram from Assam. Being slimmed after the cleavages, Assam yet faces minefields of divisions. One of the most striking approaches for Independence has been made by the Bodos.

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