Assamese Brahmins are the Brahmins present in the Assamese society. There they promoted learning, Vedic religion, astrology, ayurveda and as well as imparting...
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gurus from Muslim, Kaibarta, Nagas, and Garo communities. Assamese Brahmins Tribes of Assam Assamese Language Movement Music of Assam People of Assam Demography...
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Bhattacharya (surname) (category Brahmin communities of West Bengal)
Bhattacharyya, and Bhattacharjee are three common spellings of a Bengali Brahmin and Assamese Brahmin surname. In Bengal, Bhattacharjees, together with Banerjees,...
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List of people from Assam (redirect from List of Assamese Brahmins)
Ali Ahmed, 5th president of India; first Assamese to be the president of India Devakanta Barua, first Assamese to be the president of Indian National Congress...
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Sharma (category Brahmin communities)
Sarmah are alternative English spellings of the name, commonly used by Assamese Brahmins. The Sanskrit word "Sharma" is derived from the term "ṣárman," which...
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Chakraborty (category Assamese-language surnames)
Bengali Hindus and Assamese Hindus of India and Bangladesh, the surname is used by people of the Bengali Brahmin and Assamese Brahmin communities in States...
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of Indic text. The Assamese alphabet (Assamese: অসমীয়া বৰ্ণমালা, romanized: Ôxômiya Bôrnômala) is a writing system of the Assamese language and is a part...
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ethnic Assamese communities like Sonowals, Bodo, Rabha, Keot (Kaibarta), Ahom, Moran, Sutiya etc. Upper caste Assamese Hindus, such as Assamese Brahmins (including...
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Bairagi Brahmin or Vaishnav Bairagi or Vaishnav Brahmin is a Hindu caste. They are sedentary rasik (temple dwelling or temple priest) Brahmin members...
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Ganak (category Brahmin communities of Assam)
Ganak (Assamese: গণক) is a title given to Surya Vipras, a division of Assamese Brahmins in Assam, India. In India there are many divisions of Brahmins in...
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Assamese literature (Assamese: অসমীয়া সাহিত্য, romanized: ɔxɔmiya xaɦitjɔ) is the entire corpus of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, documents and...
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Borthakur (category Articles containing Assamese-language text)
Borthakur or Barthakur (Assamese: বৰঠাকুৰ) is an Indian surname originating from the state of Assam. It refers to the royal Assamese Brahmin priest family. The...
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Bordoloi (category Assamese-language surnames)
Bordoloi is one of the surnames used among the Assamese Brahmins, Kalitas, Tiwas, Chutias of Assam. Notable people with the surname include: Gopinath...
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etc. The Koch is one of many categories in the tribe-caste continuum in Assamese society. In some instance, the identity of the Koch overlaps the identity...
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This is a list of notable people who belong to the Hindu Brahmin caste. Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar, artist M. V. Dhurandhar, Indian artist known for his...
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Dr. Debabrata Sharma is an Assamese Brahmin from Jorhat district of Assam. He is known for his uncompromising opposition to caste oppression in a region...
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Mohyal Brahmins are an Indian sub-caste of Saraswat Brahmins from the Punjab region. Prior to the Partition of India, Mohyal Brahmins lived primarily in...
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Hussaini Brahmins are a Mohyal Brahmin community of the Punjab region. The Mohyal community comprises seven sub-clans named Bali, Bhimwal, Chhibber, Datt...
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Kalita (caste) (category Assamese-language surnames)
category in the tribe-caste continuum of Assamese society that is placed between the Keot on one side and Ganak and Brahmin on the other. According to historians...
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The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker (category Novels in Assamese)
protagonist Giribaala and the society around her. As a widow from an Assamese Brahmin family, she narrates her experiences between two worlds: traditionalism...
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Mamoni Raisom Goswami (category Articles containing Assamese-language text)
In The Moth Eaten Howdah of a Tusker she writes about the plight of Assamese Brahmin widows in Satra, religious institutions of Assam. This novel was anthologised...
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pre-colonial times, making up around 46% of the population. These are Assamese Brahmins, Koch Rajbongshis, Ahom, Karbi, Keot(Kaibarta), Mising, Nath Jogis...
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Islam in Assam (redirect from Assamese Muslims)
flotilla to conquer Kamata. The conquest was instigated by Sachipatra, a Brahmin whose son was executed by Nilambar for his promiscuity with the queen....
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Barua (category Assamese-language surnames)
within the Assamese community was adopted by and forms part of the continuum of the Assamese society of several groups – the Ahoms, the Brahmins, the Kalitas...
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Culture of Assam (redirect from Assamese Culture)
idea of Assamese culture and its identity. The Ahoms, later on, brought some more Indo-Aryans like the Assamese Brahmins and Ganaks and Assamese Kayasthas...
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Ananta Kandali (category Articles containing Assamese-language text)
Ananta Kandali (Assamese: অনন্ত কন্দলী; 1540–1580) was Brahmin[citation needed] poet from Hajo, Kamrup district. Ananta Kandali's real name was Haricharan...
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Bihu (category Articles containing Assamese-language text)
intricately that it is impossible to separate them—festivals which are uniquely Assamese to which all communities of Assam had contributed elements. The Rongali...
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Zubeen Garg (category Pages with Assamese IPA)
Zubeen Garg (; born Zubeen Borthakur Assamese pronunciation: [zubin bɔɹtʰakuɹ]; 18 November 1972) is an Indian singer, songwriter, composer, lyricist,...
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languages of India. Over two-thirds of the people are bilingual, speaking Assamese as second language. The Boro along with other cognate groups of Bodo-Kachari...
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Indian name (section Assamese)
Gujarati. Assamese names follow the First name – Middle name – Surname or First name – Surname pattern. The Paik system used by various Assamese kingdoms...
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