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Koch Rajbongshis

2021 FEB 11

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Why in news?

  • Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Cooch Behar in North Bengal with a view to attract Koch Rajbongshi votes in upcoming elections.

About  Koch Rajbongshis:

  • The Rajbongshi or Koch-Rajbongshi is an ethnic group inhabiting parts of Assam, Meghalaya, northern West Bengal, Bihar and on the eastern parts of Nepal, Bhutan and northern Bangladesh.
  • In the medieval period, the community was dominant and ruled their territory of Kamatapur, which comprised a large part of Bangladesh, West Bengal, Bihar and India’s north-east.
  • In Assam, the government last year formed the Kamatapur Autonomous Council comprising predominantly Koch Rajbongshi villages in some lower Assam districts.
  • The community has a rich heritage and main musical forms of Koch-Rajongshi culture are Kamatapuri Folk Song, Bhawaiyya, Chorchunni, Palatia, Lahankari, Tukkhya among many others.

PRELIMS QUESTION

Koch Rajbongshis are a community residing primarily in:
(a)North western India
(b)Eastern India
(c)Nepal
(d)Bhutan

Answer to the Prelims Question