Abstract: Study of small community in regional setting attains prominence in the present contemporary society. Oraon--a tribal community recognised by the Government of India--inhabits mainly in Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal, but pronounce differently in different states namely Orang, Oram, Uram and Urang etc. In the Barak valley of Assam it is popularly known as Urang. The community--owing to it its initial days of economic deprivation and socio-historical problems--created from within and imposed from outside--migrated to the different regions of the state during the British Period. A large number of Oraons came and settled down in the Barak valley during that period. But unlike other states and regions, where they are known as tribes, in the Barak valley they are enlisted as Other Backward Class (OBC). What made them OBCs here? Whether they are assimilated/absorbed vis-à-vis de-tribalised/de-constructed them willingly or they are coercively subjugated by the dominant-hegemonic power structure of the valley/region they presently live in? The study proposes to investigate these two important issues/problems of the Oraons in the Barak valley.
Keywords: Oraon, migration, Barak valley, displacement, assimilation, detribalization.
Title: Displacement, Resettlement and Rehabilitation: A Study on Oraon tribe in Barak Valley of Assam
Author: Dr. Nabarun Purkayastha
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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