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2 signatures so far! Petition created by: Arnab Phonglosa Dimaraji (state under India) is long cherished aspiration of the Dimasa Indigenous People, one of the Indigenous Peoples in the North East India, the earliest known community in the region, the Dimasas belonging to the Tibeto- Burman group of Mongloid race. Dimaraji earlier known as Hidimba Kingdom was a sovereign kingdom since centuries and was finally annexed by the British in the year 1854 AD. It now forms part of the state of Assam and Nagaland in India. The interest of the people of Dimaraji has been hugely compromised by the erstwhile British Government , who usurped the kingdom by the evil Act "Doctrine Of Lapse" as well as by the present Indian Government who chose to carry on the imperialist legacy of the British by ignoring the rights of the denizens of Dimaraji for a statehood under India and by dividing the denizens of Dimaraji into different administrative units , whereby they are rendered minority in each unit, and left voiceless. Juthai ! http://dimasandimaraji.blogspot.com/2010/09/dimaraji-is-long-cherished-aspiration.html Sign the petition! Details, Impact and Progress An over view on the Dimaraji The People The Dimasa, 'Dimasa' a corruption of Dima fisa or son of the great river people are one of the components of once a great Bodo race of Assam who are of the Sino-Tibetan origin among the Mongoloid group. They bear the common features of a Mongolian. Generally they are of medium height and well-built stature. They have flat nose, small eyes, black-spiky hair and high cheekbones. Their skin colour is yellowish brown. By nature their behaviour is very amiable ever ready to befriend even a stranger. Origin As quoted in the above memorandum, “The Kacharis may perhaps be described as the aborigin or earliest known inhabitants of the Brahmaputra valley. They are identical with people called Mech in Goalpara and North Bengal. These were the names given to them by outsiders. In the Brahmaputra valley ‘Bodo or Bodo-fisa’ (Son of the Bodo). In the North Cachar Hills they call themselves ‘Dimasa’ a corruption of Dima fisa or son of the great river. They were known to Ahoms as Timasa, clearly a corruption of Dimasa so this name must have been in use when they were still in Dhansiri valley”. Since Dimasa people are one of the components of the Bodo race and therefore are believed to be migrants of ancient Chinese origin and their language belonging to the Tibeto-Burman language family. G.A. Grierson in his “The Linguistic Survey of India -“1903” has given a table of tribes that shows inclusion of a large number of tribes of this language group of which the Bodo and the Dimasa of Assam and the Boroks of Tripura are the major components. The date of migration from their original abode, namely, Northwestern China, to this part of present India is debated and needs further research. However scholars agree that the Bodo race settled in this region much before the Aryans. The first mentioned king of Pragjyotishpur (ancient name of Assam) was Mairong Raja (Sanskritised as Mahiranga) of Asura Dynasty. Several kings of the Asura Dynasty ruled Pragjyotishpur. The Asura kings and their subjects were none but the Bodo. Then came the Kirata Dynasty. Narkhw (Narakasura) and Fogdongza (Bhagadatta) were two famous kings of this dynasty. Scholars have identified the ‘Kiratas’ of ancient Assam, who took part in the Mahabharata war, with the Bodo. Sanskrit literatures of the ‘Epic Era’ have immensely mentioned about the ‘Eastern Kiratas.’ Particularly the Kingdom of Tripura has been mentioned as the ‘Kiratadesha’ of the North East in ancient times. The Epics i. e., the Ramanaya and the Mahabharata are dated to have been written between 2500 to 3000 B.C. This proves that the Bodo race had powerful kings and kingdoms even before 3000B.C. in the eastern part of present India at the time while the Aryans were confined to beyond the present Indus valley. As stated clearly in the memorandum, the Dimasa also known as Kacharis believe that they descended from Ghatatkacha, son of the second Pandava-Bhima and Hidimba the demon princess mentioned in the 'Agyatbas Parva' of the Mahabharata. Thus being the descendents of Hidimba the Dimasa called themselves as 'Hidimbasa' - their kingdom as Hidimba or Heremba kingdom or Heremba Emperor or Lord of Hidimba or Heramba'. The use of this terms are abundantly found in the Coins, Rock-Cut Inscriptions, Endowment Deeds and Seals, etc Comments Note: This service is provided as a service to TakingITGlobal Members. This petition does not necessarily represent the views of TakingITGlobal as an organization. |
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