SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITION OF BODO PEOPLE AFTER FORMATION OF B.T.C.
Abstract
Bodos are one of the oldest Tribes of Assam. According to the historians, the Bodos are a race of the Mongoloid group of people who are described to be the inhabitants of a north of the Himalayas and west of China. With the passage of time, they migrated to the Bullungbuthur valley (Brahmaputra valley) and lived there till the 3rd Century. The Bodos had only a few leaders and guided among them. One of them was Kalicharan Brahma. He was known as Gurudev.
In generic connotation the Bodos are a race of the Mongoloid people who are described to be the inhabitants of north of the Himalayas and west of China. This land is known as ‘Bod’. The word ‘Bod’ is meant a homeland. It is also said that there were many parts of the country known as ‘Hor Bod’, ‘Kur Bod’, etc.
