Moran Community

Recently, the Moran community launched an economic blockade in Assam’s Tinsukia district to demand recognition as a Scheduled Tribe.

  • Morans are an indigenous community of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh with roots in the Tibeto-Burman Kachari group of tribes.
  • Their native language is Moran, related to Dimasa, is extinct; now Assamese is mainly spoken.
  • The community largely follows Neo-Vaishnavism through satras and namghars, replacing older animistic practices.
  • Morans led the Moamoria Rebellion (1769–1805), weakening the Ahom ....
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