Resistance Movements in Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: A study of the Khamti tribe from 1826-1843

Since the perspectives of the national movement and tribal resistance differ due to various reasons, therefore, much of the history of tribal resistance against colonization has not been documented in details. In colonial records, however, these resistance acts have been interpreted and depicted as...

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Main Author: Rubu Tani
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Published: Dera Natung Government College 2019-12-01
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description Since the perspectives of the national movement and tribal resistance differ due to various reasons, therefore, much of the history of tribal resistance against colonization has not been documented in details. In colonial records, however, these resistance acts have been interpreted and depicted as an attack by wild tribes on civilized governments. And, this form of colonial interpretation of history has been perpetuated for decades without any critical analysis of the events. In other words, many researchers failed to look at it from a tribal point of view; they failed to study it as a phenomenon of indigenous resistance. Throughout India’s tribal history, numerous heroic battles have been fought by the tribes against the colonial rule, but few of them have made it into history. This is particularly true of the adjacent hill tribes of Assam. The Khamtis who are considered as one of the most important communities of Arunachal Pradesh who carried out resistance movements against the colonial ruler, but their gallant act of resistance is still missing in the pages of history books. Therefore, all those tribal resistance movements should be researched and brought into the history of the region. Hence, in this paper, a humble attempt would be made to unearth the resistance movement of the Khamti.
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spelling doaj-art-3e5fad67d743455c9d376ba8136e31512025-08-20T03:07:46ZengDera Natung Government CollegeDera Natung Government College Research Journal2456-82282583-54832019-12-0141223210.56405/dngcrj.2019.04.01.04Resistance Movements in Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: A study of the Khamti tribe from 1826-1843Rubu Tani0Department of History, Government College Daporijo, Daporijo, Arunachal Pradesh.Since the perspectives of the national movement and tribal resistance differ due to various reasons, therefore, much of the history of tribal resistance against colonization has not been documented in details. In colonial records, however, these resistance acts have been interpreted and depicted as an attack by wild tribes on civilized governments. And, this form of colonial interpretation of history has been perpetuated for decades without any critical analysis of the events. In other words, many researchers failed to look at it from a tribal point of view; they failed to study it as a phenomenon of indigenous resistance. Throughout India’s tribal history, numerous heroic battles have been fought by the tribes against the colonial rule, but few of them have made it into history. This is particularly true of the adjacent hill tribes of Assam. The Khamtis who are considered as one of the most important communities of Arunachal Pradesh who carried out resistance movements against the colonial ruler, but their gallant act of resistance is still missing in the pages of history books. Therefore, all those tribal resistance movements should be researched and brought into the history of the region. Hence, in this paper, a humble attempt would be made to unearth the resistance movement of the Khamti.https://dngc.ac.in/journals/index.php/dngcrj/article/view/69arunachal pradeshcoloniahistoriographykhamtiregionalresistance
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Resistance Movements in Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: A study of the Khamti tribe from 1826-1843
Dera Natung Government College Research Journal
arunachal pradesh
colonia
historiography
khamti
regional
resistance
title Resistance Movements in Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: A study of the Khamti tribe from 1826-1843
title_full Resistance Movements in Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: A study of the Khamti tribe from 1826-1843
title_fullStr Resistance Movements in Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: A study of the Khamti tribe from 1826-1843
title_full_unstemmed Resistance Movements in Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: A study of the Khamti tribe from 1826-1843
title_short Resistance Movements in Eastern Arunachal Pradesh: A study of the Khamti tribe from 1826-1843
title_sort resistance movements in eastern arunachal pradesh a study of the khamti tribe from 1826 1843
topic arunachal pradesh
colonia
historiography
khamti
regional
resistance
url https://dngc.ac.in/journals/index.php/dngcrj/article/view/69
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