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The Deshi Muslim community have a rich and distinct culture of their own. They have their folk song and literature. These can be mostly seen during the festivals and marriage ceremonies. During the marriage ceremonies, the women folk sings the Deshi song. The Deshi people observe ‘Beshoma’ which is a
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published in 1879, page 31 mentioned
Musalman Koch. He said, "The total of the Kochs has been considerably reduced by the exclusion of a number of Musalman Kochs, who had been erroneously included; and the total of the ' unspecified ' Muhammadans has been correspondingly augmented." The present
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Assam’s Deshi
Muslims, around 21 lakh in number, are spread across the districts of Bongaigaon, Chirang, Dhubri, Goalpara, Kokrajhar, Kamrup, South Salmara-Mankachar, and Kamrup (Metro). They belonged to a range of indigenous Assamese communities, such as Koch, Rabha, Mech, Garo, Nath, Yogi and
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The language of Deshi Muslim is known as 'Deshi Bhasa’. There are some slight variations in the Deshi Bhasa as one move from one district to another. The Deshi Bhasa have five dialects in Assam-Barbondi, Mahendragonji, Bausia, Ghullia and
Jhaarue. The Deshi Bhasha is known differently in various
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have adopted the same fashion." (Report on the Census of
British India taken on 17 February 1881, Page 211). "The Koch ... people, who once had a religion and language of their own, have completely abandoned their language and have either been converted to Islam or have become low caste Hindoos,
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was a continuation of their previous beliefs. Most people of the community are non-practicing
Muslims though the newer generations are becoming increasing Islamic due to globalization. From historic evidence, it seems a segment of the population of northern
918:) community identifies themselves as the original ethnic inhabitant of this land similar to the other tribal communities. They belonged to a range of indigenous communities, such as Koch, Rabha, Mech, Garo, Nath, Yogi and Kalita.
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The nouns in Deshi language takes or as suffix to indicate feminine gender. If the noun ends in a vowel, it replaces the vowel with , if in consonant it suffixes as feminine marker. For example,
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The group once known as Koch Muslim. They are homogeneous with the Koch
Rajbongshi people and are bi-linguistic speaking both Assamese language and Kamatapuri language.
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https://www.deccanherald.com/india/5-muslim-groups-in-assam-to-get-indigenous-community-status-to-protect-identity-from-other-bengali-speaking-muslims-1124227.html
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Most other conversions took place during the 16th-century, when the lower-class Koch and Mech people unable to find a respectable position in the newly formed
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Deshi community is one of the old ethnic groups of Assam. It has the recorded history dates back to 13th century, some quarter century prior to the arrival of
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affording a striking example of the way in which
Hindooism is replenished. (Report on the Census of British India taken on 17 February 1881, Page 296).
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and
Dinajpore, and they have supplied the great majority of the converts to Mahammedism in those districts. None of them have returned their mother tongue as
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in Assam. Their power was broken up about the year 1750, A.D….. Their unmistakable darkness of colour is found very largely to this day in
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The grandson of Haju, Vishu Sing (1515-1540) with all the people of condition apostatised to
Hinduism and took the name of
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community. They are culturally and linguistically similar to both people of northern
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The Print, Electronic and Social Media are now covering the Deshi community which was in non-existent earlier.
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https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-who-are-assam-indigenous-muslims-8022121/
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began to convert to Islam when the region fell under the control of
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or Nashya Sekh. Their origin to the indigenous communities of
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in 1205. Deshi Muslims are the descendants of Ali Mech.
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or other indigenous communities. In July, 2022, the
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947:(1515 - 1956) switched to Islam. The conversion of
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105:Regions with significant populations
972:"Those who have been converted to
963:Deshi Muslim on Government Records
891:Muslims" community vide an Order.
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1068:and are bilingual, speaking both
1032:, the Deshi Muslims are known as
935:Bakhtiyar Khalji's Tibet campaign
1368:Bureau, The Hindu (2022-07-06).
875:Deshis are Muslim converts from
766:Muslim nationalism in South Asia
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1114:and West Bengal it is known as
616:Islamic University, Bangladesh
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1048:, some of them are also from
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914:The Deshi (literal meaning:
16:Indigenous people from Assam
1448:W.W (1879), Hunter (1879).
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641:Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish
554:Ideology/schools of thought
50:conditions to do so are met
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686:Nizam-e-Islam Party
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1349:The Economic Times
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