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Rajvanshi (clan)
Rajbanshi, Rajbongshi, or Rangpuri may refer to: * Rajbongshi people, an ethnic group of South Asia * Rangpuri language Rangpuri is an eastern Indo-Aryan language of the Bengali-Assamese branch, spoken in northern West Bengal, western Goalpara of Assam in India and Rangpur Division in Bangladesh. Many are bilingual in Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Beng ... or Rajbanshi language, their language See also * Rangpur (other) {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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Rajbongshi People
The Rajbanshi, also Rajbongshi and Koch-Rajbongshi, are peoples from Lower Assam, North Bengal, eastern Bihar, Terai region of eastern Nepal, and Bhutan who have in the past sought an association with the Koch dynasty. Today, they speak various Indo-Aryan languages, though in the past they might have spoken Tibeto-Burman languages. In 2020, Kamatapur Autonomous Council has been created for socio-economic development and political rights of Koch-Rajbongshi community. They are related to the ethnic Koch people found in Meghalaya but are distinguished from them as well as from the Hindu caste called Koch (caste), Koch in Upper Assam that receives converts from different tribes. Rajbanshi (''of royal lineage'') alludes to the community's claimed connection with the Koch dynasty. Etymology The Rajbanshi (literal meaning: ''of the royal lineage'') community gave itself this name after 1891 following a movement to distance itself from an ethnic identity and acquire the higher ...
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Rangpuri Language
Rangpuri is an eastern Indo-Aryan language of the Bengali-Assamese branch, spoken in northern West Bengal, western Goalpara of Assam in India and Rangpur Division in Bangladesh. Many are bilingual in Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ... and Assamese in their respective regions. According to Glottolog, it forms the Central-Eastern Kamta group with the Kamta language. Together with Rajbanshi and Surjapuri they form the Kamta group of languages. Names Rangpuri goes by numerous names, the most common being ''Bahe'';"Rangpuri: This term is favoured in the Rangpur area, interchangeably with ‘Bahe.’ Chaudhuri (1939) prefers to use Rangpuri to Rajbanshi, as it avoids the problem of being caste-centric." H though ''Deshi bhasha'' and ''Anchalit bhasha'' ...
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Rangpur (other)
Rangpur may refer to: Places *Rangpur, Bangladesh, a city in Bangladesh **Rangpur District **Rangpur Division *Rangpur, Assam, a capital of the historic Ahom kingdom in present-day Assam, India *Rangpur, Gujarat, a historic site in Gujarat, India *Rangpur, Punjab, a town in Pakistan Other uses *Rangpur (fruit), a type of citrus fruit See also * Rangapur (other) Rangapur may refer to: * Rangapur, Kapilvastu, a village in Kapilvastu district in Lumbini, Nepal * Rangapur, Rautahat, a village in Rautahat district in Narayani, Nepal * Rangapur, Belgaum, a village in Belgaum district of Karnataka, India * ... * Ranpur (other) {{disambig, geo ...
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