Takam Mising Porin Kebang (TMPK) is a
Mishing student union from the state of
Assam
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India
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History
Takam Mising Porin Kebang or TMPK is a student union from the state of Assam. It is the main students organization of the
Mising tribe in the state. It mainly focuses on the socio-economic and political issues of the Mising tribals in Assam
Takam Mising Porin Kebang (Tmpk) was established in 1971. The TMPK earlier known as the North East Frontier Agency Students Union was constituted at
Jonai
Jonai ( as, জোনাই) is a Sub-Division of Dhemaji District in the state of Assam in India.
Etymology
The name ''Jonai'' is derived from the name of a Chutia princess named ''Jona'' who was married off to a Kachari prince named ''Kans ...
HSS in 1971 and later renamed as the TMPK (Mising Students' Union) in 1982.
Demand for inclusion of MAC in the Sixth Schedule
TMPK is leading the movement of the Mising tribals demand for the inclusion of the
Mising Autonomous Council
The Mising Autonomous Council (MAC), (sometimes Mishing), is an autonomous district council for the Mising people in Dhemaji District in the state of Assam in India, with its headquarters at Dhemaji. Its chairman is Paramananda Chayengia, who ...
(MAC) into an Autonomous District as per the
sixth schedule of the
Constitution of India
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Mising bodies demand Sixth Schedule inclusion
, ''Assam Tribune''
References
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External links
misingonline.com
website on TMPK
Mising Autonomous Council website
www.misingagomkebang.org
Mising Agom Kebang website
See also
*Mising people
The Mising, sometimes called Miri, are an indigenous community inhabiting parts of the Indian states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. They were also known as ''Miris'' in the past and still recognized as Miris in the Constitution of India. Mis ...
*Mising Autonomous Council
The Mising Autonomous Council (MAC), (sometimes Mishing), is an autonomous district council for the Mising people in Dhemaji District in the state of Assam in India, with its headquarters at Dhemaji. Its chairman is Paramananda Chayengia, who ...
*Mising Baptist Kebang
Mising Baptist Kebang (MBK) is a Baptist churches convention based in Assam, India. It has six associations and is spread across six districts of Assam. It is an associate member of the Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India, and has over 1 ...
*Mising Agom Kebang
The Mising Agom Kébang (MAK) is a non-governmental organisation which aims to preserve and develop the Mising language, a language of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, India. It was established on 18 April 1972 at Disangmukh in the district of Sivasa ...
Organisations based in Assam
Students' unions in India
Year of establishment missing