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India’s first Chief Minister from a tribe with many members living in China: The Kaman Mishmi community – Arunachal Pradesh
Rahul Karmakar, Hindustan Times, Guwahati 21 February 2016 Kalikho Pul, the eighth chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh, has a few firsts. He is the first Congress CM in India to be installed with support from arch rivals BJP, and the first … Continue reading
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Tagged Digaru, Geman Deng, Idu, Kaman, Kaman Mishmi, Monpa, Sherdukpen
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eBook | Online resource: “Tribes of India: The Struggle for Survival” by Christoph Fürer-Haimendorf
Read or download the entire work here (pdf) >> von Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph. Tribes of India: The Struggle for Survival. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982. This book tells of observations among Indian tribal populations spanning the period from 1940 to … Continue reading →