Abstract

Like other tribes of India’s North Eastern region, the Rabhas have been aspiring for political autonomy within the state of Assam since the late 1980s. In response to their ethnic politics, mainly the Government of Assam has been pursuing different policies in accordance with the situation demands. However, policies of the state government have hardly brought amicable solution to the political autonomy movement of the Rabhas. Rather, the state government seems to have tried to accommodate political interests of only a certain section of the Rabha leaders lingering their autonomy movement. In this context, the paper analyses the role of the state in dealing with the Rabha ethnic politics.

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