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The article is about a marginal ethnic tribe in Northeast India - the Kuki tribes and their political history. It elaborates on how late alphabetization led the minority tribes lost their place in the present political history.
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The whole Northeast India is in turmoil. Many questions remained unanswered all these years. The article traces the historical moorings of ethnic tribes and their political aspirations for recognition.
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This page is a summary of: Rethinking the Political History of Northeast India, Indian Historical Review, March 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0376983616628385.
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