Rengma Naga Community Appreciates Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma After Govt Grants Land Pattas
First Published: 27th December, 2024 13:10 IST
The Rengma Naga families have thanked CM Sarma for addressing their decades-old demand, marking a significant moment for the community.
A long-awaited relief for the Rengma Naga Community as 35 Rengma Naga families receive land pattas. The Rengma Naga community in Assam’s Hailakandi has expressed deep gratitude to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his decisive leadership.
These families, who have been residing in the area since 1953, had long sought official recognition of their land rights.
The Assam government’s move to grant land pattas has brought immense joy to the community.
The Rengma Naga families have thanked CM Sarma for addressing their decades-old demand, marking a significant moment for the community.
It needs to be mentioned that, the Rengma Naga are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group inhabiting the Northeast Indian states of Nagaland and Assam.
According to the 2011 Census of India, the population of Rengmas in Nagaland stands at 62,951 and the population of Rengmas in Assam is around 22,000.
They call themselves by the names of “Njong” or “Injang”. They belong to the Mongoloid racial stock.
It is believed that Rengmas, along with other Naga tribes, migrated from Southeast Asia across the Yunnan Mountain ranges and settled down in the upper Burma region.
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