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Santhal, Oraon, Munda and Ho migrant tribes
- The Santhal, Oraon, Munda and Ho migrant tribes in the Sunderbans of West Bengal, working as agricultural labourers or cultivating small farms, are collectively referred to as ‘Adivasi’ by the local Bengali settlers, a majority of whom are Scheduled Castes.
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Tribals of East, Central, West and South India use the politically assertive term Adivasi, while Tribals of North East India use 'Tribal' or 'Scheduled Tribe' and do not use term 'Adivasi' for themselves. [16]
3 days ago · Adivasi, any of various ethnic groups considered to be the original inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent. The term is used primarily in India and Bangladesh. In the constitution of India, promulgated in 1950, most of these groups were listed—or scheduled—as targets for social and economic
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Nov 22, 2022 · Campaigning for the Gujarat Assembly elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday questioned the term ‘Vanvasi’, used by the BJP and its ideologue RSS for the tribal community, contrasting it with ‘Adivasi’, which the Congress uses for them.
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Mar 7, 2024 · “Since the Indian Constitution uses the term ‘Scheduled Tribes’ or ‘tribals’ to refer to indigenous communities in India and the colloquial reference used by several indigenous communities themselves is ‘adivasis’ these two terms shall be used interchangeably.”
Mar 14, 2024 · The 67.7 million people belonging to ‘Scheduled Tribe’ in India are generally considered to be ‘Adivasi’, literally meaning ‘Indigenous People’ or original inhabitants, though the term ‘Scheduled Tribe’ (ST) is not coterminous with the term ‘Adivasi’.
During the first decades of the 20th century educated and politically active tribals from eastern central India started to use the Hindi/Sanskrit term “Adivasi”. This word consists of “adi” (original) and “vasi” (inhabitant).
Mar 8, 2023 · The term Adivasi is more a colloquial term used by the Scheduled Tribes to identify themselves in India. In the eighteenth-century writings, for example, synonymous vocabular was used for the term “tribes” which was distinct from the caste.
