Sonowal Kacharis
The Sonowal Kacharis (Assamese: সোনোৱাল কছাৰী Devnagari: सोनोवाल कछारी Latin: Sonowal Kachari) are one of the indigenious ethnic group of the North East part of India.
They are one of the Kacharis of the many other Kachari tribal community in Assam, and are also found in other states of Northeast India. They are predominantly inhabitants of the Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Tinisukia and Dibrugarh districts of Assam.[1] They are also scattered in the districts of Sibsagar, Jorhat, Golaghat and in Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh in Northeast India, also.[2]
Famous People
- Sarbananda Sonowal, politician
- Jogesh Das, writer
- Jogendra Nath Hazarika, Chief Minister of Assam (1979)
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