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Chuar
Chuar may refer to: * An ethnic group in West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, India; part of the Bhumij people Bhumij (also transliterated as Bhumuj) is a Munda peoples, Munda ethnic group of India. They primarily live in the Indian States and territories of India, states of West Bengal, Odisha, Assam and Jharkhand, mostly in the old Singhbhum district a ... ** A participant in the Chuar rebellion of Bengal Presidency * Chavar, a city in Iran * Chuar Group, a geologic group of the United States {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhumij People
Bhumij (also transliterated as Bhumuj) is a Munda peoples, Munda ethnic group of India. They primarily live in the Indian States and territories of India, states of West Bengal, Odisha, Assam and Jharkhand, mostly in the old Singhbhum district and also in states like Bihar and Assam. There is also a sizeable population found in Bangladesh. Bhumijas speak the Bhumij language, an Austroasiatic language, and use Ol Onal script for writing. Overview Etymology Bhumij means "one who is born from the soil" and it is derived from word ''bhūmi'' (a land or soil). According to N. Ramaswani, the word is etymologically ''Bhūm-jo'' meaning "people originating from Bhum areas, i.e. Singhbhum district, Singhbhum, Dhalbhum, Manbhum, Barabhum, etc.", Edward Tuite Dalton, Dalton also had claimed that Bhumijs were the original inhabitants of Dhalbhum, Barabhum, Patkum estate, Patkum and Baghmundi. Social structure The social structure of the Bhumijas is characterized by its dynamism, incor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuar Rebellion
Chuar rebellion, also called the Chuar Bidroha was a series of peasant movements between 1766 and 1834 by the tribal inhabitants of the countryside surrounding the Jungle Mahals settlements of Dhalbhum, Midnapore, Bishnupur and Manbhum against the rule of the East India Company (EIC). Etymology The literal meaning of ''Chuar'' or ''Chuad'' or ''Chuhad'' is a barbaric, an uncultured or a robber. During the British rule, Bhumijas of the Jungle Mahal area were called chuars (low caste people), their main occupation was hunting of animals and birds and farming in the forests, but later some Bhumij became ''zamindars'' and some started working as ''Ghatwals'' (feudal lords) and ''Paiks'' (soldiers). When the East India Company started collecting revenue for the first time in 1765 in the Jangal Mahal district of Bengal, then in this conspiratorial way of the British, the water, forest, land grab activities were first opposed by the people of Bhumij tribe and the revolution w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chavar
Chavar () is a city in the Central District of Chavar County, Ilam province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Demographics Ethnicity The city is populated by Arkavazi Kurds Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri .... Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 5,574 in 1,080 households, when it was in Chavar District of Ilam County. The following census in 2011 counted 5,775 people in 1,333 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,831 people in 1,562 households. In 2019, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Chavar County and renamed the Central District, with Chavar as the new county's capital. See also Notes References Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
