Bodo Politics- From Origin to Accord

Abstract

Bodos form the largest tribe group in Northeast but they do not form a compact group and are scattered in various states and this lack of majority in one area denies them the fruit of statehood. Their original religion is Bathou and supreme God is Sibrai. But with Ahom conquest of Northeast, Bodos began sliding towards Hinduism and are called Koch. Brahma is their surname. Education deficit led to their social decline, but Kalicharan Brahma attempted to make good this deficit and succeded to a large extent. With the accretion of knowledge came the demand for a new state of Udayachal which the Government did not accept and gave the Bodo Autonomous Council (BAC) for selfgovernance. People dissatisfied with BAC, took to violence, finally Bodoland Accord was signed in 1993