27-852: Bordoloi is one of the surnames used among the Assamese Brahmins , Kalitas , Tiwas , Chutias of Assam. Notable people with the surname include: Gopinath Bordoloi , Indian politician Lachit Bordoloi , Indian writer Nirmal Prabha Bordoloi , Indian poet Nishanta Bordoloi , Indian cricketer Padmanav Bordoloi , Indian musician Pradyut Bordoloi , Indian politician Rajanikanta Bordoloi , Indian writer Robin Bordoloi , Indian politician Dr. Prasanna Kumar Bordoloi,Indian Doctor See also [ edit ] Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport Bordoloi Trophy [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
54-531: A matrilineal ethnic group to which Biswa Singha's mother belonged; and the king as well as most of the population of the kingdom ( Koch Bihar ) belonged to the Koch community. After the fall of the Pala dynasty of Kamarupa , the kingdom fractured into different domains in the 12th century. Sandhya , a ruler of Kamarupanagara (present-day North Guwahati ) moved his capital further west to present-day North Bengal in
81-483: Is just a few miles southeast of the present-day Cooch Behar town —but since these movements were recorded much after the events the dates and rulers associated with these movements are not expected to be accurate and these movements represent the gradual movement of Koch power towards the southern plains of the Brahmaputra valley. After subjugating the petty rulers, he announced himself the king of Kamata bounded on
108-514: The Brahmaputra valley —defeated, captured, and executed Daniyal, and the region lapsed into Bhuyan confederate rule. It was in this context that a number of independent Koch tribes were united under a leader named Hajo, who occupied Rangpur and Kamrup . The Koches, spreading towards the southern plains, were able to ally with other tribal groups. Among various factors, the shift from slash-and-burn cultivation to settled cultivation and
135-561: The Brahmin community present in the Assamese society . There they promoted learning, Vedic religion , astrology , ayurveda and as well as imparting general vedic knowledge to the public. The Brahmins migrated to Assam from Videha (Mithila) , Kannauj , Bengal and many other places. The earliest historical evidence of settlement of Brahmins in Assam comes from epigraphic sources of
162-697: The Mughals and the Koch Hajo branch broke up into various sub-branches under the Ahom kingdom . Koch Bihar became a princely state during British rule and was absorbed after Indian independence. The third branch at Khaspur disappeared into the Kachari kingdom . Raikat is a collateral branch of the Koch dynasty that claim descent from the Sisya Singha, the brother of Biswa Singha. The name Koch denotes
189-548: The Varman dynasty (350–650). In the late medieval period beginning with the early 16th century, a number of Brahmins from Mithila , Benaras , Kanauj , Bengal and Puri (Srikshetra), were settled in western Assam by the Koch kings for performing Brahminical rites. During the reign of Nara Narayan (1554-1587) of the Koch dynasty , two Brahmins named Siddhantavagisa and Vidyavagisa were brought from Gauda and Siddhantavagisa
216-620: The surname Bordoloi . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Notes [ edit ] ^ "The regional context is decisive: Bordoloi, commonly associated with the plains Tiwa in Middle Assam, is understood to be a Chutiya title in Upper Assam."( Ramirez 2014 :34) References [ edit ] Ramirez, Philippe (2014). People of
243-636: The Barnadi river. The Ahom king, Prataap Singha , then established Balinarayan as a vassal in the newly acquired region between Barnadi and Bharali rivers, and called it Darrang . Balinarayan's descendants continued to rule the region as a tributary to the Ahom kingdom till it was annexed by the British in 1826. The Bijni rulers reigned between the Sankosh and the Manas rivers, the region immediately to
270-549: The Brahman sage Parashurama and took shelter in Western Assam and Northern Bengal and later disguised themselves as Mlechchas . This process of hinduisation was much slower in the lower strata of the society, the king Biswa Singha with his tribal origin claimed Rajbanshi kshatriya status, the lower class Koch took this name after the 18th century. Biswa Singha's two sons, Naranarayan and Shukladhwaj ( Chilarai ),
297-464: The Koch-Kamata kingdom, for which Nara Narayan made an official order to recognise the different religious practices of the people residing in the kingdom, though by the end of the 18th century, the masses of the Koch population had absorbed considerable Hindu content. Later, Nara Narayan made Raghudev, the son of Chilarai, the governor of Koch Hajo , the eastern portion of the country. After
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#1732783329520324-564: The Margins - Across ethnic boundaries in Northeast India . Spectrum Publications. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bordoloi&oldid=1219018266 " Categories : Surnames Assamese-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Assamese Brahmins Assamese Brahmins are
351-739: The North and the South. The Brahmins constitute one of the Forward classes of Assam based on the classifications of Government of India , although the recent trend on economic condition has not been very well within the community. Assam's former Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi announced setting up of development councils for several communities in the state, including Brahmins. Koch dynasty The Koch dynasty ( / k ɒ tʃ / ; 1515–1949) ruled parts of eastern Indian subcontinent in present-day Assam and Bengal . Biswa Singha established power in
378-459: The breakdown of tribal clan-based relations are given as factors that contributed to the growth of Koch power. As part of these alliances Hajo's daughter Hira married Hariya Mandal, a member of the Mech tribe from Chiknagram in present-day Kokrajhar district , though these ethnic identities are difficult to discern since there were frequent intermarriages. Bisu, born to Hariya and Hira, acquired
405-455: The death of Nara Narayan, Raghudev declared independence. The division of the Kamata kingdom into Koch Bihar and Koch Hajo was permanent. The Mughal Subah , in alliance with Lakshmi Narayan of Koch Bihar, attacked Parikshit Narayan of Koch Hajo in 1612. Koch Hajo, bounded by Sankosh River in the west and Barnadi river in the east, was occupied by the end of that year. Parikshit Narayan
432-476: The east by Barnadi river and on the west by the Karatoya river in the year 1515. The Koch dynasty in Kamata was one of several tribal formations that developed into statehoods around 15th century in northeast India — Ahom , Chutia , Dimasa , Tripura , Manipur , etc. At his coronation Bisu adopted Hinduism and the name Biswa Singha. Nevertheless, he retained the Koch identity of his mother discarding
459-606: The east of Koch Bihar . The Barak valley was obtained by Chilarai in 1562 from the Twipra kingdom during his expedition when he subjugated most of the major rulers in Northeast India and established the Khaspur state with a garrison at Brahmapur, that eventually came to be called Khaspur (Brahmapur→Kochpur→Khaspur). The Koch rule began with the appointment of Kamal Narayan (step-brother of Chilarai and Naranarayan) as
486-546: The erstwhile Kamata Kingdom which had emerged from the decaying Kamarupa Kingdom . The dynasty came to power by removing the Baro-Bhuyans , who had earlier removed the short-lived rule established by Alauddin Hussain Shah . The dynasty split into three among the descendants of Biswa Singha's three sons; two antagonistic branches Koch Bihar and Koch Hajo and a third branch at Khaspur. Koch Bihar aligned with
513-465: The ethnic identity of his father. Later, Brahman pundits created a legend that lord Siva was the father of Biswa Singha to give legitimacy to his rule and conferred on him the status of the Kshatriya varna. According to the legend constructed at the time of coronation, Bisu was son of Siva and his tribe either the Koch or Mech people were Kshatriyas who ran away from the fear of extermination by
540-527: The foreign invasions in North India and on the invitation by the local rulers. Traditionally these Brahmins held the highest positions in society. Traditionally, the ceremony of Lagundeoni – one of the samskaras or rites of passage marking acceptance of a student by a guru , is a quite prevalent ritual within the community. Brahmins of the Assam valley follow a different death ritual as opposed to
567-437: The king and the commander-in-chief of the army respectively, took the kingdom to its zenith. During the reign of Nara Narayan, Koch Behar saw the propagation of eksarana-namadharma by Sankardev along with his two disciples Madhavdeva and Damodardev , which helped brought a cultural renaissance to the kingdom. The spread of this new religious movement was initially resisted by the Koch, Mech and Kachari people residing in
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#1732783329520594-585: The middle of the 13th century and the domain he ruled over came to be called Kamata kingdom . The buffer region, between the eastern kingdoms and Kamata was the domain of the Baro-Bhuyans chieftains. Alauddin Husain Shah of Gaur removed Nilambar of the Khen dynasty in 1498, occupied Kamata and placed his son Danyal Husayn in charge. Within a few years the Baro-Bhuyans—led by one Harup Narayan of
621-637: The more powerful Baro-Bhuyans and began his campaign around 1509. Successively, he defeated the Bhuyans of Ouguri, Jhargaon, Karnapur, Phulaguri, Bijni and Pandunath (Pandu, in Guwahati ). He was particularly stretched by the Bhuyan of Karnapur, and could defeat him only by a stratagem during Bihu . In some records Bisu moved his capital from Chikana to Hingulabas (near present-day Samuktala ) and then finally to Kamatapur (now called Gosanimari ) which
648-464: The other indigenous communities in Assam. A religious rite, known as Caturthā is performed on the 4th day of a person's demise unlike Tiloni , performed on the 3rd day of person's demise by non–Brahmin indigenous communities. Although in general Brahmins observe all the customary rituals, they appear usually less rigid in some of their traditional lifestyle choices, such as they may eat meat, fish, unlike their counterparts in other parts of India like
675-547: The political legacy of his grandfather Hajo and established himself as the chief of the eastern branch of the Koches in the Khuntaghat region (present-day Kokrajhar district of Assam). It is thought that Bisu fought under the leadership of the Bhuyans as a landlord against the occupation of Kamata kingdom by Alauddin Husain Shah and thus learned their military tactics. He sought the alliance of tribal chiefs, against
702-624: Was responsible for the spread of Hinduism in the Koch kingdom Even during the reign of Koch king Prannarayana (1633-1655), Brahmins were brought from Mithilia to serve in the Koch kingdom and this process was later continued by the Ahom state especially under the Tungkhungia Ahom kings with Siva Singha donating 19 out of the 48 landgrants by the Ahom kings to Brahmins. The migration of Brahmins into Assam took place from Central Himalayas as well. Most of these migration took place due to
729-626: Was sent to Delhi for an audience with the Mughal Emperor, but his brother Balinarayan escaped and took refuge in the Ahom kingdom . The region to the east of Barnadi and up to the Bharali river was under the control of some Baro-Bhuyan chieftains, but they were soon removed by the Mughals. In 1615 the Mughals, under Syed Hakim and Syed Aba Bakr, attacked the Ahoms but were repelled back to
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