The Reangs of Northeast India - Worldpress.org

The Reangs of Northeast India - Worldpress.org: "For scholars and other researchers of the varied and exotic ethnic mosaic in northeast India, an area aptly described as an anthropological museum, the Reangs present an enigma. Scattered over Tripura, Mizoram and the forested areas of the district of Karimganj in Assam, the Reangs cling to their traditional way of life as shifting cultivators.

The erstwhile king of Tripura, Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya, who ruled the state before it merged with the Indian Union on October 15, 1949, included the Reangs in his official list of the five privileged tribes of Tripura along with the Debbarmans, Jamatyas, Noatias and Halams. Today, the Indian government lists the Reang’s as the lone “primitive group” in the state of Tripura."