Deshi people

Deshi people

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}} Deshis are Muslim converts from [[Koch people|Koch]], [[Mech people|Mech]] or other indigenous communities.{{Cite news |last=GANI |first=ABDUL |date=2017-02-08 |title=Deshi Janagosthi: Where Culture Merges With Religion |url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/3/9889/Deshi-Janagosthi:-Where-Culture-Merges-With-Religion |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627073838/https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/3/9889/Deshi-Janagosthi:-Where-Culture-Merges-With-Religion |archive-date=2022-06-27 |access-date=2025-11-16 |language=en}} In July, 2022, the [[Government of Assam]] gave them recognition as an "Indigenous [[Assamese people|Assamese]] Muslims" community vide an Order.{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Bikash |title=Assam cabinet approves identification of five indigenous Assamese Muslim communities |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/assam-cabinet-approves-identification-of-five-indigenous-assamese-muslim-communities/articleshow/92685132.cms |access-date=2022-10-25}}{{Cite news |date=2022-07-06 |title=Assamese Muslims recognised as a distinct indigenous community |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/assamese-muslims-recognised-as-a-distinct-indigenous-community/article65606802.ece |access-date=2022-10-25 |issn=0971-751X}}
}} Deshis are Muslim converts from [[Koch people|Koch]], [[Mech people|Mech]] or other indigenous communities.{{Cite news |last=GANI |first=ABDUL |date=2017-02-08 |title=Deshi Janagosthi: Where Culture Merges With Religion |url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/3/9889/Deshi-Janagosthi:-Where-Culture-Merges-With-Religion |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220627073838/https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/3/9889/Deshi-Janagosthi:-Where-Culture-Merges-With-Religion |archive-date=2022-06-27 |access-date=2025-11-16 |language=en}} In July, 2022, the [[Government of Assam]] gave them recognition as an "Indigenous [[Assamese people|Assamese]] Muslims" community vide an Order.{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Bikash |title=Assam cabinet approves identification of five indigenous Assamese Muslim communities |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/assam-cabinet-approves-identification-of-five-indigenous-assamese-muslim-communities/articleshow/92685132.cms |access-date=2022-10-25}}{{Cite news |date=2022-07-06 |title=Assamese Muslims recognised as a distinct indigenous community |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/assamese-muslims-recognised-as-a-distinct-indigenous-community/article65606802.ece |access-date=2022-10-25 |issn=0971-751X}}


The community is categorized as General category in [[List of Muslim Other Backward Classes communities in India|Assam and OBC West Bengal]].{{Cite web |title=List of OBCs: State of Assam |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Pdf/assam.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227160745/http://ncbc.nic.in/Pdf/assam.pdf |archive-date=2012-02-27 |access-date=2026-04-21 |website=ncbc.nic.in |publisher=National Commission for Backward Classes. Government of India}}{{Cite web |title=List of OBCs: State of West Bengal |url=http://ncbc.nic.in/Pdf/westbengal.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131122820/http://ncbc.nic.in/Pdf/westbengal.pdf |archive-date=2012-01-31 |access-date=2026-04-21 |website=ncbc.nic.in |publisher=National Commission for Backward Classes, Government of India}}{{Cite web |title=National Commission for Backward Classes |url=https://www.ncbc.nic.in/user_panel/centralliststateview.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260225191137/https://www.ncbc.nic.in/user_panel/centralliststateview.aspx |archive-date=2026-02-25 |access-date=2026-04-21 |website=www.ncbc.nic.in |language=en}}
The community is categorized as General category in Assam and [[Other Backward Class|OBC]] West Bengal.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}


== History ==
== History ==