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Following is a list of notable Adivasi people organised by profession, field, or focus. Academics. Lako Bodra, Warang Kshiti script creator, writer and activist;
India's tribal belt refers to contiguous areas of settlement of tribal people of India, that is, groups or tribes that remained genetically homogenous as opposed to other population groups that mixed widely within the Indian subcontinent. The tribal population in India, although a small minority, represents an enormous diversity of groups.
Jayrambhai Chemabhai Gamit (born 1975) [1] is an Indian politician from Gujarat.He is a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Nizar Assembly constituency, which is reserved for the Scheduled Tribe community, in Tapi district.
Adivasi is the collective term for the tribes of the Indian subcontinent, [3] who are claimed to be the indigenous people of India. [18] [19] It refers to "any of various ethnic groups considered to be the original inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent". [3] However, Tribe and Adivasi have different meanings.
Scheduled Tribes (also known as "tribals" or "adibasi/adivasi") are specific indigenous peoples whose status is acknowledged to some formal degree by national legislation. Scheduled tribes of the Indian state of West Bengal, as recognized by the Constitution of the Indian Republic ; a total of 40 distinct tribes.
It was he who coined the well-known slogan jal, jangal, jameen ("water, forest, land") that has symbolised Adivasi movements since independence. [24] In 1916, Gondi intellectuals from various parts of Gondwana formed the Gond Mahasabha to protect Gondi culture from increasing outside influence.
Adivaani aims to document and disseminate knowledge systems, tangible and intangible cultural facets of Adivasis in English and bi-lingual, creating a database of the authentic Adivasi voice, as recounted by them, using diverse multimedia channels, which can be accessible to indigenous people themselves.
Dakshin Gujarat Adivasi Sevamandal (দক্ষিন গুজরাট আদিবাসী সেবামন্ডল), is an Indian non-profit educational organization founded to serve tribes in Dakshin Gujarat tribal belt of Dang District, located in South Gujarat, India, on the foothills of the Sahyadri Range.