Mising Agom Kebang

On 18 April 1972 A.D. the Mising Agom Kebang (MAK), the highest body of the Mising people, was established in the district of Dhemaji, Assam.[1] The jurisdiction of MAK is the State of Assam, India and it operates through its branches, named Bangke Agom Kébang (BAK).

History

Two individuals,Nahendra Padun, a research student at the Gauhati University and Tabu Ram Taid, a lecturer in English at Cotton College, Guwahati, considered carrying the efforts of the GUWAHATI MISING KÉBANG at the level of the Mising community as a whole and so organized an open meeting at Disangmukh, Sibsagar district, Assam on April 17 & 18, 1972. After deliberations a resolution was adopted in the meeting on April 18, 1972 to set up an organization, named MISING AGOM KÉBANG (MAK), with Mr Tabu Ram Taid as its first President and Mr Nahendra Padun as its first Secretary.

Activities

The MAK took up the question of a suitable script for the Mising language. After a series of seminars and discussions, it decided finally to adopt the Roman system of writing for the language with extensive modification in the light of phonetic science and graphology vis-a-vis the phonemics of Mising.[2]

MAK has alsolaunched publications of books and periodicals written in Mising language as well as on Mising language, literature, culture, etc., beginning with the publication of school primers. MAK also took up with the government of Assam for introduction of Mising language in the primary schools located in Mising villages, and in 1985 the government agreed to introduce the Mising language in the primary schools located in Mising villages.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Mising Agom Kebang session at Dhemaji from today , Assam Tribune
  2. ↑ Language builds a bond - Misings & Adis to use common modified script , The Telegraph

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