Boto people

The Boto or Bot people are a community found in Jammu and Kashmir.

Social status

As of 2001, the Boto people were classified as a Scheduled Tribe under the Indian government's reservation program of positive discrimination.[1]

Famous people

Indian politician Tsering Samphel is a member of the Boto people.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "List of Scheduled Tribes". Census of India: Government of India. 7 March 2007. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  2. ↑ National Commission for Scheduled Tribes. SHRI TSERING SAMPHEL, MEMBER NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SCHEDULED TRIBES Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine.


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