• Chayanika Gohain

North-East India is home to many ethnic communities and tribes, they speaks difference languages, each having their culture, folklore and traditions and proud of their traditional practice. Among them, there is conflict between each other which brings a big challenge for their ethnic identity. Ethnic violence in Assam took place in a very serious problem for the development and also affect the ethnic identity. The Karbi ethnic group is fighting against the government for protecting their land and ethnic identity. The Karbi ethnic group is different from many other tribes in Assam. The Karbi belief system, custom, tradition, religion differs from other ethnic groups. The conflicts often occur in their region due to the feeling of minorities in their land, feeling insecurity, culture, and ethnic identity.

Karbi Anglong, Ethnic Violence, Karbi, Ethnic identity

"THE ETHNIC IDENTITY OF KARBI: CHALLENGE OF ETHNIC IDENTITY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 10, page no.2979-2983, October-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2010390.pdf

"THE ETHNIC IDENTITY OF KARBI: CHALLENGE OF ETHNIC IDENTITY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 10, page no. pp2979-2983, October-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2010390.pdf