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Total population | |
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170,800 (2011 Census)[ citation needed][ verification needed] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Northeast India | |
Languages | |
Inpui language,
Rongmei language (
L1) Meitei language ( L2) [1] | |
Religion | |
Christianity, Poupei Chapriak, Sanamahism, Tingkao Ragwang Chapriak[ page needed][ citation needed][ verification needed] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Meitei people, Zeme, Liangmai |
The Kabui people (also known as the Inpui people or the Rongmei people), are a Tibeto-Burman indigenous ethnic group in the Northeast Indian state of Manipur.They are recognised as a scheduled tribe (STs) by the Constitution of India. [2] They use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue. [3]
Some historians and anthropologists have earlier recorded them as Kabui along with Rongmei. They are listed as a Scheduled Tribe, in accordance with The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, 1976 Indian Constitution. [4] [5] They celebrate festivals like Karing-ngei, Somdungnu, Tataaknu, and Muliaang. [6]
Eventually, under the leadership of Haipou Jadonang [7] and his successor Rani Gaidinliu, [8] the Rongmei rebelled against British rule in the 1930s.
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