Context: First anniversary of the historic Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) agreement is celeberated.

• Bodoland Territorial Region Peace Agreement was signed and a new era of peace has begun.

 Bodo

• The Boro is the largest ethnolinguistic group in the Assam state of India.
• They are a part of the greater Bodo-Kachari family of ethnolinguistic groups and are spread across northeastern India.
• They are concentrated mainly in the Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam, though Boros inhabit all other districts of Assam.
• Boros are officially identified as "Boro, Borokachari" scheduled tribe under the constitution of India.
• Boros speak Boro language, a Boro-Garo language of the Tibeto-Burman family, which is recognised as one of twenty-two scheduled languages in the Indian Constitution.
• Over two-thirds of the people are bilingual, speaking Assamese as second language.
• The Boro along with other cognate groups of Bodo-Kachari peoples are prehistoric settlers who are believed to have migrated at least 3000 years ago.
• The Bodo-Kachari were also some of the first people to rear silkworms and produce silk material and were considered to be advanced in rice cultivation in Assam during this time period.
• The Boro people are recognised as a plains tribe in the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution, and have special powers in the Bodoland Territorial Region, an autonomous division; and also as a minority people

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