Mising People
The Mishing are an ethnic group inhabiting the districts of Dhemaji, North Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sibsagar, Jorhat and Golaghat of Assam state in India. A few live in and around Pasighat of East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh. They are the second largest tribal group in North-East India, second only to Bodos in Assam. They were earlier called Miris which now they take as offensive. However, the Constitution of India still refers them as Miris.
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