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28/05/22 15:46 PM IST

Bhil Pradesh

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  • The demands for a “Bhil Pradesh”, a separate state for tribal people in western India, have of late begun to be raised again.
Bhil Pradesh
  • It is a demand for a separate state for tribal people in western India.
  • The demand is to carve out a separate state from 39 districts spread over four states: 16 in Gujarat, 10 in Rajasthan, seven in Madhya Pradesh, and six in Maharashtra.
  • Bhil social reformer and spiritual leader Govind Guru first raised the demand for a separate state for tribals back in 1913 after the Mangarh massacre.
About Bhils 
  • Bhils or Bheels are an Adivasi ethnic group in West India. Bhils are listed as tribal people of the states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.
  • Bhils are one of the largest tribal group in India. They speak the Bhil languages.
Source- Indian Express 

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