The paper describes in detail about the conditions of women in historical analysis. As we know that the Jamatia tribe is one of the main tribe of Tripura, having distinct feature of mongoloid origin. They speak kok-borok language which is a language of Tibeto-Burman family. Jamatias is known for their significant contribution in the Royal Army of Tripura. Jamatia’s were freed from paying different kind of taxes like Ghar chukti tax, Titun and many others for their service in the Royal Army of Tripura. Jamatias mostly concentrated in Udaipur, Amarpur and Teliamura. Sri Rajmala states that the Jamatias were the important fighting tribes of Tripura during the reign of the early kings and formed the hardcore of royal army, it is known that among the Hill subjects of Tripura, Jamatia were the fighting caste. They, in the olden days, used to work in the army of the king of Tripura. The army constituted by them called ‘Jamat’, and from the word Jamat, they, later on, came to be known as Jamatias. The Jamatias were, “kailash Chandra singha writes,“ one of the pure branches of Tripuris. B.C. Allen also calls them the fighting caste of Tripura1. In the context of Omesh saigal holds the view that Jamat in urdu means an assemblage of persons. The former rulers of Tripura used How to cite this paper: Madhu Chandra Jamatia "The Condition of Jamatia Women: A Historical Analysis" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-3, April 2022, pp.1341-1344, URL: www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd49734.pdf Copyright © 2022 by author (s) and International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development Journal. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0) to recruit his army from a class of tribal’s who were not only warriors but also had proved their loyalty to him. A fair proportion of his armed forces were drawn from amongst the Jamatias who formed a group in his army, and it was from this fact that they derived their clan name2. The Jamatia believe that the term Jamatia is derived from the word jama (an Arabic word which means tax) and twia (a kokborok word which means not to bear the burden of). So the word Jamatia means persons who do not bear the burden of taxes. They hold the opinion that the Jamatias enjoyed these privileges for their military duties3. The opinion of Kali Prasana Sen, the author of Rajmala(history of Tripura) is almost similar with that of Jamatia themselves regarding the origin of Jamatias. In both the opinions the Jamatias are mentioned as the most important fighting tribes of Tripura as they were recruited as Special Armies and posted permanently in border areas to protect the kingdom from raiders and invaders4. In fact, this research paper will represent the conditions of Jamatias women in historical perspective. Prior to the modern era, the condition of Jamatias women is so pathetic. They were neglected from pursuing education and preferred to get married at the early age. They were confined to the house as domestic servant and they looked after their children for special care. From the long past, they engaged in different task such as shifting cultivation, weaving of thread, animals breeding, cooking, collection of firewood, raising of crops, home-made liquor etc. Earlier women were completely dominated by men in every field and also the women have to act as per the men because men hold the important position in the family. Hence, the birth of men is welcomed by all the family members. Therefore, they held the responsible to take the major decisions in the family. But with the passage of time, the condition of women is improving to a greater extent. Yet, they got liberation from any kind of barriers. Therefore, now, they were having a great opportunity to grab all the benefits as equivalent to men. This paper will make a critical analysis on the conditions of women and how far they improve their life-style in day-to-day life. This paper will compare the conditions of women from then and now.
weaving of thread, collection of firewood, breeding of animals, empowerment of women
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