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Deshi- Indigenous muslims of Assam

Deshi, also, ujani, etc., are an Indigenous muslim communities of assam, meghalaya, west Bengal. The language/ dialect spoken by Deshi is mainly Deshi, as well as Assamese. In Assam, the Deshis live mostly in dhubri, goalpara, kamrup districts and also some part of kokrajhar, sirang, baksha, bongaigaon, barpeta, districts.

These people are coverted muslims from different Indigenous communities - koch rajbongshi, Nath, kalita, rabha, hajong, etc, .. They believe Ali Mech, the 1st Man to be a converted Deshi muslim. He changed his religion when he was guiding Alauddin khiliji team to tibbet. And gradually massive population changed their religion under different socio- economic circumstances.

Till now the similarities between their dialect, traditional dress, ornament, culture among these indigenous communities are widely noticable. Moreover, these people have a glorified history. Mostly these people were converted from koch rajbongshis...