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Bhuyan
The Bhuyan are an Adivasi people of eastern India, living mainly in the hills of northern Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal. The hill Bhuyan of Keonjhar practised shifting cultivation and held hereditary duties at the installation of the Rajas. They revolted against the rulers of Keonjhar in 1868 and 1891.
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