MARICHJHANPI VICTIMS- ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF BANGA
‘ CHANDAL,’( 1872-1881), ‘NAMASUDRA OR CHANDAL’( 1891), ‘NAMASUDRA( CHANDAL),’ ( 1901) AND ‘NAMASUDRA’( 1911)
ARE AUTOCHTHONES OF EASTERN BENGAL. They applied to the Govt. to become, ‘NAMASUDRA-BRAHMAN’ in 1911. The prayer was rejected and they were granted, ‘NAMASUDRA’. ( Caste Claims, Census, 1911, paragraph, 828 and 834 in particular and paragraphs 825-837 in general.)
‘CHANDAL’/ ‘NAMASUDRA’ : AUTOCHTHON/ ABORIGINAL( Evidence of 101years: From 1872 to 1973)
1. 1872:
"SEMI-HINDUISED ABORIGINAL” / ”WERE ABORIGINAL TRIBES” - 1872: BEVERELY, H., 1872, CENSUS REPORT, P.181 STATEMENT OF NATIONALITIES, RACES, TRIBES AND CASTES, CXVI. They were the largest among the aboriginal and semi-hinduised not only in the Gangetic delta and Eastern Bengal but in the entire Bengal.

2. 1887:
"SEMI-HINDUISED ABORIGINES" - 1887:HUNTER, W. W. S, A STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF BENGAL, VOL – V, p. 39.
3. 1891:
“THE CHANDAL OUTCASTE OF THE GANGETIC DELTA”- Census, 1891,Report, p.255.
4.1891 :
“BANGA OR THE BARENDLA DESH AND WAS PEOPLED BY CHANDALS”- Census 1891,Report,262.
5.1891:
"ONE OF THE ABORIGINAL RACES WHOM THE ARYANS FOUND IN POSSESSION OF SOIL" - 1891 : RISLEY, H. H., THE TRIBES AND CASTES OF BENGAL, VOL - I, PP.183-189.
6.1908:
"DISTINCT ABORIGINAL RACE" - 1908 : DUTT, R. C., CIVILIZATION IN BUDDHIST AGE, PP.153-251.
7.1908 :
“ABORIGINAL” - 1908:O'MALLEY, L. S. S., BENGAL DISTRICT GAZETTEERS, KHULNA, P.59.
1925 :
"….THEY ARE THE AUTOCHTHONES OF EASTERN BENGAL, ABORIGINALS." – 1925:O'MALLEY, L. S. S., BENGAL DISTRICT GAZETTEERS, FARIDPUR, P.48.
ABORIGINALS: GENERAL STATEMENT
9. 1949: “ IT IS OFTEN SAID THAT THE PRESENT NUMBER OF NAMASUDRAS , LARGE AS IT IS, IS ONLY A FRACTION OF THEIR NUMBER, AS A LARGE PERCENTAGE HAS DROPPED OFF BY CONVERSION TO ISLAM. THE NAMASUDRAS ARE BELIEVED TO BE THE DESCENDANTS OF THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF DELTAIC BENGAL. IT IS MAINLY WITH THEIR HELP IN AND OUTSIDE THE SUNDERBANS CAN BE RECLAIMED EVEN TO-DAY.”(CHATTERJEE, S.P: BENGAL IN MAPS, Orient Longmans Ltd., Calcutta, 1949, p.48. Reprinted by Natmo, Govt. of India, 2003.). ( Emphasis added.)
10. 1971:
“THIS IS INDICATED BY THE FACT THAT INDIGENOUS TRIBES LIKE THE VANGAS, THE SUHMAS, THE SABARAS, THE PULINDAS, THE KIRATAS, AND THE PUNDRAS ……” – 1971: MAJUMDAR, R.C, HISTORY OF ANCIENT BENGAL,p.361.
11. 1973:
PERHAPS THE ANCESTORS OF KOL, SABAR, PULIND, HADI, DOM, 'CHANDAL RACE', ETC WERE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF BANGA. ORDINARILY THEY LIVED MAINLY BY CULTIVATION AND LIVED IN VILLAGES. - 1973 : BHARATKOSH, BANGIYA SAHITYA PARISAT, VOL -V, P. 4.

U.N.Biswas. 7 July 2007