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Written by Shri Thajam Aboh, former legislator and Nocte singer.

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Written by Shri Thajam Aboh, former legislator and regional artist.

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On June 27, 2025, the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Tirap district, Arunachal Pradesh, officially recognised two Nocte freedom fighters - Wangto Lowang, the then Chief of Kheti village, and Wangmaan Lowangdong, th...

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Written by: Chajat Lowang, I.R.S.

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Article contributed by Shri Denhang Bosai, former Deputy Director of DIPR, Government of Arunachal Pradesh.

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For centuries, the Noctes, practiced their own indigenous religion, grounded in profound connections to nature and ancestral spirits. Well before the arrival of Vaishnavism in the 18th century and Christianity in the 20t...

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On September 5, 2024, Ms. Jyoti Panka was honored with the prestigious National Teachers' Award by Smt. Droupadi Murmu, the Hon’ble President of India, at a ceremony held in New Delhi. Hailing from Arunachal Pradesh, Ms....

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On February 9, 2024, a team of more than 25 people undertook the first-ever expedition towards the famous Longpongka Hill in Tirap’s Thinsa village. Thinsa is the heritage village of the Nocte tribe. The expedition, them...

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I am writing this in response to the article published on June 8, 2024, by Joken Ete, which questioned whether the TCL (Tirap, Changlang & Longding) region requires three ministers for its development. I assert that not ...

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Nocte Digest proudly introduces another pioneer of the Nocte tribe: Luni Bangsia, hailing from Khonsa village in Tirap district, Arunachal Pradesh. She holds the distinction of being the first Nocte individual to master ...

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On November 06, 2022, Shri Tapir Gao, Hon'ble Member of Parliament (Arunachal East), released a book titled \"The Native Tea\" at Deomali in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh, in the presence of Shri Wangki Lowang, Hon'b...

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Project Bronson, undertaken by Nocte Digest's founder, Shri Wangtum H. Lowang, was successfully completed within fourteen days on April 24, 2022. Sponsored by Shri Wanglin Lowangdong, Hon'ble MLA of Borduria-Bogapani con...

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On the eve of Christmas 2021, Shri Tanmoy Sharma visited Deomali to study the history of the Nocte tribe. Originally from Guwahati, Sharma is currently a PhD (Anthropology and Environmental Science) scholar at the repute...

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From November 25 to 26, 2021, Guwahati based NKTV news channel documented the history of the 18th Century Vaishnavite Nocte chief, Lotha Khunbao, popularly known as Narottam, which means the best among men, at Deomali an...

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On December 06, 2021, the Tirap unit of Arunachal Pradesh Literary Society (APLS) organized its first literary festival and also celebrated APLS's foundation day at Hangpan Dada Memorial Park, Khonsa, four days ahead of ...

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On September 20, 2021, Shri Wangtum H. Lowang, Editor-cum-Founder of Nocte Digest, attended the first Joint Committee meeting chaired by Hon’ble DCM Shri Chowna Mein. The meeting was also attended by Hon’ble Minister of ...

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On July 31, 2021, Nocte Digest retrieved the first digital copy of Miles Bronson's, \"A spelling book and vocabulary in English, Assamese, Singpho and Naga\", from Yale University, USA. You can download its soft copy from ...

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Tirong Aboh was a National People's Party (NPP) legislator from Khonsa West constituency. Aboh was also a member of Indian National Congress (INC), from 2015-16, where he had served as the Minister for Food & Civil Suppl...

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As per Nocte folktales, it is believed that when the new-born die within a few hours or a few days of their birth, their spirits can not go to heaven. They remain on earth as troubled spirits and roam around aimlessly th...

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When the British East India Company completed the annexation of the Ahom kingdom or Assam in 1839, the Britishers immediately started to establish relations with the former Nocte country. At that time, the country was di...

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1. DAK THE ;

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In Nocte language, every relative is addressed by a different title which makes it easier to identify who is who.

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List of external human body parts in Nocte language. A total of 51 body parts has its own unique name and they are as follows:

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Juruh is a community fishing event observed by the Nocte tribe. It is done in the month of April. Concoction paste extracted from tree barks/roots/leaves/berries are used for fishing, wherein the paste is allowed to be s...

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In the morning of March 18, 2021, a deadly fire broke out in Longliang village and completely destroyed 114 out of 175 houses. 5-year-old Monya Namphu and 65-year-old Jenlong Wangsa were killed in the fire. Longliang is ...

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On February 6, 2021, Nocte Digest's Digital Library was inaugurated by Ms. Chaphun Sumnyan, District Library and Information Officer of Tirap; in the presence of Shri Nawang Lowang Medam, In-Charge BEO (HQ), Khonsa; and ...

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On January 31, 2021, Shri Butwang H. Lowang of Namsang village discovered a piece of rock with an engraving of a circle with a radius of 6 cms and the circle's center point. It resembles a traditional gong or Jaam, which...

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On August 2, 1993, St. Mother Teresa visited Borduria, a Nocte village, and inaugurated the first Catholic church of Arunachal Pradesh. She also spent the night of August 1 in Borduria. It was the only place in the state...

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In the Nocte language, a house is called Húm (pronounced Hoom). A traditional Nocte house is 20-30 feet long and 10-15 feet wide. It is usually raised 5 feet above the ground using logs, and is divided into 5 rooms. Each...

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Chalo, pronounced Chhahlo, is primarily the harvesting festival of paddy of the Nocte tribe. It is one of the major festivals of the tribe. Depending upon the villages, Chalo is either celebrated in the last week of Octo...

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The following list has been sorted out as per the year of occurrence, that is, from 1919 to present.

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Chalo Loku is the major centralized festival of the Nocte tribe. It is celebrated every year on November 25 in Khonsa, Deomali, Itanagar and places where the tribe has considerable population. The first Chalo Loku festiv...

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Songlong Thong is the oldest known monument of the Nocte tribe. It is at least a couple of centuries old, and it is located at the peak of Borduria village. The monument is a collection of at least 80 erect monoliths. Ea...

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In 1860, Dr. Benjamin Simpson, an employee of British East India Company, took the first photographs of the Nocte tribe.

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In 1840, Ruth M. Bronson published a book in romanized Nocte language titled Natahema Herang Kabanva Nyaprang. It was a translated version of Worcester's Primer. The book was printed in Jaipur (now Jeypore), Assam.

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In 1814, under the lead of Lowang and Mongwang families of Namsang, a small group of Noctes belonging to various villages came down from the hills and settled on the banks of Dehing River at Jeypore in Naharkatia (Assam)...

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Released in 1974, Rashmi Rekha is the first film of Arunachal Pradesh in Assamese language. The film was directed by Prof. Prafulla Kumar Baruah. It was produced by two Nocte visionaries, namely Thansen Wangchadong and K...

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Somewhere between 1930 and 1940, a rock monument was erected in the Wancho village of Senua. It was erected to honour Namsang, a powerful village of the Nocte tribe, who had helped them avert a British punitive expeditio...

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Tirap Ximanta/Simanta is an Assamese song by Dr. Bhupen Hazarika. It was a part of Loti Ghoti film and was released in 1966. The song describes the beauty of the undivided Tirap district, and is solely dedicated to the i...

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This section will deal with the history of the term Nocte/Nokte and its subsequent development from the medieval period to present. The term Nocte, was coined in the 1950s. It has been derived from two words: Nok, which ...

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A small ancient stone tablet was recovered from a family of Namsang village. The tablet is scripted and contain Burmese/Shan numbers. As per the researchers, the tablet is a magic square which was used to protect people,...

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Borduria and Namsang were the most powerful chiefdoms of the Nocte tribe, and their influence were felt by the Ahoms, the Americans, the Britishers and lastly, the Indian government. Their war lasted for almost 150 years...

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In 1875, Wancho tribesmen attacked and killed 80 men of a British expedition team led by Lt. Holcombe. The incident was followed by British's punitive measures, creating unrest and chaos all over the tribe's territory. P...

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In 1948, Chiefs of Borduria and Namsang villages signed an agreement with the Government of India, and leased certain area of their forest land to the government. In return, the government agreed paid an annual honorariu...

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The Americans established a close religious, cultural and educational relationship with the Nocte tribe in 1840, when American Baptist missionary, Miles Bronson, and his entire family decided to live with the Nocte tribe...

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Since the first half of 16th Century, the Ahom and Nocte powers were in constant clash against each other for the control of salt-wells in Barhat, Mohong, Borduria, Namsang and Paniduria. The conflict ended in August 184...

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The Nocte Timber Industries will cover the timber industries located in Deomali and Khonsa town of Tirap district since 1962, which were owned and operated by Nocte industrialists. These industries gave the Nocte people ...

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In 1700s, Lotha Khunbao, the Chief of undivided Noctes, accepted tenets of Vaishnavism of the Bali Satra under the care of Sree Ram Dev. He was called Narottam, which means the best among men, by Sree Ram Dev and is cons...

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Wangkap Lowang Rajkumar worked as Political Jamadar under the British government from 1938 to 1946, and as a Political Assistant and Political Superintendent under the Indian government from 1948 to 1981. He was one of t...

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Wangpha Lowang was one of the chief architects of Arunachal Pradesh and of the Nocte community. He served as the Counselor of Tirap during the N.E.F.A. days, as a Cabinet Minister of Arunachal Pradesh and as the Member o...

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