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The Nocte Digest
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Free access to 15+ books, 15+ reference articles and 30+ historical documents! All about the history and culture of the Nocte tribe!

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Inauguration

On February 6, 2021, Nocte Digest's Digital Library was inaugurated by Km. Chaphun Sumnyan, District Library and Information Officer of Tirap, at the N.B.F. Hall, Khonsa. She congratulated Nocte Digest for the initiative and said, "A proud moment for our Nocte community to be presented with a rich reservoir of e-resources in the form of Nocte Digest’s Digital Library."

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Sections

Books I

Reference articles I

Books II

Contain books authored by foreign and non-native authors. The oldest book is from 1839 AD.

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Books II

Reference articles I

Books II

Contain books authored by native authors. The oldest book is from 2006 AD.

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Reference articles I

Reference articles I

Reference Articles II

Contain articles extracted from various books. The oldest article is from 1871 AD.

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Reference Articles II

Historical documents I

Reference Articles II

Contain articles extracted from various books. The oldest article is from 1841 AD.

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Historical documents I

Historical documents I

Historical documents I

Contain excerpts of newspapers and documents. The oldest newspaper excerpt is from 1875 AD.

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Books III

Historical documents I

Historical documents I

Contain books authored by foreign and non-native authors. The oldest book is from 1861 AD.

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Contain books authored by foreign and non-native authors:

A-1: a spelling book and vocabulary in english, assamese, singpho AND NAGA

Author: Miles Bronson;

Page: 66;

Published: 1839;

Publisher: American Baptist Mission Press, Jeypore, Assam;


Message: Nocte Digest is forever grateful to Prof. Stephen Morey of La Trobe University, Australia; Dr. Rikker Dockum of Swarthmore College, USA; and Luke Lindemann, a postdoctoral researcher at Yale University, USA, for acquiring the first digitalized copy of Miles Bronson’s book titled: “A spelling book and vocabulary in Assamese, Singpho and Naga”, from the library of Yale University, Connecticut, USA. Read full story here.

₹ 3,300
The Nocte Digest

A-2: Nata'he'ma He'ra'ng Kabanva' Nya'pra'ng

Type: Romanized Nocte language;

Original book: Worcester's Primer;

Translated by: Ruth M. Bronson;

Published in: 1840;

Printed by: American Baptist Mission Press, Jeypore, Assam;

Page: 56.

₹ 1,680

A-3: Diary of Miles Bronson

Type: Personal Diary;

Author: Miles Bronson;

Period: March 06, 1838 - November, 1840;

Published in: 1839 and 1841;

Publisher: The Baptist Missionary Magazine (Vol. XIX and XXI);

Page: 37;

Topics: Salt trade; Religion; Women status etc.;

Keywords: Namsangia Naga and Borduaria Naga;

₹ 740
Diary of Ruth M. Bronson

A-4: Diary of Ruth M. Bronson

Type: Personal Diary;

Author: Ruth M. Bronson;

Period: March 22, 1840 - October, 1840;

Published in: November, 1841;

Publisher: The Baptist Missionary Magazine (Vol. XXI);

Page: 07.

₹ 140

A-5: Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Type: Romanized Nocte grammar;

Author: William Robinson;

Published in: 1849;

Printed by: J. Thomas of Baptist Mission Press;

Page: 26.

₹ 520
JOURNAL OF ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND

A-6: Journal of Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland

Keyword: Borduaria, Paniduaria, Namsangia, Jaipuria and Mohongia;

Volume: New Series 12;

Printed by: Trubner and Company;

Page: 07;

Published: 1880.

₹ 140

A-7: Journal of the anthropological institute of great britain and ireland

Keyword: Borduaria and Namsangia;

Volume: 11;

Printed by: Trubner and Company;

Page: 11;

Published: 1882.

₹ 220
Appeal Made by the Namsangia Chief to the GOI

A-8: appeal by namsang chief to the british

Description: On August 29, 1884, Wang Bang, Chief of Namsangia Noctes, made an appeal to the then Government of British India to provide protection against the Borduaria Noctes. The appeal was granted on November 15, 1884;


Copyright/Source: Abhilekh Patal portal of National Archives of India;

Retrieved by: Dr. Taamwang Lowang on February 15, 2021;

Discovered and edited by: Shri Wangtum Humchha Lowang;

Page (Original): 7.

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The Noctes

A-9: The Noctes

Type: All about the Nocte tribe;

Author: Dr. Parul Chandra Dutta;

Published in: 1978

Publisher: M.P. Hazarika, DIPR, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Shillong;

Page: 377;

Printed by: Navana Printing Works Private Limited, Calcutta.

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Tirap Gazetteer

A-10: Tirap gazetteer

Type: About Tirap district and its tribes;

Edited by: S. Dutta Choudhury;

Published in: 1980;

Publisher: R.N. Bagchi, DIPR, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Shillong;

Page: 243;

Printed by: N.K. Gossain and Co. Private Ltd.

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Nocte Love Songs

A-11: Nocte Love songs

Type: Collection of romantic songs;

Author: Tapan Kumar M. Baruah;

Published in: 1987;

Publisher: Dr. Parul Chandra Dutta;

Page: 40;

Printed by: Saraighat Printers, Guwahati.

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Tribes of Indo-Burma Border (Nocte Digest)

A-12: Tribes of Ind0-Burma Border

Type: History and culture of Nocte and other tribes;

Author: Surendra Nath Barua;

Published in: 1991;

Published by: Mittal Publications, New Delhi;

Printed in: J.N. Printers, Delhi;

Page: 411.

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Contain books authored by native authors:

B-1: The Noctes in Brief

Topics: Migration, grammar, history etc.

Author: Wangpha Lowang

Published in: 2006

Page nos.: 73

₹ 450

B-2: souvenir

Topics: Festival, culture, history, folklore etc.

Published in: 2012

Published by: Chalo Loku Committee, Itanagar

Printed at: Eastern Horizon Painters, Itanagar

Page nos.: 65

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B-3: My story

Topics: Autobiography

Author: Wangpha Lowang

Written in: 2012

Published in: 2020

Page nos.: 32

B-4: THE TIRAP

Published on: June 8, 2013

Published by: Namsang Borduria Fund

Page nos.: 65 

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B-5: old friends' parade

Collection of 27 poems

Author: Gankhu Sumnyan

Published in: 2015

Page nos.: 44 

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B-6: Culture of Nocte

Topics: Marriage, name-giving ceremony and festival

Author: Dr. Watsen Bangsia Yekar

Published in: 2019

Page nos.: 55

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B-7: wounds and words

Topics: Collection of 20 poems;

Author: Chasoom Bosai;

Published in: 2021;

Publisher: Bookleaf;

Page nos.: ~ 300;

Available in: Amazon, Apple Books, Kindle etc.;

Countries: India, Germany, France etc.

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B-8: love in silence-2

Author: Sumnyak Sumnyan;

Published in: November 12, 2018;

Publisher: Notion Press;

Pages: 236;

Available in: Amazon, Flipkart;


Summary: “Marriages are made in heaven” is a well-known adage. The protagonists – Anjali (a beautiful Brahmin girl) and Chetan (a sensible tribal boy) – were destined to tie the knot, in spite of inherent hurdles. This fiction is based on their unspoken love. Intense love for each other was ignited through an episode of novel-exchange between Anjali and Chetan. Both were shy and therefore never expressively communicated their love. It all happened in silence and without a word of love being spoken. It was truly ‘love in silence’."  

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B-9: I recalled my past

Author: Wanggo Socia;

Published in: August 15, 2021;

Publisher: Notion Press Publishing;

Available in: Amazon, Flipkart, Amazon Kindle, Notion Press Bookstore, and also available internationally;


Summary: "Wanggo Socia is one of the youngest published Nocte authors.  "I recalled my past" is a collection of poems categorized into three chapters: Surviving, Learning and Rising. In the Surviving chapter, he writes about the challenges he faced in his vulnerable age. He writes about surviving, about the family and love, freedom, power, rights of LGBTQ etc. In his Learning chapter, he is carrying a believe that in this life nothing has to be feared but only to be understood. He has faith in himself and believe that we can make a better place to live in. In last chapter, Rising, he rises again as the illumination of his own life. As a survivor, he believes there is no darkness in this world we cannot overcome." 

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B-10: monkey outwit the fox

Type: Nocte folktale:

Publisher: Pedagogy Cell, Samagra Shikhsha/ISSE, Arunachal Pradesh;

Published in: 2019;

Story told by: Nawang L. Medam and Dr. Wanglit Mongchan;

Illustration by: Dorjee Phuntso Kharma.

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B-11: HOW THE HORNBILL GOT BLACK AND WHITE FEATHERS

Type: Nocte folktale:

Publisher: Pedagogy Cell, Samagra Shikhsha/ISSE, Arunachal Pradesh;

Published in: 2019;

Story told by: Nawang L. Medam and Dr. Wanglit Mongchan;

Illustration by: Dorjee Phuntso Kharma.

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Cover of The Rise of Christianity in Arunachal Pradesh

B-12: The Rise of Christianity in Arunachal Pradesh

Author: James Lowangcha Wanglat;

Publisher: Buuks;

Published on: March 09, 2020;

Pages: 326.

PURCHASE (AMAZON)

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EXTRACTED ARTICLES & BOOKS:

C-1: Society and Economy in North-East India : Volume II

Author: Mignonette Momin, Cecile A. Mawlong and Fuzail Ahamd Qadri;

Published in: 2006 

Published by: Department of History, NEHU Shillong;

Topic: Medieval taxation systems of the Nocte and Tutsa tribes.

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C-2: A Study on the Salt Production of Ancient Assam

Author: Ratkim Ranjan Saikia and Nurul Amin;

Published in: December 2019

Published by: Department of Geology, JB College, Jorhat, Assam;

Page: 12;

Topic: Salt-making processes and trade of the medieval Nocte tribe.

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Industries and Tribal Social Ecology

C-3: Industries and Tribal Social Ecology

Author: Joshomayee Devi;

Published in: 1988;

Page: 30;

Topic: Nocte timber industries.

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North-East Frontier Agency Tribes

C-4: North-East Frontier Agency Tribes

Author: P.N. Luthra;

Published in: June 1971;

Published by: Economic and Political Weekly;

Topic: Relation of the Ahom and the British rulers with the frontier tribes, namely Nocte, Wancho, Tangsa, other Naga tribes, Mishmi, Khamptis etc.

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North East India : Th Horizon o Anthropology

C-5: North East India : The Horizon of Anthropology

Author: Dr. K.C. Mahanta;

Published in: 2008;

Published by: Kalpaz Publications, Delhi;

Article page: 30;

Topic: Vaishnavism among the Nocte tribe.

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Indian History Congress

C-6: Indian History Congress : Volume 33

Author: S.K. Barpujari;

Published in: 1971;

Topic: Miles Bronson and his family with the Nocte tribe in 1839 and 1840.

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Tungkhungia Buranji

C-7: Tungkhungia Buranji (1681 - 1826 AD)

Compiled, edited and translated by: Professor S.K. Bhuyan;

Published in: 1933;

Published by: Oxford University Press;

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Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal

C-8: Descriptive Ethnology of Bengal

Author: Edward Tuite Dalton;

Published in: 1872;

Type: The book consist of details and photographs of almost all the Northeast Indian tribes. Here, the Nocte tribe is mentioned as Namsangya Naga, Borduaria Naga etc.;

Page: 300.

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Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States

C-9: Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States

Edited by: George Thomas Kurian and Mark A. Lamport;

Printed in: 2016;

Topic: Miles Bronson.

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Encyclopedia of North-East India

C-10: Encyclopedia of North-East India : Volume III

Author: Colonel Ved Prakash;

Published in; November 2006;

Extract page: 20.

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Gazetteer of Arunachal Pradesh

C-11: Gazetteer of Arunachal Pradesh : Volume I

Edited by: Sokhep Kri;

Published in: 2010.

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Encyclopedic Ethnography of the Himalayan Tribes

C-12: Encyclopedic Ethnography of the Himalayan Tribes Volume I (A-D)

Editors: N.S. Bisht and T.S. Bankoti.

Publisher: Global Vision Publishing House

First Edition (2004)

Topics:

1. Origin of the Nocte tribe;

2. Socio-Political-Economic life;

3. Rituals, kinship, marriage, burials etc.

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extracted ARTICLES & books:

D-1: Religious history of arunachal Pradesh

Compiled by: Dr. B. Tripathy and Prof. S. Dutta.

Chapter: Religious History of the Noctes

Chapter Author: Ajay Kr. Mishra

Publisher: Gyan Publishing House (2008)

Pages: 26

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The Nagas and Westernization in Northeast India

D-2: The Nagas and westernization in northeast india

Author: Tezenlo Thong

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Published on: 2016

Chapter: Proselytization and Raising the Savage to a Higher Level

Pages: 20

Topic: Mission of Baptist missionary Miles Bronson.

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History of Northeast India

D-3: HISTORY OF NORTH EAST INDIA

Compiled by: Rajiv Gandhi University, Doimukh

Publisher: Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.

Published on: 2016

Pages: 150

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D-4: Baptist Missionary Magazine : Vol. xxi

Publisher: Board of Managers of the Baptist General Convention

Published on: 1841

Printed by: Press of John Putnam

Pages: 731

Topic: Miles Bronson

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History Medieval Assam

D-5: History of Medieval Assam (1228 -1603)

Publisher: School of African and Oriental Studies, London

Published on: 1957

Author: Nagendra Nath Acharya

Pages: 293

Topic: Nocte-Ahom Relations

Re-published by: ProQuest (2017)

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newspapers, Excerpts and documents:

Excerpt of The Sun newspaper (1875) on the Noctes

E-1: The Sun Newspaper (1875)

On April 24, 1875, The Star newspaper (Vol. LXI. - No.122), published a (6th) column on the dress of the Noctes (Borduaria and Namsangia, misspelled as Nanusavgias) and the Wanchos (Bar Mutan, i.e., Chopnyu village). The column was a result of their (the British) contact with the Noctes during the punitive expedition against the Nyinu Wanchos for the murder of Lt. Holcombe and 79 others in February 1875.

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E-2: Nocte Timber Company Limited (1962)

A collection of 27 documents (142 pages) since 1962, when Nocte Timber Company Limited, popularly known as NTC, was set up in Deomali. It was the first timber industry of Arunachal Pradesh and earned huge profit for Nocte industrialists.

₹ 2,840

E-3: Oil India Limited meeting at Deomali (2015)

A collection of 3 documents from 2015 when a public meeting was held at Deomali on onshore gas and oil exploration in Deomali PEL Block of 113.5 square kilometers.

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E-4: report on british relations with the frontier tribes (1876)

Published: 1876;

Data year: 1873-74;

Keyword: Namsang and Hukanjuri tea estates;

Page: 05 

E-5: report on british relations with the frontier tribes (1915)

Published: 1915;

Data year: 1914-15;

Keyword: Namsangia and Borduria;

Page: 11

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E-6: report on british relations with the frontier tribes (1921)

Published: 1921;

Data year: 1920-21;

Keyword: Namsangia and Borduria;

Page: 10

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E-7: report on british relations with the frontier tribes (1944)

Published: 1944;

Data year: 1943-44;

Keyword: Namsangia and Borduria;

Page: 10

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E-8: Miscellaneous

I. Constitution of Patkai Autonomous District Council (2007)

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II. Right to Information by Sarah Wanglat on Namsang-Borduria Fund (2017)

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III. Reply of Gegong Apang on PADC-MAR Demand (2020)

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IV.  Report on the administration of the province of Asaam (1877)

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books, excerpts & articles

f-1: GRAMMATICAL DESCRIPTION OF HAWA NOCTE

Type: Grammatical description of Hawa Nocte language;

Author: Syed Iftiqar Rahman;

Published in: November, 2016;

Place of work: Payap University, Thailand;

Page: 140. 

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f-2: journal of american oriental society

Volume: 2

Type: Vocabulary;

Keywords: Namsangia, Borduria, Paniduria;

Author: Rev. Dr. Nathan Brown;

Published in: 1861 and data collected in 1849-50;

Page: 17. 

₹ 340

f-3: An introduction to the nocte language

Author: K. Das Gupta;

Page Nos.: 126;

Published in: 1971;

Published by: T.P. Khaund, Director of Information and Public Relations, NEFA;

Printed by: Assistant Manager (Tech.), Govt. of India Press, Gangtok (Sikkim);

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f-4: The North-East Frontier of India (A topographical, political and military report)

Report by: Capt. St. John F. Michell;

Published in: 1883;

Publisher: The Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta;

Reprinted (with Index): 1973 by Vivek Publishing House, Delhi;

Pages: 31;

Topics: Namsangias or Jaipurias (Nocte); Borduarias (Nocte); Banferas (Wancho) etc.

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f-5: Compilation of diaries & letters of Miles Bronson, Ruth M. Bronson, Cyrus Barker & Nathan Brown on the Nocte Tribe

Compiled by: Nocte Digest;

Published: January 26, 2022;

Edited by: Wangtum Humchha Lowang;

Pages: 43;

Topics: Accounts on the Nocte tribe from the journal and letters of American Baptist missionaries.

₹ 1,290
Cover page of Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.

f-6: journal of the asiatic society of bengal. vol. xiv.

Page No.: 36;

Document date: July-December, 1844:

Uploaded on: June 2, 2022.

Topics: Names of 500 known & unknown flora found in the hills of Namsang and 27 other places. 54 species in Namsang alone.

Author: J.W. Masters.

₹ 720

f-7: Journal of the Asiatic Society of BenGal (Vol. XLI)

Page No.: 35;

Document date: 1872:

Uploaded on: June 5, 2022.

Topics: Notes on a visit to the tribes (Wancho & Nocte) inhabiting the Hills south of Sibsagar, Assam.

Printed by: C.B. Lewis, Baptist Mission Press, Calcutta.

Author: S.E. Peal.

₹ 700

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