Gorias

Subject – Governance

Context – Gorias feel heat of eviction drive in Assam

Concept –

They are a category of Assamese Muslims.
Goriyas can trace their lineage back to the time of the 13th-century Ahom kings. Many came with Muslim armies and were captured in warfare. When they were released, they mingled with the mainstream society — so even today, most of their cultural traditions match Assamese customs,
The behavior, culture, traditions of this community are not different from other indigenous communities of Assam.
Apart from the religious aspect, no Muslim in India and the world has any cultural, linguistic and traditional similarities with the Gorias.
Language- Assamese.
In Edward Gait’s A History of Assam, Goriyas are described as hailing from Gaur, the ancient “Mahammadan capital” of Bengal.

Contribution towards the field of Education :-

At the advent of British when they started to propagate modern education in Assam and established schools, the Goria people also anticipated in such process and establishes many schools in their localities in those earlier days.
Some of those schools are Naharani L.P. School established at village Naharani, Dergaon, Golaghat in the year 1875, Jorhat MuktabAdarsha L.P. School established at Jorhat town in the year 1896 and Ghahigaon Government L.P. School establsihed at Ghahigaon village of Sootea, Biswanath in the year 1889 are most notable.