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{{Short description|Ethnic group found in the northeast Indian states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh}}
{{More citations needed|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Moran, Maran
| population = Approximately 100,000 in Assam and 30,000 in Arunachal Pradesh
| popplace = Predominately in Upper [[Assam]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
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| languages = [[Assamese language|Assamese]], [[Moran language |Moran]]
| religions = Tribal animistic religion

| related = [[Jingpo people]], [[Dimasa people|Dimasas]], [[Sonowal Kachari people|Sonowal Kacharis]]
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| image = Moran Bihu Dance.jpg
| image_caption = Moran Bihu Dance
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The '''Moran''' are an ethnic group found in the northeast Indian states of [[Assam]] and [[Arunachal Pradesh]]. They are of [[Tibeto-Burman languages|Tibeto-Burman]] origin. They speak [[Assamese language]], though they used to speak [[Moran language]] which was alive until the early 20th century and was closely related to the [[Dimasa language]].<ref name=":0">"I have recently been able to demonstrate that Gurdon’s dialect is a variety of Dimasa, since it retains all the features examined here: it has the same consonant clusters and diphthongs as Dimasa." {{harvcol|Jaquesson|2017|p=108}}</ref> They once shared the same allied customs with other Kachari groups, but after their conversion to Vaishnavism, the customs began to diminish, but still, those customs can be seen intermixed with Vaishnavism.

The Morans were initiated under the fold of [[Ekasarana Dharma]] in the tenure of Mayamara abbot [[Astabhujdeva|Chaturbhujdeva]].<ref>{{harvcol|Chetia|2015|pp=70–71}}</ref>

==Distribution==
They are mainly concentrated in the districts of [[Upper Assam]] ([[Tinsukia district|Tinsukia]], [[Dibrugarh district|Dibrugarh]], [[Jorhat district|Jorhat]], [[Sivasagar district|Sivasagar]], [[Dhemaji district|Dhemaji]] and [[Lakhimpur district|Lakhimpur]]) and adjoining districts of Arunachal Pradesh ([[Lohit district|Lohit]], [[Namsai district|Namsai]], [[Changlang district|Changlang]] district).

==History==
The Moran community is one of the aboriginal tribes of Assam. In the 13th century, they lived in the south eastern corner of the Brahmaputra valley occupying territories between the Disang and [[Dihing River|Dihing]] rivers.<ref>"At the time of Sukapha's advent, the Morans were ruling the tract bounded by the rivers Buri Dihing in the north, Disang in the south, Suffry in the east and Brahmaputra in the west."{{harvcol|Dutta|1985|p=21}}</ref> The Morans have a long history in the north–eastern part of India. They had their own independent chiefdom before the advent of the Ahoms. The origin of the word ''Moran'' is still remains obscure. According to the British reports the Morans are a distinct tribe inhabiting the jungle, which is, a division of upper Assam.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

They had an chiefdom led by chief Bodousa before the advent of the Ahom king [[Sukaphaa]]. Having arrived in this affluent kingdom, Sukaphaa proposed to marry princess Gondheswari- the daughter of Moran chief Bodousa. The chief Bodousa accepted his proposal and thus the Moran's became a part of the newly created Ahom polity.{{sfn|Dutta|1985|p=24}} Due to their close relation with the Ahoms, the Morans seem to have adopted many of the Ahom rites and rituals.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}

They were also known by the name ''Habungiya'' or ''Hasa'' where Ha means soil or Earth in Moran language and Sa means son and Habungiya or Hasa means ''Son of the soil''.<ref>"By their Ahom conquerors the Morons were employed in various menial capacities, as hewers of wood and drawers of water, and were sometimes known as Habungiyas, earth-folk, or true autoch-thones, " sons of the soil"{{harvcol|Endle|1911|p=88}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Anup Chetia]]

==See also==
* [[Moamoria]] ''(Matak)''
* [[Moamoria rebellion]]

==References==
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===Printed sources===
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*{{Citation |last1=Chetia |first1=Noni Rupa |title=The Mayamara Satra A Study in Institutional System and Social Relationship |date=2015 |page=Dibrugarh University}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Jaquesson |first1=François |translator-last=van Breugel |translator-first= Seino |year=2017 |title=The linguistic reconstruction of the past The case of the Boro-Garo languages |journal=Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=90–122 |doi=10.1075/ltba.40.1.04van }}
* {{Citation |last=Dutta |first=Sristidhar |title=The Mataks and their Kingdom |publisher=Chugh Publications |place=Allahabad |year=1985}}
* {{cite book|last=Endle|first=Sidney|title=The Kacharis|url=https://archive.org/details/kacharis009491mbp|access-date=20 February 2013|year=1911|publisher=Macmillan and Co.|location=London}}
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[[Category:Tribes of Assam]]
[[Category:Bodo-Kachari]]
[[Category:Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh]]

Moran people - Revision history

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