Reasons for the Ethnic violences in North East India

According to the 2011 census, 12.5 million people, or 12% of India's total tribal population, live in North East India's 135 recognized tribal tribes with scheduled tribe status. Nowadays, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh are home to the majority of the North East's tribal population.

Let's first examine the kinds of disputes that take place in Northeast India:

1. National disputes centered on the idea of a different or unique homeland.

2. Ethnic wars, in which several smaller tribal communities use violence against each other and the governments to maintain their political and cultural dominance.

3. Sub-regional conflicts in which they ask for the recognition of sub-regional aspirations and these conflicts are directly with the state or central governments.

What is Ethnic violence?

Ethnicity refers to the cultural, linguistic, and even religious traits that define a group of people. Now Ethnic violence refers to the conflict between ethnic tribes and groups of people, It may be in the form of riots, migrations etc.