The Karbis , mentioned as the Mikir in the Constitution Order of the Government of India and Assam till 1976 , are one of the major ethnic communities in Northeast India and especially in the hill areas of Assam. The great artist-scholar Bishnu Prasad Rabha refer to them as the Columbus of Assam.
The origin of the word Karbi is unknown. Historically and by ancestry they called themselves Arleng and are called Karbi by others. The term Mikir is now considered derogatory. There is no definitive meaning of the word Mikir in the Karbi language. The closest meaning of Mikir could be said to be derived from "Mekar" .
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