About: Miya people

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The Miya people (মিঞা), also known as Na-Asamiya (ন-অসমীয়া lit. neo-Assamese), refers to the descendants of migrant Muslims from the modern Mymensingh, Rangpur and Rajshahi Divisions, who settled in the Brahmaputra Valley during the British colonisation of Assam in the 20th-century. Their immigration was encouraged by the Colonial British Government from Bengal Province during 1757 to 1942 and the movement continued till 1947.

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  • The Miya people (মিঞা), also known as Na-Asamiya (ন-অসমীয়া lit. neo-Assamese), refers to the descendants of migrant Muslims from the modern Mymensingh, Rangpur and Rajshahi Divisions, who settled in the Brahmaputra Valley during the British colonisation of Assam in the 20th-century. Their immigration was encouraged by the Colonial British Government from Bengal Province during 1757 to 1942 and the movement continued till 1947. (en)
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  • Miya (en)
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  • The Miya people (মিঞা), also known as Na-Asamiya (ন-অসমীয়া lit. neo-Assamese), refers to the descendants of migrant Muslims from the modern Mymensingh, Rangpur and Rajshahi Divisions, who settled in the Brahmaputra Valley during the British colonisation of Assam in the 20th-century. Their immigration was encouraged by the Colonial British Government from Bengal Province during 1757 to 1942 and the movement continued till 1947. (en)
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