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How many Marwari are in Assam?
6 lakh Marwari
Assam has over 6 lakh Marwari population, most of who have come here to do business and settled in Assam since several generations.
How many types of marwadi are there?
There are two dozen dialects of Marwari.
Where are you Marwari?
I can’t speak name of language [well]….Phrase list[edit]
Translation | Phrase (pronunciation) |
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Where are you? | The Sidh ho? |
I would like to drink some water | maneh paani peeno hai/ maneh paani pa. |
I am thirsty | Maneh tiras lagi hai |
What is your name? | Tharo naam ki hai? |
What do we know about Marwaris?
Marwaris have been known for a tightly-knit social solidarity, described by Selig Harrison in 1960 as “indissoluble under the impact of the strongest regional solvents”. The perception held of their culture by other communities is ambivalent at best.
What is the Marwari business community?
A considerable number of Marwari business groups made their fortune on speculative markets in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Although maintaining close and public ties with the British authorities, members of the Marwari business community were early financial supporters of the Indian National Congress, often in secret.
What is the All-India Marwari Federation?
In 1956, the All-India Marwari Federation opposed a linguistic organisation of states whilst buying up regional language newspapers in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Today, they control many of the country’s largest media groups.
Where is Marwari culture found in India?
Although spread throughout India, historically they have been most concentrated in Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Nagpur, Pune and the hinterlands of central and eastern India. The term Marwari once referred to the area encompassed by the former princely state of Marwar, also called the Jodhpur region of southwest Rajasthan in India.