Bodo nationalism

{{Short description|Ideology asserting that the Bodo are a distinct nation}}

{{Use Indian English|date=October 2017}}

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{{See also|2012 Assam violence}}

Bodo nationalism is an ideology that supports self-determination of the Bodo people.{{cite journal|title=The Bodo question|journal=India's National Magazine|date=July–August 2002|first=M.S.|last=Prabhakara|volume=19|issue=15|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1915/19150440.htm|access-date=2009-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041207200719/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1915/19150440.htm|archive-date=7 December 2004|url-status=usurped}} The Bodo people have been increasingly the victims of alleged aggression at the hands of Muslim fanatic groups and Assamese linguistic nationalists in the Indian state of Assam, specially in the autonomous Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR), where they have been reduced to minority over the decades.{{cite web | url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/bodos-minority-their-turf-2104204 | title=Bodos are minority on their turf }}[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tarun-vijay/the-right-view/a-secular-protocol/articleshow/3584631.cms A secular protocol] Times of India - 11 October 2008 Many Bodo nationalists support the idea of establishment of Bodo homeland in the form of Bodoland as a Separate state within the Republic of India in accordance with the framework of the Indian Constitution.{{cite web | url=https://www.drishtiias.com/daily-news-analysis/bodoland-statehood-movement | title=Bodoland Statehood Movement }}