RAJBANSHI PRIDE

                Where do Rajbanshi People stand today socially? The Rajbanshis are in a great dilemma over their socio-political stand. During pre-independence days, they chose to fight for freedom regardless of their political affiliation. Indian National Congress party was the major party most of them chose to join. Bengali freedom fighters inspired them the most. Feeling of alienation was absent among these people like any other people of north east. Aim was very clear and it was attaining freedom. Rajbanshis felt like the one of any other Bengali. The educated lot had already identified them as mainstream Bengali. But they were destined to remain a separate community soon after the nation’s attaining freedom. Still, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy endeavoured to make the Rajbanshis a part of mainstream Bengali. Due to his efforts, they sided with Dr. Roy and became a part of Bengal. Might be that there was no other choice also. Slowly but surely, the gap between the mainstream Bengal