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Bru Community

Published: 3rd May, 2024

Context

In a historic development, members of the Bru community exercised their right to vote in the Tripura Lok Sabha elections for the first time in 2024.

Background on the Bru Community:

  • The Bru, also known as the Reang community, are indigenous to the Northeast region of India, predominantly residing in Tripura, Mizoram, and Assam.
  • Within Tripura, the Bru community holds the status of a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG), highlighting their socio-economic vulnerability and need for special protection and support.
  • Ethnically, the Bru people belong to the Indo-Mongoloid racial stock, with linguistic affiliations to the Austro-Asiatic groups within the Tibeto-Burman language family.

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