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  • 14 September, 2025

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Matua Community

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  • A social group recently organized a march with members of the Matua community in Habra, North 24-Parganas, West Bengal.

  • The protest was against the proposed Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bengal, which the community fears may affect their voting rights.

About the Matua Community

  • The Matua community is a marginalized Hindu sect with a strong socio-religious identity in Bengal, especially in West Bengal and Bangladesh.

  • Founded by Harichand Thakur in the 1860s as a response to caste discrimination in Hindu society.

  • Most Matua members belong to the Namashudra caste, traditionally considered lower-caste.

  • The community’s teachings emphasize social equality, human dignity, and empowerment through education and religious reform.

  • Post-Partition (1947), many Matua families migrated to India to escape persecution, though many stayed in Bangladesh.

  • Today, Matuas are the second largest Scheduled Caste (SC) population in West Bengal.

Source: PIB


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