Bhotiyas • Nagas are a hill people who are estimated to number about 2.5 million (1.8 million in Nagaland, 0.6 million in Manipur and 0.1 million in Arunachal Pradesh) and living in the remote and mountainous region between the Indian state Assam and Myammar. 8. Which one of the scheduled tribes did not originally live in Uttarakhand?

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(c) Meena — The Meena tribe defined as scheduled tribe category in the state of Rajasthan and the majority of them are classified as being Hindu. • The list of 'Scheduled Tribes' is state/UT specific. The meena community was not notified as a scheduled tribes till the year 1976. It was notified as a scheduled tribe in the state of Rajasthan only in the year 1976, Vide the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes orders (amendment) act, 1976.

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(A) Boxa (Bhoksa)

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(B) Bhotia

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(D) Tharu

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