Tai Khamti war:
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The Tai Khamti war took place in 1839 between the Tai Khamti people and the British.
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The theatre of this war was some 2,400 km east of Meerut in Uttar Pradesh where the mutiny began.
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During the war, Tai Khamtis resisted colonization by the British.
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Some 80 British soldiers, including Col. Adam White, were killed in the resultant conflict.
Tai Khamti people:
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Tai Khamti people follow Theravada Buddhism.
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Their population is a little more than 1,00,000, and they live in areas straddling Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.
Other revolts of Arunachal Pradesh:
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Arunachal Deputy CM also asked for recognition of battles between other communities of Arunachal Pradesh and the British.
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The battles include a series of Anglo-Abor wars from 1858 to 1911 and the Wancho-British war in Tirap district’s Ninu in 1875.