Assam
Marwari’s started
arriving in Assam soon after its conquest by British in 1818. —Unlike other parts of
India where they faced competition from local trading community in Assam due to
absence of trading indigenous trading community they monopolized the trade from
day one. —Before the arrival of
Marwari’s trade in Assam was limited to barter of goods between adjacent
villages.
As a unique and one
of its kind example of early Marwari migration a prominent Marwari from Churu in Shekhawati, Harbildas Aggarwal’s father apparently
took an Assamese wide and adopted Assamese lifestyle. —He established
branches in Tejpur, North Lakhimpur and Dibrugarh. He was one of the
first Indians to purchase a Tea Estate in 1868, called “Tamulbari”. —He however continued
to maintain ties with fellow marwaris and helped many settle down as merchants in the region.
In 1990’s, assam had witnessed an
anti-Marwari movement on the part of ULFA which sparked an exodus of Marwaris from the area. —Anti-Marwari
agitations in Orissa also began in early 1980’s. —Many marwari families from
Orissa, Assam and Bihar migrated to Raipur in Chhattisgarh. —These migrants were
aided by Marwari families who had been living there for generations.
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