International Science Community Association International Research Journal of Social Sciences 2319 - 3565 4 11 2015 November 14 Origin Migration and Settlement of the Chiru Tribe 48 51 EN Lakhawat Saroj 1 2 1Govt. Engineering College Ajmer, INDIA Singh Charan Shailendra 2 S.P.C. Govt. College Ajmer, INDIA Lal Ravi Shankar 1 Dept. of Psychology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005 UP, INDIA Singh A.P. 2 Khwairakpam Doreshor 1 Institute of Urban Development Studies, Ethiopian Civil Service University Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Sahadevudu D. 1 History, Govt. College (M), Ananthapuramu-515001. Andhrapradesh State, INDIA Babu G. Ramesh 2 Department of History, S.K.University, Ananthapur-515001 Andhrapradesh State, INDIA Reddy Y.Ramachandra 3 Department of History, S.K.University, Ananthapur-515001 Andhrapradesh State, INDIA Venkateswarulu C. 4 Department of History, M.S.Degree College Gooty-515401.Andhrapradesh State, INDIA Dutta Partha Protim 1 Tezpur University, Assam, INDIA Dutta Ujjal Protim 2 Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, INDIA Gupta Anuj 1 Faculty of Commerce, B.H.U. INDIA Amarasinghe Jayantha 1 Department of Sinhala, University of Ruhuna, SRI LANKA Hewage Dammika 2 TURIS Project, Department of Sinhala, University of Ruhuna, SRI LANKA Shastri Swati 1 Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow-226025, INDIA Thanglen Hosea 1 Department of Anthropology Manipur University, Manipur, 795003, INDIA > Research Article 2015 10 8 2015 November 14 Chiru is one of the indigenous tribes of Manipur that has its own culture, tradition, legends, folklore, folktales, folksongs, languages, religion, beliefs etc. They show predominantly mongoloid features, and speak Chin-Kuki language of Tibeto-Burman linguistic family. The Chiru shows affinity with other kindred tribes viz. Hmar, Kom, Purum, Aimol, Koireng, Puimei, etc. The core argument of this paper is that the conspicuous issues among the contemporary tribal people of north-east India are their ethnic identity and division. Knowing and understanding the origin, oral history, and oral literature of one’s own tribe is a must as it replicates the identity of the people itself. The paper is also an attempt to depict the facts about the nomenclature or the term “Chiru” and the related theory. This paper will also throw light about Chiru Tribe which will, hopefully, facilitate further research and study. Copyright@ International Science Community Association