Semsonsing Ingti was an Indian social and economic reformer and author.
11 Facts About Semsonsing Ingti
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Semsonsing Ingti has been called the Father of the Karbi people, for his work in uniting the Karbi, an indigenous ethnic group in Northeast India concentrated in the state of Assam.
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Semsonsing Ingti was the second child of the late Thengkursing Ingti and Madhobi Ruth Barua.
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Semsonsing Ingti matriculated at Bezbaruah High School, where he returned after completing his degree and becoming a teacher.
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Semsonsing Ingti then studied at Cotton College, Guwahati and graduated from Murari Chand College, Sylhet in 1933.
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Semsonsing Ingti was called Lametpo for being the first to write a book in Karbi.
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Semsonsing Ingti believed that only education would bring people from backwardness.
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Semsonsing Ingti spread knowledge on improving Jhum cultivation and asked farmers to live together rather than in small groups, so they could produce higher quantities of their produce.
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Semsonsing Ingti gave up drinking beer as an example for others.
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The cause of the death of Semsonsing Ingti is not settled.
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Semsonsing Ingti's health had been deteriorating since he began working.