The Tagins are one of the major types of people who live in Arunachal Pradesh in India. The Tagins are found in the district of Upper Sunansiri. The society of the Tagins in Arunachal Pradesh is an independent society, which gives emphasis to individual responsibilities. Such a society is not headed by one person.
In the period of 1911 to 1912, the British had to return from the region of the Tagins of Arunachal Pradesh because of the zealous protest that they made. The Tagins did not have to suffer under the British rule. They showed enormous strength and conviction in not letting the East India Company intrude into their self-sufficient society.
However, post-independence, after the Indian Government became aware of the military activities of the Chinese in the line of McMahon, it brought the entire region dominated by the Tagins under government administration.
The Indian government has set up many administrative centers throughout the region and started a variety of developmental activities. Gradually, efforts were being made to review the state of the region in various aspects like religion, education and culture.
The government has thereafter taken some interest in the traditional systems of the Tagins. These systems include political, social, economic, cultural and religious lives of the Tagins. The intrusion of the Indian government has brought the first wave of change in this abode of the Tangos.
Last Updated on 03 January 2011
