Back شعب مادهيسى ARZ মধেশী জাতি Bengali/Bangla Madhesi German मधेसी Hindi Madhesi ID マデシ Japanese मधेशी MAI मधेशी Nepali Madhesi NB Мадхеси Russian
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 13,318,705 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Predominantly southeastern Nepal | |
| Languages | |
| Maithili · Bhojpuri · Bajjika · Urdu | |
| Religion | |
 Hinduism ·  Islam ·  Christian |
Madheshi people (Nepali: मधेशी) is a term used for Nepalis [1][2] [3] comprising several ethnic groups living in the Madhesh Province, and the Terai region of Koshi Province and Lumbini Province. It has also been used as a political pejorative term by the Pahari people of Nepal to refer to Neapalese with a non-Nepali language as their mother tongue, regardless of their place of birth or residence.[4]: 2 The term Madheshi became a widely recognised name for people of Madhesh but it has also been used for people with an Indian cultural background married to Madhesis only after 1990.[5][6] Madheshi people comprise various cultural groups such as Hindus, Muslims, Marwaris, Brahmin and Dalit caste groups as well as Nepalese ethnic groups like Maithils, Bhojpuri, Awadhi and Bajjika speaking people and the native indigenous people of Madhesh.[1][2]: 68 [7][8]: 131 In recent times, government papers, some politicians and journalists use the term for all Nepalis living in southern Nepal.[9][10]
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- ^ Singh, C.P. (2011). "Origin and Development of Madheshi Nepalese Movement in Nepal". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 72 (Part II): 1047–1053. JSTOR 44145716.
- ^ International Crisis Group (2007). Nepal's Troubled Terai Region (PDF). Asia Report N°136. Kathmandu, Brussels: International Crisis Group.
- ^ Adhikari, K. P. & Gellner, D. N. (2016). "New Identity Politics and the 2012 Collapse of Nepal's Constituent Assembly: When the dominant becomes 'other'". Modern Asian Studies. 50 (6): 2009–2040. doi:10.1017/S0026749X15000438. S2CID 146986746.
- ^ Gellner, D. N. (2019). "Masters of hybridity: how activists reconstructed Nepali society". Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 25 (2): 265–284. doi:10.1111/1467-9655.13025.
- ^ Gellner, D. N. (2007). "Caste, Ethnicity and Inequality in Nepal". Economic and Political Weekly. 42 (20): 1823–1828. JSTOR 4419601.
- ^ Dahal, D. R. (2008). "The 'Madhesi' People: Issues and Challenges of Democracy in the Nepal Terai". In Gellner, D.; Hachhethu, K. (eds.). Local Democracy in South Asia: Microprocesses of democratization in Nepal and its neighbours. New Delhi, Los Angeles, London, Singapore: Sage Publications. pp. 128–149. ISBN 9788132100164.
- ^ Dixit, K. M. (2017). "Who is the Madhesi subaltern?". Nepali Times. Kathmandu.
- ^ Hachhethu 2007, p. 4.