Moamoria
The Moamoria (also Matak) were the adherents of the egalitarian, proselytizing Moamara sattra of 18th-century Assam, who initiated the Moamoria rebellion against the Ahom kingdom in the 18th century. The rebellion weakened the Ahom kingdom to such an extent that the kingdom became vulnerable to repeated Burmese invasions of Assam and the subsequent colonization by the British. The Moamorias were also called "Mataks", most of who belonged to the Kachari Moran ethnic group. Over time, the main groups that had supported the Ahom kingdom came to owe allegiance to the Moamara sattra: Morans (the mainstay of the Ahom militia), the Sonowal Kacharis (gold-washers), Chutias (expert archers and matchlockmen), professional castes such as Hiras (potters), Tantis (weavers), Kaibartas and Ahom nobles and officers.

The Matak identity solidified during the rebellion and the Moamorias referred to themselves as Mataks over their original ethnic identities. The Moamorias were able to set up an autonomous region, the "Matak Rajya", under the office of "Borsenapati" with his seat at Bengmara (modern-day Tinsukia) in a treaty with the Ahom kingdom in 1805. The Matak community continued to hold strong when the "Matak-Moran Sanmilan" was formed in 1937; but the Morans formed their own organization, the "Moran Sabha", in 1965 with the hope that the Moran people might benefit from the 5th Schedule of the Indian Constitution.
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Moamoria rebellion
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Ahom kingdom
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Burmese invasions of Assam
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Ahom
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"Borsenapati"
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Tinsukia
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Moamoria
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