Indo-Aryan Nepalese ethnic group in Terai-Madhesh
Ethnic group
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]
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