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The Chorei Tribe also known as "Reivon" or Riam are tribes with a distinct culture, custom, and administrative system. The Chorei's one of the Indigenous Ethnic Community of Northeast India belongs to the Zo-Kuki-Chin-Halam family of the Indo-Mongoloid race.
Pages of History
The "Krishnamala" (History of Tripura kings, in the event 1748-1783 AD that was narrated and recorded byJayanta Chantai and Dijo Ramganga respectively). Later it was compiled and written during1790-1800 by Dr. Jagadish Gana Choudhury described the Chorei Community at p-24, 52, 248, 265, 272 as a faithful devotee to goddess Bhavani and account a friendly relationship of the Maha Raja Krishna Manikya with the Chorei people. However, in the early 18th Century according to Raj Mala by Kailash Ch. Singha Ch. III p-13 the Chorei tribe has been inserted at sl. 8 as one of the sub-tribes of the HALAM Community.
In many other books by various Scholars "Chorei's" has been accounted as one of the tribes' indigenous tribes of Northeast India.
Ref: The Northeast frontier of Bengal by Alexander Mackenzie
Varman, S.B.K.: The Tribes of Tripura – A dissertation. Gov't Press. Agartala. Directorate of Research. 1986. 2nd Edition.Lalthangliana , History and Culture of Mizo in India, Burma & Bangladesh. 2001. Aizawl. RTM Press. p. 85.Ethenic group of Zo people and its clan.