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I am indebted to Dr. D.P. Pattanayank, Director, Central Institute
of Indian Languages, who provided me the opportunity to study
Mising language. I wish to record my senses of gratitude to
Dr. E. Annamalai, professor-cum-Deputy Director, who supervised
the work from its inception, and inspite of his busy schedule,
always found time for me, with great patience, went through,
line by line, the preliminary draft of the manuscript and
guided for further improvements upon the material. His encouragement
has been a constsnt source of inspiration to me. The monograph
reflects his eruditon. I am thanful to Dr. M. V. Shreedhar
with whom i had occasions to discuss the various points while
the work was in progress.
I express my deep and heart-felt regrads to my never failing
friends Sastry and Abraham who took personal care and interest
to make many suggestions. But for their efforts, this work
would never have been placed in the present form. However,
for nay gaps and errors, I own responsibility.
Mr. Nagendra Nath Payeng, B.A.B.T., Assistant Teacher, Phukanarhat
High School, North Lakhimpur and Mr. Kiron Kumar Medak, B.A.,
Government High School, North Lakhimpur were My primary informants,
while i was in North Lakhimpur (Assam) during the last quarter
of 197 , in connection with collectin data for the present
wok. My sincere thanks are due to them.
i record my sincere thanks to Mr. Hem Chandra Payeng, Cashier,Magakum
Parishad, North Lakhimpur, Mr.Ganesh Pegy, B.A. Majuli, Mr.
Bibhishan Pegu, B.A., B.T., Head Master, Kekuri High School,
Dhakwakhana, Majuli, and Mr. Surya Kumar Sintey of Patirgaon,
who spared their valuable time to enable me to cross-check
the collected data.
My thanks are also due to Miss Reet Medak, and Miss Shanti
Doley of Patirgaon and to many of their friends, whose names
i do not remembe now, for their enthusiasm and reading to
help mein collecting folk songs, which are perhaps one of
the imortant sources of recording Mising culture and history.
also record my htanks to Mr. Bhrigumuni Kagyung, Secretary
‘Mising Agom Kebang’. Gauhati and Mr. Indreswar
Pegu M.A.,Principal, Jagrai Mukh Colleg, majuli, who spared
the time during their stay in C.I.I.L., Mysore, so that i
was able to deter my own doubts at certain points.
I am thankful to the staff members of the C.I.I.L. and the
Mysore university libraries.
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