Arunachal Pradesh BJP MP Tapir Gau released a book titled ‘The Native Tea’.

DIBRUGARH: Arunachal Pradesh BJP MP Tapir Gau has released the book “The Local Tea” written by young writer Wangtum Homcha Lowang at Deomali in Tarap district of Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday.

Lowang is also the founder of ‘Nocte Digest’, a digital library that promotes the traditional and cultural heritage of the Nocte community.
Gao praised Lowang for his “creative works, which will help the younger generation of Noctes to learn more about the past and present of Nocte’s traditional and cultural heritage”.

Among others, Arunachal Pradesh Minister Wangki Lowang and Borduria-Bogapani MLA Wanglin Lowangdong attended the book release event.
The book is based on the role of the Nocte tribe in making Assam the cradle of the Indian tea industry.
It highlights the relationship that existed between the Nokte chiefs of Namsang and Borduria villages with the British, which eventually led to the creation of the first Indian tea garden in 1834.

As time went by, there were conflicts with the British. Eventually, when the Borduria village Noctes stopped collecting their annual tax from the British, their chief Wang Man incited Wanchu to attack and kill 80 men of Lieutenant Holcomb’s expedition in 1875.
The British were unable to launch direct military action against the Noctes due to lack of evidence.

Thus the Notts were able to teach the British a lesson without inviting the wrath of the British Empire.