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Ethnicity refers to shared cultural practices, perspectives and distinctions that set apart one group of people to another. The dimension of ethnicity is very prominent in the countries comprising multi-ethnic societies. The socio-political history of India reveals several ethnic movements which gained momentum during colonial era and became effective undergoing through certain modification in its ideologies in post-independent years. There have been a number of ethnic movements in the north-east in order to preserve ones' ethnic identity. In this paper, an attempt has been made to conceptualize the Ethnicity and Ethnic Movements in North-East India with special reference to Assam. The methodology of this paper is descriptive and required informations are collected from different secondary sources like books, research articles, different government documents etc. An ethnic group is a distinct category of the population in a larger society whose culture is usually different from that of others. Among the ethnic movements in the North-east region, the movement laid down in Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur and Tripura deserves special mention. Among the various ethnic movements in Assam, the Bodo movement for autonomy, Tiwa movement, the Mishing, the Deoris, the Morans, the Sonowal Kacharis and intensive ethnic conflict was surfaced in the hill areas of Karbi Anglong (formerly Mikir hills) and Dima Hasao movements are prominent.