Barua
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(and dialects; Kamrupi • Goalpariya)  Hindi •  English
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(.svg){kind=small} Traditional •  Panentheistic) |
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Asamiya (Assamese Brahmins • Ahoms • Kalitas • Sutiya) Indo-Aryans |
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(and dialects; Kamrupi • Goalpariya)
Barua (Assamese: বৰুৱা; Hindi: बरूवा) which is also spelled as Baruah, Barooah, Baruwa, Baroova, Barooa, Baroowa, Borooah, Boruah, Baroa; is a common Assamese surname. The surname Barua is usually associated with someone who is an Assamese or Asamiya, much like Aroras of Punjab. Barua is also associated with the distinct Bengali-speaking Indo-Aryan ethno-religious minority group native to Chittagong Division in Bangladesh who are strictly Buddhist by faith.
Originally the title was conferred for most of class of officers in the Ahom kingdom of medieval Assam. The Ahoms appointed officers with various titles, and Barua meant a "Leader of 3000 men".
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