Abstract
The Santal Mission was established on 26th September 1867 by Mr E.C. Johnson a British missionary of Baptish Missionary Society, Lars Olsen Skrefsrud, a Norwegian and Hans Peter Boerresen, a Danish. So as to provide a better way of life to the Santal, Lars Olsen Skrefsrud and Hans Peter Boerresen played an important role to bring them to Goalpara district, which resulted in the creation of a Santal Colony in Assam. During the colonial period, the Santals were taken away by the British as tea coolies and forest labourers to different parts of India. Accordingly, the Santal Mission had brought a group of Santal community to Guma Duar in Goalpara district of Assam. Thereafter, several waves of Santal immigrants came to Goalpara district through the Santal Mission and made settlements in different places of Goalpara district. This article attempts to study the settlement of Santal and establishment of a Santal colony in Guma Duar of Goalpara district in Assam.
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