Synopsis:
DEU-LANGKHUI (The divine sword), is based on historical evidence, which has revealed lot of information about the TIWA tribe.
Actually it is a novel depicting the life-struggle of a woman of royal lineage, whose name is Chandraprabha, queen of Pratapsingha. She was banished by him to the Gova Kingdom for she made merry with the Gova king in the Jonbeel mela.
Through this, Pratapsingha shows his authoritarian side, while on the other hand, the Gova king reveals his chivalry by accepting Chandraprabha as one of the members of his kingdom. Here Chandraprabha makes herself familiar with the customs of the people, and even changes her former identity. She came to be known as Konchari, a tiwa woman. With vivid elaboration on social, cultural and political aspect of Assam on that period, the story moves ahead where a woman is portrayed through various stages of her life.
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Webilography : ‘Deo Langkhui’
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deo_Langkhui
http://www.servinghistory.com/topics/Deo_Langkhui
