Laleng Indigenous Community of Sylhet: Changing pattern in political organization

The Laleng, a little known and small decaying indigenous community living at Sylhet region in Bangladesh, had an own traditional political organization. In the changed condition, this system is not existed in its original standpoint. By using both qualitative and quantitative data generated from primary as well as secondary sources this ethno-political study explores the Laleng political organization focusing on its changing pattern. It founds that Laleng society has suffered the consequence of contact with the large-scale Bengali societies. Although Laleng society is still ruled by own political systems, but these systems are not so effective today. They are not able to maintain their traditional political organization unaltered by inside and outside influences. The findings of the present study would encourage other researchers to carry out further research on the political organization of indigenous community.