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Violence in the State of Assam
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Before Independence
Before 1947, India and Bangladesh were unified and ruled as British India. Thus, immigration issues were not prominent in Northeast India. (Wikimedia Commons) -
All Assam Students Union Formed
All Assam Students Union (AASU) seek to evict all illegal aliens from Assam. In this photo, members of the AASU protest a hike in petroleum prices and cite that the price increases hurt the people of Assam. The group views itself as a populist organization. (Rediff.com) -
AASU Fights Elections
AASU campaigns to postpone elections until the immigration issue is resolved. -
"Assam Agitation" Begins
A populist movement forces the government to sign the Assam Accord of 1985. Although the law focuses on the detection and deportation of Bengladeshi migrants, successive governments in Assam fail and only a few hundred people are deported. -
Nellie Massacre
Nellie, a small village inhabited by Bengali-speaking Muslims near Guwahati, became the scene of the largest genocidal incident in the history of India. More than 2,200 innocent people were killed in one night. (TwoCircles.net) -
Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunal Act) signed
The IMDT Act is said to fuel the growing illegal immigration problem from Bangladesh. -
IMDT Act Declared Unconstitutional
The Supreme Court of India strikes down the IMDT Act because it created problems in indentifying and deporting immigrants. -
Conflict in Assam
Fighting between two groups results in 55 deaths, more than 100 injuries and approximately 200,000 refugees. Sporadic conflicts happened before this event, such as this picture of the remains of a car bombing in February 2007. -
Violence Begins Anew
Nine people die in the Assam district of Kokrajhar. This event is considered the beginning of more than a month of ongoing violence in the region. (AP photo) -
Violence Continues
Since the violence began, more than 90 people have died and more than 400,000 people have been displaced. The Times of India reported "the state is mutating into a dangerous beast." (AP photo)
