Singh, M Amarjeet
(2010)
Conflicts in Assam (NIAS Backgrounder No. B3-2010).
Backgrounder.
NIAS, Bangalore.
| Abstract: |
A ssam, which is the most
populous state in North East
India, has been facing a number of
movements aiming to achieve a variety of
objectives having both ethnic and
territorial focus. While some of these issues
were partially resolved through the
intervention of the Central government,
several others remain unresolved. The
unresolved conflicts have resulted in a
series of flashpoints. In February 1983,
ethnic riots took place in and around the
village of Nellie killing over 1500 Muslim
peasants of East Bengal origin. As many
as 14 senior government officials, including
a Russian coalmine expert, were abducted
by the United Liberation Front of Asom
(ULFA) from different parts of the state
on July 1, 1991. The Russian coalmine
expert and two other officials were
subsequently killed. The others were
released one after another in exchange for
several jailed ULFA rebels. Thirty-four
train passengers were killed in a powerful
bomb explosion in a Delhi-bound train in Kokrajhar district on December 30, 1996.
Sanjoy Ghosh, a known social worker, was
abducted and latter killed by ULFA in
1997. In 2003, the Bhutanese government
launched an operation to flush out Indian
armed groups operating on its soil in
which a large number of rebels were either
arrested or killed. More than 100 people
were killed in the violent Kuki-Karbi
conflict in Karbi Anglong district during
2003 and 2004. Sixteen children were
killed in a bomb explosion at the venue of
the Independence Day celebrations at
Dhemaji on August 15, 2004. Nine nearsimultaneous
bomb explosions on October
30, 2008 claimed nearly 90 lives and
wounded more than 300 others. |
| Item Type: |
Monograph
(Backgrounder)
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| Subjects: |
NIAS Resources > NIAS Backgrounders |
| Divisions: |
Schools > Social Sciences |
| Date Deposited: |
15 Feb 2012 04:50 |
| Last Modified: |
08 May 2015 09:57 |
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| DOI: |
978-81-87663-90-4 |
| URI: |
http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/299 |
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