The Assam Movement, also known as the Anti-Foreigners Agitation, was a popular uprising in Assam, India, from 1979 to 1985, that demanded the Government...

secessionist movement. The ULFA seeks to establish a sovereign Assam via armed struggle. MULTA (Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam), on the other...

The Assam Accord was a Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) signed between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement. It...

known for leading the six-year Assam Movement against Bengalis of both Indian and Bangladeshi origin living in Assam. The original leadership of the organisation...

to affect contemporary politics, most notably that which led to the Assam Movement and its aftermath. The region that came to be known as undivided Goalpara...

The Refinery Movement in Assam was an agitation, which took place in 1956-57, protesting against the decision of the Union Government to set up a refinery...

Neo-Vaishnavite movement introduced by Sankaradeva are other important primary sources for the region's history. The history of Assam can be divided into...

Assam (Assamese: oxom, pronounced [ɔ'xɔm] , ə-SoM, a-SAM, English: /əs'ɑːm/) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the...

Islam is the second largest and fastest-growing religion in Assam. The Muslim population was approximately 10.68 million, constituting over 34.22% of...

Bengali Language Movement of Barak Valley was a period of protests that began in 1960 against the decision of the Government of Assam to make Assamese...

official language and medium of instruction in the educational institutions of Assam, India. The struggle for the use of Assamese for official purposes, in courts...

Bongal Kheda (trans. "Drive out the Bengalis) was a nationalistic movement in Assam, India, orchestrated by native Assamese job seekers which aimed to...

Voting was delayed in the Sikh-majority state of Punjab, while the Assam movement and sporadic violence in Mizoram by the Mizo National Front as a part...

Non-Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience Movement, Quit India Movement and the Swadeshi Movement. He led the movement in the greater Lakhimpur region of Assam that...

Assam Province was a province of British India, created in 1912 by the partition of the Eastern Bengal and Assam Province. Its capital was in Shillong...

is an Indian politician who was the leader of the Assam Movement, and the 11th Chief Minister of Assam from 1985 to 1990 and again from 1996 to 2001 and...

on the electoral rolls in Assam. This led to a popular movement against undocumented immigrants known as the Assam Movement, which insisted on striking...

(translation: Assam People's Council, abbr. AGP) is a political party in the state of Assam, India. The AGP was formed following the historic Assam Accord of...

There were three Burmese invasions of Assam between 1817 and 1826, during which time the Kingdom of Assam came under the control of Burma from 1821 to...

leaders of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU).[5] He was a front ranking leader of the six-year-long Assam Movement led by the All Assam Students Union...

minorities communities of Assam. It was formed in 1980, on the eve of Assam movement, to safeguard the interest of the minorities social rights and their...

spearheaded the Assam Movement with Prafulla Kumar Mahanta over the issue of Bangladeshi influx. He was one of the three signatories of the Assam Accord of...

Norwegian and French films. Born in an Assamese Muslim family in Goalpara, Assam on 5 October 1963, where his father was the headmaster of a high secondary...

Gʊlaɡʱat ['ɡʊlaɡʱat] ) one of the largest subdivisions of the Indian state of Assam, later elevated to the position of a full–fledged district headquarter on...

of violent incidents in North Kamrup, Assam, on 4–5 January 1980 between those who supported the Assam Movement and those who opposed it. Triggered by...

The People of Assam inhabit a multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic and multi-religious society. They speak languages that belong to four main language groups:...

views on Bengalis. This sentiment is present in several parts of India: Assam, and various tribal areas of Northeast India. etc. Issues include discrimination...

following the Assam Accord, which was signed by leaders of AASU-AAGSP and the Government of India. During six years of the movement, a reported 855-860...

official language movement: All Manipur Students' Union (AMSU) Assam Manipuri Meira Paibi Lup Assam Manipuri Sahitya Parishad All Assam Manipuri Muslim...

kingdom or the Kingdom of Assam (/ˈɑːhɔːm/; 1228–1826) was a late medieval kingdom in the Brahmaputra Valley (present-day Assam) that retained its independence...