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The Nellie incident, involving the massacre of about 2,000 Muslim villagers, took place during the antiforeigner movement in Assam, in order to drive out illegal Bangladeshi and Nepali immigrants. Unlike the communal “riots” in the other parts of India from the 1980s to 2000s, this was an incident which took place in rural areas. The attackers were part of the indigenous tribal population, and Assamese Hindus of lower strata.
The Nellie Massacre of ...
This book attempts to examine the complex nuances and dynamics that make United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) a formidable insurgent group in India. Arguing that to understand the phenomenon of insurgency, one has to understand the genesis of conflict between the Indian State and the state of Assam, it claims that the ideological and identity issues between India and Assam have remained unresolved, and ULFA is a manifestation of that unresolved crisis. ...
