Assam Movement

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The Assam Movement was a mass political agitation in the Indian state of Assam (late 1970s–1980s) led largely by Assamese organizations to demand the detection and deportation of undocumented immigrants and protect the region’s demographic and cultural identity.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Assam Movement canonical 7
Assam Agitation 1
Assamese nationalism 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mass agitation ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Assam Agitation ⓘ
linked to: Assam Movement
country India ⓘ
culminatedIn Assam Accord ⓘ
dateOfAgreement 1985-08-15 ⓘ
endTime 1985 ⓘ
hasCause fear of becoming a minority in own state among Assamese people ⓘ
inclusion of alleged illegal immigrants in electoral rolls ⓘ
perceived large-scale illegal immigration from Bangladesh ⓘ
perceived large-scale illegal immigration from East Pakistan ⓘ
hasEffect Assam Accord of 1985 ⓘ
linked to: Assam Accord

changes in citizenship and immigration policy debates in India ⓘ
communal violence in parts of Assam ⓘ
formation of Asom Gana Parishad ⓘ
increased ethnic tensions in Assam ⓘ
rise of regionalism in Assam politics ⓘ
hasMainGoal deletion of undocumented immigrants from electoral rolls ⓘ
deportation of undocumented immigrants ⓘ
detection of undocumented immigrants ⓘ
protection of Assamese identity ⓘ
protection of Assamese language and culture ⓘ
protection of demographic balance in Assam ⓘ
languageOfMovement Assamese ⓘ
ledBy All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad ⓘ
All Assam Students’ Union ⓘ
locatedIn Assam ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
opposedBy Indian National Congress leadership at the time ⓘ
sections of minority communities in Assam ⓘ
opposedTo illegal immigration from Bangladesh into Assam ⓘ
participant Assamese civil society organizations ⓘ
Assamese students ⓘ
regional political leaders in Assam ⓘ
relatedTo National Register of Citizens in Assam ⓘ
citizenship issues in India ⓘ
resultedIn promise of constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards for Assamese people ⓘ
promise of economic development for Assam ⓘ
recognition of 24 March 1971 as cut-off date for detection of foreigners in Assam ⓘ
significantEvent Assam Accord ⓘ
Nellie massacre ⓘ
boycott of elections in Assam ⓘ
statewide bandhs and strikes ⓘ
student-led protests ⓘ
startTime 1979 ⓘ
timePeriod early 1980s ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ
mid 1980s ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assamese people → politicalMovement → Assam Movement ⓘ
Assam Movement → alsoKnownAs → Assam Agitation ⓘ
linked to: Assam Movement
Asom Gana Parishad → originatedFrom → Assam Movement ⓘ
Flag of Assam → associatedWith → Assamese nationalism ⓘ
linked to: Assam Movement
Nellie massacre → context → Assam Movement ⓘ
Assam Accord → historicalContext → Assam Movement ⓘ
Assam Accord → category → Politics of Assam ⓘ
linked to: Assam Movement
All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad → partOf → Assam Movement ⓘ