Nellie massacre

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The Nellie massacre was a 1983 mass killing in Assam, India, in which thousands of mostly Bengali-speaking Muslims were brutally murdered amid ethnic and political tensions during the Assam Movement.

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instanceOf mass killing ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
aftermath limited prosecutions ⓘ
widespread impunity for perpetrators ⓘ
cause anti-immigrant sentiment ⓘ
dispute over alleged illegal immigrants from Bangladesh ⓘ
ethnic tensions in Assam ⓘ
political tensions over electoral rolls ⓘ
commemoratedBy annual remembrance events in Assam ⓘ
context Assam Movement ⓘ
country India ⓘ
date 1983-02-18 ⓘ
hasSource human rights reports ⓘ
journalistic investigations ⓘ
scholarly works on Assam conflict ⓘ
historicalPeriod post-independence India ⓘ
investigatedBy Tiwari Commission ⓘ
languageOfVictims Bengali ⓘ
locatedIn Assam ⓘ
Nagaon district ⓘ
Nellie ⓘ
mediaCoverage underreported in Indian national media at the time ⓘ
notableFeature large-scale killing within a few hours ⓘ
predominantly unarmed civilian victims ⓘ
numberOfVictims approximately 1800 ⓘ
between 1800 and 3000 ⓘ
partOf violence during the 1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election ⓘ
perpetrators Lalung (Tiwa) tribesmen ⓘ
ethnic Assamese mobs ⓘ
precededBy Assam Agitation against alleged foreign nationals ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the worst pogroms in post-independence India ⓘ
relatedTo Assam Accord ⓘ
religionOfVictims Islam ⓘ
reportStatus Tiwari Commission report not fully made public ⓘ
result displacement of survivors ⓘ
mass killing of civilians ⓘ
targetedGroup Bengali-speaking Muslims ⓘ
Muslim villagers ⓘ
typeOfViolence communal violence ⓘ
ethnic violence ⓘ
victimDemographics mostly women and children ⓘ
year 1983 ⓘ

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Assam Movement → significantEvent → Nellie massacre ⓘ