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Title: REVISITING THE ASSAM MOVEMENT
Authors: Pankaj Sarma
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Pankaj Sarma Assistant Professor, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi
MLA 8 Sarma, Pankaj. "REVISITING THE ASSAM MOVEMENT." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 7, no. 12, Dec. 2022, pp. 4169-4186, doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i12.023. Accessed Dec. 2022. APA 6 Sarma, P. (2022, December). REVISITING THE ASSAM MOVEMENT. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 7(12), 4169-4186. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i12.023 Chicago Sarma, Pankaj. "REVISITING THE ASSAM MOVEMENT." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 7, no. 12 (December 2022), 4169-4186. Accessed December, 2022. https://doi.org/10.46609/IJSSER.2022.v07i12.023.
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ABSTRACT: Assam remained in the grip of an organized mass agitation, namely the Assam Movement, for a long duration of six years which finally came to an end with the signing of the Assam Accord in 1985. The movement primarily revolved around the issue of illegal immigrants of foreign nationals, their detection and deportation. The article analyses the significance of the Assam movement in the socio-political development of Assam. The issue, organization and even goals of the movement underwent transformations as inherent part of the growth and decline of the movement. The article while focusing on the class character of the movement critically examines its effectiveness and makes an assessment of its implications. It is argued that instead of addressing the larger problems faced by the toiling masses of the society the movement and its implications created cleavages in the society of Assam. The study argues that the movement was largely responsible for problematizing the day-to-day life of the minority communities unleashing a series of attacks on them besides creating a fear psychosis. The article emphasizes that the movement severely affected the very foundation of the entire society in Assam and set into motion the ethnic partitioning of the society.

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