Since 20 July 2012, the riots in the Bodoland Territorial Autonomous Districts (BTAD) consisting of Baksa, Chirang, Kokrajhar and Udalgiri districts, and neighbouring Dhubri district of Assam have claimed about 90 lives as on 31 August 2012 and displaced over 400,000 people. This internal displacement has been variedly described as the largest one since India’s […]
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Why does violence continue to plague Assam?
As India boosts security in the northeastern state we ask what has kept tensions alive in the region for decades. Al-Jazeera Inside Story: 27 Jul 2012 Dozens have been killed and tens of thousands more displaced as violence breaks out in India’s northeastern Assam state. “The central government pumps in money for economic progress and military […]