Issues Of Migration, Ethnicity and Women During the Assam Movement

The Assam Movement or the anti-foreigners' agitation broke out in Assam in 1979. The Movement was against the illegal immigrants in Assam and for their deportation. Since then the Movement has been discussed, praised and criticized widely. In this book an attempt has been made to find out the lesser spoken aspects of the Movement. The book tries to look at the root cause of the Movement, which is migration. The book is an attempt to asses the socio-political stand of the diverse, multi-ethnic communities of Assam and women at the time of the Movement.

Autorentext

Nabanita Sharma is a PhD researcher at Delhi University. Her area of studies include contemporary history of northeastern India, history of trade, traders and trading networks of colonial Assam.

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The Assam Movement or the anti-foreigners' agitation broke out in Assam in 1979. The Movement was against the illegal immigrants in Assam and for their deportation. Since then the Movement has been discussed, praised and criticized widely. In this book an attempt has been made to find out the lesser spoken aspects of the Movement. The book tries to look at the root cause of the Movement, which is migration. The book is an attempt to asses the socio-political stand of the diverse, multi-ethnic communities of Assam and women at the time of the Movement.