Nellie massacre

26°06′41″N 92°19′02″E  /  26.111483°N 92.317253°E  / 26.111483; 92.317253 The Nellie massacre took place in Assam during a six-hour period in the morning of 18 February 1983. The massacre claimed the lives of 2,191 people (unofficial figures run at more than 5,000) from 14 villages —Alisingha, Khulapathar, Basundhari, Bugduba Beel, Bugduba Habi, Borjola, Butuni, Indurmari, Mati Parbat, Muladhari, Mati Parbat no. 8, Silbheta, Borburi and Nellie—of Nagaon district . Most of the victims were Bangladeshi Muslims who had illegally immigrated to the region during Bangladesh war. A group of media personnel passing by the region were witness to the massacre. The massacre was one of many violent incidents during the infamous 1983 elections conducted in the midst of the Assam Agitation . The elections were declared against the wishes of the Assam Agitation leaders who did not want an election till the electoral rolls were cleansed of illegal immigrants. In the 1985 Assam Accord , which ended the agitation, that election was set aside and new elections were declared. The government gave the survivors of Nellie compensation for each death of as little as 5,000 rupees, contrasted for instance with Rs. 7 lakhs that have been paid to survivors of the Sikh carnage of a year later in 1984.Six hundred and eighty eight criminal cases were filed in connection with Nellie organised massacre and of these 310 cases were charge-sheeted. The remaining 378 cases were closed due to the police claim of “lack of evidence”. But all the 310 charge-sheeted cases were dropped by the AGP government as a part of Assam Accord; therefore not a single person has even had to face trial for the gruesome massacre. A Commission of Inquiry was instituted under Tribhubhan Prasad Tiwary, the report of which has not been made public. There is enough evidence to suggest that successive local governments, belonging to both the Congress and the AGP , have suppressed information about the massacre. ( Kumura 2007 ) harvcol error: no target: CITEREFKumura2007 ( help ) ( Assam Tribune 2008 ) harvcol error: no target: CITEREFAssam_Tribune2008 ( help ) ( Rehman 2006 ) ( Lahkar 2008 ) The Indian National Congress is a national political party that came to power in Assam based in large part to the "Muslim" vote ( Gokhale 2005 ) harvcol error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFGokhale2005 ( help ) , and seen to be a protector of Muslim interests. The Assam Gana Parishad is a regional political party that was formed by the Assam Agitation leaders after the conclusion of the agitation.

against Muslims in India The Nellie massacre took place in central Assam during a six-hour period in the morning of 18 February 1983. The massacre claimed the lives of 2,191 people (unofficial figures run at more than 10,000) from 14 villages—Alisingha, Khulapathar, Basundhari, Bugduba Beel, Bugduba Habi, Borjola, Butuni, Dongabori,Indurmari, Mati Parbat, Muladhari, Mati Parbat no. 8, Silbheta, Borburi and Nellie—of Nagaon district . The victims were Muslim immigrants from East Bengal (present day Bangladesh). Three media personnel — Hemendra Narayan of Indian Express, Bedabrata Lahkar of Assam Tribune and Sharma of ABC — were witnesses to the massacre. The violence that took place in Nellie by natives - mostly rural peasants was seen as a fallout of the decision to hold the controversial state elections in 1983 in the midst of the Assam Agitation , after Indira Gandhi 's decision to give 4 million immigrants from Bangladesh the right to vote. It has been described as one of the worst pogroms since World War II. A documentary, What the Fields Remember , has been produced by Public Service Broadcasting Trust. Working a Democratic Constitution - A History of the Indian Experience . The Economist Banyan blog . The Economist Banyan blog .

A pogrom against Miya people in Assam state against Muslims in independent India The Nellie massacre took place in central Assam during a six-hour period in the morning of 18 February 1983. The victims were Muslim of Bengali origin. Three media personnel—Hemendra Narayan of The Indian Express , Bedabrata Lahkar of The Assam Tribune and Sharma of ABC—were witnesses to the massacre. The violence that took place in Nellie by natives—mostly rural peasants—was seen as a fallout of the decision to hold the controversial state elections in 1983 in the midst of the Assam Agitation , after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 's decision to give 4 million Bengali Muslims the right to vote. It has been described as one of the worst pogroms since World War II and one of the deadliest pogroms against a minority community in post partition India. A documentary, What the Fields Remember , has been produced by Public Service Broadcasting Trust . Often I notice people from outside Assam confusing the two, including the national media in articles published outside the state. We identify ourselves as Bengal-origin Assamese Muslims. We are not Bengali. We are not Bengali Muslims. The Muslims in Assam’s Barak Valley often identify themselves as Bengali Muslims, not us. Working a Democratic Constitution - A History of the Indian Experience . The Economist Banyan blog . "On February 18, 1983 about 1,600 to 2,000 Muslims of East Bengal origin were killed in several villages around Nellie." ( Kimura 2013 :68) "83 polls were a mistake: KPS Gill" . "The purpose of this study is to assess the verdict, if any, of Assam's controversial elections which were held in February 1983, under conditions of widespread violence and obviously incompetent official arrangements of electoral facilities." ( Dasgupta & Guha 1985 :843) Goel, Rekha.

A pogrom against Miya people in Assam state against Muslims in independent India The Nellie massacre took place in central Assam during a six-hour period on the morning of 18 February 1983. The victims were people of Bengali Muslim descent. Three media personnel—Hemendra Narayan of The Indian Express , Bedabrata Lahkar of The Assam Tribune , and Sharma of ABC—were witnesses to the massacre. The death toll was notably high among children, women, and the elderly, who were unable to flee the attackers. Bodies were strewn across fields and in some instances, whole families were killed. The victims were called foreigners, or even Bangladeshis, despite the fact that the majority of them had been living there since the 1930s. The violence that took place in Nellie was by natives, mostly rural peasants. It was seen as a fallout of the decision to hold the controversial state elections in 1983 in the midst of the Assam Agitation , after Prime Minister Indira Gandhi 's decision to give four million Bengali Muslims the right to vote. It has been described as one of the worst pogroms since World War II and one of the deadliest pogroms against a minority community in post- partition India. Often I notice people from outside Assam confusing the two, including the national media in articles published outside the state. We identify ourselves as Bengal-origin Assamese Muslims. We are not Bengali. We are not Bengali Muslims. The Muslims in Assam’s Barak Valley often identify themselves as Bengali Muslims, not us. But we have not been able to make people from the outside see the difference." ( Pisharoty 2019 ) Vijayan, Suchitra (February 2021). Landscapes of Fear: Understanding Impunity in India . The physical violence flowed directly from the emotive violence generated by the agitation, which sought the expulsion of "illegal Bengalis/Bangladeshis" from Assam. The roots of Hindu violent mobs attacking Muslims in India is of course as old as British incitement of communal violence to sustain their own rule. The list of systematic Muslim massacres is gruesome: From 1964 in Kolkata and 1983 in Nellie to 1987 in Hashimpura all the way to the Gujarat slaughter of Muslims in 2002, in which Narendra Modi, who is now the prime minister of India, was accused of orchestrating the violence. "...the majority of the participants were rural peasants belonging to mainstream communities, or from the lower strata of the caste system categorized as Scheduled Castes or Other Backward Classes". The Economist Banyan blog . "On February 18, 1983 about 2000 Muslims of East Bengal origin were killed in several villages around Nellie." ( Kimura 2013 :68) "83 polls were a mistake: KPS Gill" . Landscapes of Fear: Understanding Impunity in India . Landscapes of Fear: Understanding Impunity in India . "The purpose of this study is to assess the verdict, if any, of Assam's controversial elections which were held in February 1983, under conditions of widespread violence and obviously incompetent official arrangements of electoral facilities." ( Dasgupta & Guha 1985 :843) Goel, Rekha.