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As Assam BJP govt tables Nellie reports, a look back at the party during the agitation
November 27, 2025 7:22 pm
The BJP had supported the Assam agitators and backed their call to boycott the Assembly elections of 1983, which it blames for the violence.
What is Nellie Massacre on which Assam govt tabled inquiry report this week
November 28, 2025 7:13 am
This week, the Assam government released two key reports of the Nellie Massacre, considered one of the worst of mass violence in post-Independence India. Here’s what the report by the ‘Commission of Enquiry on Assam Disturbances’ led by IAS officer Tribhuvan Prasad Tewary said.
Forty-two years after Assam’s darkest chapter, two reports shed some light – with contrasting accounts
November 28, 2025 12:04 am
Assam 1983 violence reports, nellie massacre inquiry reports: Assembly tables official and unofficial reports on violence that was unleashed during and after the 1983 state elections, most prominently the Nellie massacre.
Nellie massacre report highlights demographic change, says Himanta ahead of its tabling
November 14, 2025 6:49 am
The Nellie massacre of February 18, 1983 is one of the biggest acts of mass violence in independent India. Officially, 1,800 people — mostly Bengali Muslims — were killed and homes torched.
February 21, 1983, Forty Years Ago | Nellie massacre toll rises to 600; polling extended
February 21, 2023 7:43 am
The penultimate round of what has now become a four-phase polling ended with extremely thin voting.
‘Maybe finally, living with names Ali, Ahmed won’t be a burden’
August 05, 2018 2:07 pm
Come NRC, everyone wants a Nellie story. But this time Nellie hopes for a different ending.
'Nellie massacre was result of land dispute': Former bureaucrat Jatin Hazarika
May 02, 2016 6:09 am
Nellie massacre of 1983 left over 3,000 people dead.
State of inertia
August 08, 2012 3:39 am
3 decades ago,Assam govt received a report on events leading to Nellie massacre
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