North_Kamrup_violence
North Kamrup violence
Series of violent activities in Assam, 1980
North Kamrup violence was a series of violent activities in North Kamrup, Assam, on 4–5 January 1980 between those who supported the Assam Movement and those who opposed it.[1][2][3] Triggered by the death of a high school student, a member of the AASU, it led to a series of attacks and counter-attacks between Assamese and immigrant villages leading to a curfew.[4] According to the Citizenship Rights Preservation Committee, representing Bengali speaking people, the violence was directed against linguistic, religio-linguistic, ethnic minorities and members of the CPI, CPI(M) and CPI(ML) political parties who opposed the Assam Movement.[5] Many of the victims were Miya and it is alleged that the Army committed atrocities on Assamese villagers during the curfew.[6] This was the first reported large-scale group clash during the Assam Movement.[7]