Kokrajhar and Darrang became the epicentre of millitant struggle during the Bodo Movement of 1987. The ABSU had 92 demands which could be summerised into three political issues:
(1) Formation of a separate state named Bodoland on the north bank of the Brahmaputra; (2) Establishment of autonomous district councils in the tribal dominant areas on the south bank of the Brahmaputra; and (3) Incorporation of the Bodo Kacharis of Karbi Anglong in the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. 1
1. George, Sudhir Jacob (1994) The Bodo Movement in Assam: Unrest to Accord Asian Survey - Vol. 34, No. 10, pp. 878-892 University of California Press
(1) Formation of a separate state named Bodoland on the north bank of the Brahmaputra; (2) Establishment of autonomous district councils in the tribal dominant areas on the south bank of the Brahmaputra; and (3) Incorporation of the Bodo Kacharis of Karbi Anglong in the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. 1
1. George, Sudhir Jacob (1994) The Bodo Movement in Assam: Unrest to Accord Asian Survey - Vol. 34, No. 10, pp. 878-892 University of California Press
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