Showing posts with label Bodoland Demand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bodoland Demand. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Bodoland Demand
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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