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Five policemen are killed and more than 50 people are wounded in the Indian state of Assam during clashes with Mizoram due to a border dispute.
2021-07-26

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits the Indian states of West Bengal and Assam, part of Meghalaya, and part of Bangladesh, causing damage to houses and buildings. Two people die from heart attacks, while ten others are wounded by the earthquake itself.
2021-04-28

The Indian tourism industry reports that, as a result of protests, December visits to the Taj Mahal and the state of Assam declined by 60% and 90% respectively compared to the same period last year. These declines are also occurring in the midst of general economic slowdown in the country.
2019-12-29

India releases the final version of the National Register of Citizens for the state of Assam. Up to 1.9 million residents risk losing their citizenship if they are not on the list and can not prove their residency. The move is criticized for disproportionately affecting the local Bengali community.
2019-08-31

An Indian Air Force Antonov An-32 goes missing shortly after takeoff from an airbase in Assam. All 13 people aboard are presumed dead as search operations continue.
2019-06-3

Sixty-five thousand people in the Indian state of Assam are affected by floods and heavy rainfall.
2015-07-16

A grenade attack by the United Liberation Front of Assam on a family in the town of Sepon in India's Assam state kills two people.
2015-02-13

Attacks on villages in the Indian state of Assam kill dozens of people. Suspicion falls on the insurgents of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland.
2014-12-23

At least one person is killed and another four injured in renewed fighting in the Indian city of Kokrajhar in the state of Assam.
2012-08-28

Nine people are killed overnight in ethnic clashes in the Indian state of Assam with the total death toll since last Friday being 35.
2012-07-25