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Eight people are killed and more than 115,000 people are displaced after heavy flooding in Assam, India.
2023-07-18

At least 50 people have been killed and more than two million affected by heavy monsoon flooding in Assam, India.
2020-07-15

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

The Rajya Sabha of India votes 125 to 105 to pass a controversial amendment to the Indian nationality law that would expedite citizenship for religious minorities from Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. As the bill omits Muslims, critics say it's discriminatory and violates the secular nature of the Constitution. Massive protests break out in the state of Assam in response.
2019-12-11

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

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

Fighting between indigenous tribes and Muslim settlers in Assam, northeast India kills at least 19 people, causing 50,000 people to flee.
2012-07-23

At least three people die and 50 are injured after a passenger train derails in the Kamrup district in India's Assam state.
2012-02-3

At least 26 people die following a bus crash near Guwahati, the capital of India's Assam state.
2011-05-30

Four people are killed and many more are injured by police fire in Assam in India during a protest by thousands against government registration.
2010-07-21