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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

As anger over the new citizenship law grows in the Indian states of Assam and Tripura, the government calls in the Army to restore peace. Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeals for calm.
2019-12-12

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

The death toll from floods in the Indian state of Assam rises to seven, with 650,000 people displaced.
2015-08-23

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

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

27 people are killed after their bus plunges into a gorge in Assam, eastern India.
2011-05-31

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