Z Assam: The Accord, The Discord

Assam: The Accord, The Discord

Book by Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

PUBLICATION: Penguin Random House

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

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Overview
The Assam Accord, which sought to end a six-year-long agitation against illegal immigrants in Assam, was signed between members of the All Assam Students Union (AASU), and state and central governments just a few hours before Rajiv Gandhi was to deliver the Independence Day address in 1985. Immediately afterwards, the student leaders were catapulted from their hostel rooms into the corridors of power. Their party, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), was voted to power the same year, with Prafulla Kumar Mahanta becoming the youngest ever chief minister of an Indian state.