Assam pre-election riots

Title

Assam pre-election riots

Genre

News report

TX Date

17 Feb 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:01:19

Description

Report on the riots in Assam in the run up the Indian general elections, with student organisations calling for the elections to be called off until immigrants, mainly from Bangladesh and West Bengal, are struck off the voting lists and expelled. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Deportation; India; Immigrants; Riots; Civil and political rights; General elections; Students; Bangladesh; Assam; West Bengal; Electoral registers

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