Assam Movement against Immigrants

Abstract

In Assam the process of migration began during the period of early Aryan settlement: a notable stream of migration was led by the Ahom kingdom that gradually conquered the whole of Assam. Later under the Treaty of Yandaboo when the British acquired control over Assam, colonial expansion in the region resulted in the growth of local industries like tea, coal mining, sawmills, railway lines and exploration of oil which attracted large-scale migration into the region. For the last over a hundred years, demographic patterns in North-East India have shown an extraordinary increase from two million in  1826-1981, to twenty six million  in 1826- 1981. In Assam between 1901-1981, population increased from 3,290,000 persons to 19,902,820 persons, thus indicating an increase of 505.01percent, whereas growth rate in India around the same period was recorded at only 186.84 percent. As a result of rising scale of population of outsiders socio-cultural and political life in north-eastern regions and in Assam in particular has been seriously impacted. Paper is generally based on secondary resources i.e. News paper, magazine, Books, Journals, Internet sources and from other historical record etc.