Nellie massacre
1983 CE.
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The Nellie massacre took place in central Assam during a seven-hour period on the morning of 18 February 1983. The massacre claimed the lives of 2000–3000 people from 14 villages—Alisingha, Khulapathar, Basundhari, Bugduba Beel, Bugduba Habi, Borjola, Butuni, Dongabori, Indurmari, Mati Parbat, Muladhari, Mati Parbat no. 8, Silbheta, Borburi and Nellie—of Nagaon district. The victims were people of East Bengali Muslim (Modern-day Bangladesh) descent. Three media personnel—Hemendra Narayan of The Indian Express, Bedabrata Lahkar of The Assam Tribune, and Sharma of ABC—were witnesses to the massacre. The death toll was notably high among children, women, and the elderly, who were unable to flee the attackers. Bodies were strewn across fields and in some instances, whole families were killed. The victims were called foreigners, or even Bangladeshis, despite the fact that the majority of them had been living there since the 1930s. The violence that took place in Nellie was by natives, mostly rural peasants. It was carried out by a mob comprising local people, including Tiwas, the Koch caste Assamese Hindus, and other local communities.
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