Nellie, 1983

Nellie, 1983

Cover page of Nellie, 1983
Author Diganta Sharma
Original title Nellie, 1983
Country India
Language Assamese
Subject Historic
Published October 30, 2007
Eklabya Prakashan
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 94

Nellie, 1983 is an Assamese book written by Diganta Sharma based on the Nellie massacre that took place during the Assam Movement in 1983. The book is published by Eklabya Prakashan, Jorhat, Assam.[1]

Cover story

On February 17, 1983 two truckload police contingents came to Borbori and assured the inhabitants that they are patrolling nearby and full security has been provided to them. Being assured of security by the security personnel, alleged so called Bangladeshi Muslim residents of Nellie went to work outside as usual on February 18, 1983. At around 8:30 am, suddenly the village was attacked by mobs from three sides surrounding the villagers and pushing them towards river Kopili. People armed with sharp weapons, spears, and a few guns, advanced towards Nellie in an organized manner. The attackers encircled the whole village and left open the side that ends towards river Kopili. There were attackers in boats too. Killing started at around 9 am and continued till 3 pm. Most of the victims were women and children in the infamous Nellie massacre which resulted 3000 lives (non officially 10000).[2] The survivors were taken to Nagaon police station. Most of the survivors were put into Nellie camp at Nagaon and they returned to their village after 14 days upon restoration of normalcy. Police filed 688 criminal, of which 378 cases were closed due to "lack of evidence" and 310 cases were charge sheeted, and all these cases were dropped by Government as a part of Assam Accord and as a result not a single person got punishment.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ahmed Laskar, Waliullah. "Review of Book on Nellie Massacre by Diganta Sharma". Scribd. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  2. ↑ Uddin, Main. "Genesis of nellie massacre and assam agitation". Academia.edu. Retrieved 3 Nov 2015.
  3. ↑ Khatun, Shazida. "Nellie, 1983 book review: Most Horrendous Genecide in Assam by Diganta Sharma". INDILENS. Retrieved 22 January 2016.


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