February 27
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United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)
terrorists kill the State PWD and Forest Minister, Nagen Sharma
assassinated by ULFA terrorists.Four others are also killed in
the attack, in Nalbari district.
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March 5
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State Veterinary Minister Hiranya Konwar escapes assassination
attempt by ULFA terrorists near Moran, Sibsagar district.
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March 14
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Chief Minister Mahanta alleges that Pakistan's High Commissioner
in Bangladesh is playing an active role in sending ULFA terrorists
to Pakistan for arms training. He also points that ISI operatives
have stepped up subversive activities in the Northeast.
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March 15
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Union Home Minister L.K. Advani informs Parliament that operations
against the Bodo Liberation Tiger (BLT)
have been suspended after the group agreed to abide by the Indian
Constitution.
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March 29
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Union government and BLT arrive at an agreement on 'ground rules
for truce' and to se tup a Joint Monitoring Group to oversee the
ceasefire.
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March 30
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Chief Minister Mahanta reveals on the floor of the State Assembly
that Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA) and Muslim
United Liberation Front of Assam (MULFA) are active in the State
and adds that activists of the two terrorist outfits are receiving
training in foreign countries.
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April 2
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Assam Police discloses that 62 suspected terrorists, belonging
to various outfits operating in India's Northeast region, were
arrested in Bangladesh prior to the visit of United States President
Bill Clinton to that country.
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April 3
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Union Home Minister L.K. Advani reiterates government's readiness
for talks with ULFA and National Democratic Front of Bodoland
(NDFB) terrorists,
provided they laid down arms and agreed for negotiations within
the framework of the Indian Constitution.
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April 4
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In the largest ever surrender of terrorists in the State, 532
cadres of ULFA, NDFB and Karbi
National Volunteers, lay down arms in the presence of the
State Governor, Lt. Gen (Retd.) S.K. Sinha, at Rang-Ghar, Sibsagar
district.
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April 6
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Chief Minister Mahanta lays on the table of the State Legislative
Assembly a Statement entitled ISI
Ativities in Assam.
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April 9
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The United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS)
- a joint body of the KNV and Karbi People's Front (KPF), massacre
11 persons in Karbi Anglong district.
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April 11
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BLFT outlines three major demands for settling the Bodo problem.
They are: the creation of a separate State of Bodoland on the
north bank of the Brahmaputra; creation of an autonomous district
council on the south bank of the Brahmaputra; and the inclusion
of the Bodos of Karbi Anglong district in the Sixth Schedule of
the Constitution.
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April 19
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The UPDS terrorists gun down 11 persons in two separate incidents
in Karbi Anglong district.
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May 18
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Six persons, including an executive magistrate, killed in an
ambush laid by Dima Halim
Daogah (DHD) terrorists near Haflong, North Cachar Hills district.
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May 27
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The Self-styled Assistant Publicity Secretary, Central Committee
leader, and editor of ULFA's website newsletter Swadhinata
also known as Freedom, Swadhinata Phukan, alias Kabiranjan
Saikia, killed in an encounter with security forces in Gendheli,
Jorhat district.
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May 30
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Security forces arrest six ISI agents from Ghograpar, Nalbari
district, and recover incriminating documents from them.
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June 30
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Three security force personnel killed and two others injured
in an ambush laid by DHD terrorists in North Cachar Hills district.
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July 11
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12 National Socialist Council of Nagaland--Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM)
terrorists killed in an encounter with security forces in Bholapunji,
Cachar district.
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July 15
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United People's Democratic Solidarity (UPDS)
terrorists massacre 10 persons, including two women and four children,
in Langparpang, Karbi Anglong district.
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July 31
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National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)
terrorists blow up two bogies of passenger train bound for Rangiya
at Soonmari, about 60 km from Guwahati, killing 14 passengers.
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August 1
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NDFB terrorists explode a bomb on a passenger train killing 12
and injuring several others near Tezpur.
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August 12
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Four ULFA terrorists killed in an encounter with army in Tinsukia.
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August 15
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Three hundred ULFA terrorists including one of its top leaders
Lohit Deuri surrendered before Assam’s Chief Minister. A 'commander'
of ULFA, Anil Bora alias Basant Phukan killed in an encounter
with police in Dibrugarh.
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August 18
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Six terrorists including four of the ULFA and two of the Rabha
National Security (RNS) surrendered Four hardcore ULFA terrorists
killed in an encounter with army in Tinsukia.
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August 19
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Beneshawar Brahama, President of the Bodo Sahitya Shaba killed
by suspected NDFB terrorists at Guwahati.
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August 21
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NDFB terrorists kill five Muslim civilians in Dhubri. At Garagaon,
another group of NDFB terrorists kill Bodo MLA Mohini Basumatary.
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August 25
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Bodo terrorists kill five persons in a landmine blast in Kokrajhar
district. The killed include two security force personnel and
three suspected Muslim terrorists being taken for interrogation.
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September 10
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An ULFA terrorist, who was the main accused in the killing of
Sanjoy Gosh, General Secretary of an NGO, AVARD-NE, killed in
an encounter in Jorhat.
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September 12
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Suspension of operations by security forces against the BLT in
Assam further extended for one year following an agreement between
the Central government, the Assam Government and the BLT. The
extension comes into effect on September 15.
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September 14
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Suspected terrorists of NSCN-IM and UPDS kill eleven people including
ten policemen in an ambush near Diphu.
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September 16
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Two hundred ULFA terrorists operating in central Assam’s Nagaon
and Morigaon districts surrendered with their ‘commander’ Pranab
Bora alias Swapnil Deka Raja.
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September 18
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A news report stated that in a special joint operation conducted
over a period of two weeks, eighteen ULFA terrorists were killed
in Bhutan.
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September 28
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Three terrorists of the NDFB and one security force personnel
killed in an encounter in Nalbari district.
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September 29
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Ten ULFA terrorists killed in an encounter with security force
personnel at Sareswar.
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October 23
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15 people killed by suspected ULFA terrorists killed in two separate
incidents in Tinsukia and Dibrugarh districts.
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October 25
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68 terrorists, including 54 ULFA cadre, 10 MULTA insurgents and
four NDFB terrorists, surrender in Assam.
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October 27
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ULFA terrorists massacre nine persons and injure 12 more in Nalbari
district.
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October 31
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Alert sounded in eight districts -- Kamrup, Nalbari, Nagaon,
Sonitpur, Dibrugarh, Marigaon, Sibsagar and Tinsukia --following
Intelligence reports of probable ULFA attacks.
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November 5
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U B Brahma, President of the ABSU declines to join the BLT in
the talks with the Central Government.
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November 8
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Eight civilians, including seven of a non-Assamese community,
killed by suspected NDFB terrorists in Barpeta district.
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November 13
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Section 144 of the CRPC imposed in Nalbari to prevent breach
of public peace and tranquility. The Chief Minister claims that
a political party with a 'long association' with ULFA is responsible
for the recent massacres.
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November 16
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10 members of a non-Assamese community killed in Sibsagar district
at a time when a parliamentary team of the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) is on a tour to monitor the law and order situation in the
State.
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November 20
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In his meeting with the Union Home Minister, the Chief Minister
demands more number of security forces to tackle the law and oder
problem.
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November 22
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Assam State unit of the Communist Party of India (CPI) asks the
Union government to announce a unilateral cease-fire agaist all
terrorist outfits in the State.
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November 25
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Eight woodcutters klled by NDFB terrorists in the Lung Sung forest
reserve.
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November 26
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Four non-Assamese, 'Biharis' killed by ULFA terrorists. Chief
Minister alleges that the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) is
aiding and abetting terrorism in the region.
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November 27
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The Chief Minister, speaking at a Peace Rally, urges Central
government to adopt a 'Kashmir type method' to tackle insurgency
in Assam.
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November 28
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Three non-Assamese, Biharis, killed by ULFA terrorists in Tinsukia
district.
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November 30
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22 persons -- a majority of them non-Assamese, including eight
Bihari truck drivers -- killed in three separate massacres in
Bongaigaon district.
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December 3
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Central government despatches 30 additional para-military companies
to the State to launch 'pro-active operations' against terrorists.
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December 6
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160 terrorists including 153 belonging to ULFA and 7 NDFB cadres
surrender in Dispur.House of Paresh Baruah, ULFA chief, in Dhubri
district attacked by unidentified miscreants .
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December 7
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28 Hindi-speaking petty traders and farm workers from Bihar killed
by suspected ULFA terrorists near Sadiya.
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December 8
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Brother of Sasha Choudhury, 'foreign secretary' of ULFA killed
by unidentified assailants in Nalbari district.
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December 9
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Union Defence Minister, speaking at Bhubaneswar, rules out foreign
hand behind the massacres in the State.Governor hints at a safe
passage offer for the terrorists during the Bihu festival.
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December 11
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Governor hints at the formation of an 'armed resistance force'
comprising of people from all the communities in view of the spate
of violence in the State.
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December 12
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11 BLT terrorists killed in an internecine clash with the NDFB
terrorists in Barpeta district.18 additional companies of CRPF
deployed in 18 districts of the State.
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I D Swami, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs,speaking
in the Parliament, confirms the reports that ULFA has been procuring
arms from the Chinese Army.
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Army sources claim that the ULFA chief, Paresh Baruah has been
injured and his deputy, Raju Baruah killed in an internecine clash
in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.
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Paresh Baruah calls up news channels to contradict the reports
of the clash.
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Four NDFB terrorists killed in an encounter inside the Manas
National Park in Bongaigaon district.
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NDFB declared an unlawful association under the Unlawful
Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 by the Central government.Sixteen
civilians, including ten Bhutanese traders, killed in separate
incidents by suspected BLT terrorists in Barpeta, Darrang and
Nalbari district.
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Government of Bhutan blames the BLT for the massacre of its citizens
in Assam.
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Eight persons from the Hindi-speaking community killed by suspected
UPDS terrorists at Ranganagar village in Karbi Anglong district.
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Four Hind-speaking persons killed by suspected UPDS terrorists
at Disobai forest in Karbi Anglong district.
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