Nellie massacre
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The Nellie massacre was a 1983 mass killing in Assam, India, in which thousands of mostly Bengali-speaking Muslims were brutally murdered amid ethnic and political tensions during the Assam Movement.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nellie massacre canonical | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mass killing
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massacre ⓘ |
| aftermath |
limited prosecutions
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widespread impunity for perpetrators ⓘ |
| cause |
anti-immigrant sentiment
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dispute over alleged illegal immigrants from Bangladesh ⓘ ethnic tensions in Assam ⓘ political tensions over electoral rolls ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | annual remembrance events in Assam ⓘ |
| context | Assam Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| date | 1983-02-18 ⓘ |
| hasSource |
human rights reports
ⓘ
journalistic investigations ⓘ scholarly works on Assam conflict ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | post-independence India ⓘ |
| investigatedBy | Tiwari Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfVictims | Bengali ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Assam
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Nagaon district NERFINISHED ⓘ Nellie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | underreported in Indian national media at the time ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
large-scale killing within a few hours
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predominantly unarmed civilian victims ⓘ |
| numberOfVictims |
approximately 1800
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between 1800 and 3000 ⓘ |
| partOf | violence during the 1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election ⓘ |
| perpetrators |
Lalung (Tiwa) tribesmen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ethnic Assamese mobs ⓘ |
| precededBy | Assam Agitation against alleged foreign nationals ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | one of the worst pogroms in post-independence India ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Assam Accord NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religionOfVictims | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reportStatus | Tiwari Commission report not fully made public ⓘ |
| result |
displacement of survivors
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mass killing of civilians ⓘ |
| targetedGroup |
Bengali-speaking Muslims
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Muslim villagers ⓘ |
| typeOfViolence |
communal violence
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ethnic violence ⓘ |
| victimDemographics | mostly women and children ⓘ |
| year | 1983 ⓘ |
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