He also urged the Muslim community to follow the Assamese culture if they want to be treated as indigenous. “I have always said to the immigrant Muslim people that his government does not mind ...

We will seek votes after 10 years, not now." In 2022, the Assam cabinet recognised around 40 lakh Assamese-speaking Muslims with no history of migration from Bangladesh as 'indigenous Assamese ...

Muslims constitute over 34 per cent of the state’s population, but Miya Muslims residing mostly in Barak Valley, lower, central and north Assam, far outnumber Assamese-speaking Muslims ...

In Assam, "Miya" is a term often used disparagingly to refer to Bengali-speaking immigrant Muslims of Bangladeshi origin ...

The All Assam Students Union was among the groups leading the movement. The Accord aimed to satisfy the demands of Assamese nationalists who claimed that the land, culture and political rights of ...