This book presents an authoritative assessment of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in Assam from 2015 to 2019, examining its historical reasons, legal foundations, procedural mechanisms and political context. Across thirteen chapters, the book traces the origins of migration from the present-day territories of Bangladesh into Assam over the last 120 years, its demographic and socio-economic impact on indigenous communities, especially on land,
This book presents an authoritative assessment of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise in Assam from 2015 to 2019, examining its historical reasons, legal foundations, procedural mechanisms and political context. Across thirteen chapters, the book traces the origins of migration from the present-day territories of Bangladesh into Assam over the last 120 years, its demographic and socio-economic impact on indigenous communities, especially on land,