Assam, which existed as the composite Assam Province under British rule, and the four new states carved out of it post Independence, are yet to come to terms with their demarcated boundaries. The ...

Ethnic clashes in India’s northeastern Assam province have left 32 dead as of Wednesday and sent an estimated 150,000 fleeing their homes to escape the violence, police said. Long-standing tensions ...

On November 22, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma said that six people had died after the Assam Police opened fire during a clash with civilians on the Assam-Meghalaya border. Violence had broken ...

Assam became a part of the Indian Union only after a tug-of-war between the Congress and Muslim League. Mohammad Ali Jinnah made strong claims for the state's inclusion in Pakistan but tenacious ...

The creation of the province of Eastern Bengal and Assam in 1905, through the partitioning of Bengal on October 16, is one of the most significant events in the history of modern Bangladesh. The new ...