1Research Scholar, Department of Sociology, University of Mumbai, Vidyanagari, Santacruz-East, Mumbai, India
2Professor (Rtd), Former Head of the, Department of Sociology, University of Mumbai, Vidyanagari, Santacruz-East, Mumbai, India
Online published on 2 September, 2019.
Since time immemorial, migration of Human beings across the globe has been accepted with logical rights and as a need-based phenomenon irrespective of National and International laws of the land. However, migration when illegal, possess a threat leading to violence, turbulence and intolerance in the society. In similar lines, a logical and lawful study of unrest Assam on the socio-economic, political, cultural and demographic front due to illegal immigrants needs to be intensified maintaining chronological events specifically in a Post Assam movement period (1979–1985). Due to the silent invasion of Bangladeshis into Assam since the second half of the 19th century, the indigenous people of Assam face a strong feeling of insecurity on the demographic and socio-economic front. The present work is dealt with an analytical approach of Assam Accord, on illegal immigration from Bangladesh into Indian Territory and its impacts on the socio-economic scene, demographic transformation and on illegal trade in the Dhubri district of Assam.
Assam Accord, Dhubri district, Demographic transformation, Illegal immigrants