All assam students union aasu met union home minister rajnath singh along with assam chief minister. Accord between aasu, aagsp and the central government on. Appendix a assam accord, 15 august, 1985 issue memorandum. Later citizenship act was amended for the first time in the next year, 1986. The assam accord was a memorandum of settlement mos signed between representatives of the government of india and the leaders of the assam movement. Clause 6 of the accord envisaged that appropriate constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards, shall be provided to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social, linguistic identity and heritage of the assamese people. The accord brought an end to the assam agitation and paved the way for the leaders of the agitation to form a political party and form a government in the. Copy of assam accord signed in 1985 in presence of rajiv gandhi between goi and aasu protesters. Under assam accord of 1985, foreigners who had entered assam before march 25, 1971 were to be given citizenship. Clause 6 of assam accord burning issues pdf download. The assam accord was a memorandum of settlement mos signed between representatives of the government of india and the leaders of. The assam accord has been signed on 15 th august, 1985 amongst union of india, govt. The signing of the assam accord brought an end to the assam movement regarding immigrants in assam.
You can also download this article as pdf for future reference. Accord between aasu, aagsp and the central government. The all assam student union aasu and all assm gana sangram parishad aagsp have also expressed their keenness. The all assam students union aasu and the all assam gana sangram parished aagsp have also expressed their keenness to find such a solution.
Assam accord and its clauses implementation of assam. A memorandum of settlement mos was signed between the government of india and the all assam students union in 1985 known as the assam accord. Amended citizenship act shifts the cutoff date to december 2014. Assam accord, 15 august, 1985 accord between aasu, aagsp and central govt, on the foreign national issue memorandum of settlement 1. Government have all along being most anxious to find a satisfactory solution to the problem in assam. The assam accord 1985 was a memorandum of settlement mos signed between representatives of the government of india and the leaders of the assam movement in new delhi on 15 august 1985. What is assam accord of 1985 and how amended citizenship.
After assam agitation of 19791985, assam accord was signed on 15th august, 1985. It followed a sixyear agitation that started in 1979. Assam accord and its clauses implementation of assam accord. Cabinet approves high level committee to implement clause 6 of. To implement the various clauses of assam accord a new department has been established in the name of implementation of assam accord department during the year 1986. Clause 6 of assam accord burning issues pdf download studyiq. The assam accord has been signed on 15th august, 1985 amongst union of india, govt.
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