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The Prime Minister paid tribute on Swahid Diwas (10 December 2025), honouring the martyrs of the Assam Movement and reaffirming the Government’s commitment to strengthening Assam’s culture and ensuring holistic development of the state.
About Swahid Diwas
- Observed in Assam to commemorate the martyrs of the Assam Movement (1979–1985).
- Recognises those who died during the agitation for identification, deletion and deportation of illegal migrants to protect the demographic, cultural and linguistic identity of the Assamese people.
About the Assam Movement
- Period: 1979–1985.
- Led by AASU (All Assam Students’ Union) and AAGSP.
- Trigger: Concerns over illegal immigration from Bangladesh affecting Assam’s demographic balance.
- Core demands:
- Detection of illegal migrants
- Updating electoral rolls
- Preservation of Assamese culture and identity
- Culmination: Assam Accord (1985) signed between AASU, AAGSP and the Government of India; provided mechanisms for identifying and addressing illegal immigration.
UPSC Prelims Pointers
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| Satya Shodhak Samaj organized (2016)
(a) a movement for upliftment of tribals in Bihar (b) a temple-entry movement in Gujarat (c) an anti-caste movement in Maharashtra (d) a peasant movement in Punjab |
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