1997 Nislamari massacre

Terrorist incident in Assam, India Nislamari massacre the Insurgency in Northeast India India Assam 26.73 91.76 Nichlamari, Darrang district, Assam, India Bengali Hindus 30 December 1997 UTC+5:30 Massacre 12 3 National Democratic Front of Bodoland firearms On 30 December 1997, gunmen belonging to National Democratic Front of Bodoland gunned down 12 Bengali Hindus in the outskirts of Nislamari in Darrang district (now in Udalguri district) in the state of Assam.Gokhale Nitin A. More Season's Greetings https://www.outlookindia.com/national/more-seasons-greetings-news-204939 3 November 2018 Outlook Outlook Publishing 26 January 1998Dynamic Analysis of Dispute Management http://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/asiapacific-region/indiabodos-1967-present/ University of Central Arkansas University of Central Arkansas 3 November 2018 1 October 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201001191930/https://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/asiapacific-region/indiabodos-1967-present/ dead The dead included a six-month-old baby and six women. On the next day the group attacked another village nearby and killed 9 Bengalis. Background Following non-implementation of the 1993 Bodo Accord, the erstwhile Bodo Security Force transformed itself into National Democratic Front of Bodoland with the stated goal of secession from India and the formation of a sovereign Bodoland. The Christian dominated NDFB targeted the minority ethnic groups in the Bodo inhabited areas. NDFB also violently clashed for supremacy with the Hindu-dominated the Bodo Liberation Tigers Force that espoused the formation of a Bodo autonomous region within Assam. In this violent battle for supremacy, the Bodo Liberation Tigers Force aligned with the Bengali Liberation Tigers for the protection of the Bengali Hindu people from the NDFB attacks. On 30 December 1997, the massacre took place in the outskirts of Nislamari (also spelled Nichlamari) about the 28 kilometers from Tangla in Darrang district (now in Udalguri district). According to Assam police the NDFB insurgents were targeting Bengali Liberation Tigers cadres in the area.Dasgupta Monimoy Bodo Rebels Kill 12 Bengalis The Telegraph India 1 January 1998 Killings On 30 December 1997, at around 8 PM IST, a group of NDFB militants entered the Nislamari locality. They dragged 15 Bengali Hindus from four houses and fired on them. Twelve persons including a six-month-old baby and six women died on the spot. Three persons were critically injured. Following the incident the villagers didn't allow the authorities to take the bodies for autopsy till the Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta visited the village. References Bangladesh Category:20th-century mass murders in India Category:December 1997 in India Category:December 1997 crimes Category:Massacres in 1997 Category:1990s in Assam Category:Darrang district Category:Udalguri district Category:Deaths by firearm in India Category:Bodo nationalism Category:Christian terrorist incidents in Asia Category:Terrorist incidents in India in 1997 Category:1997 mass shootings in Asia Category:1997 murders in India Category:Massacres of Bengali Hindus in Assam Category:1997 in Christianity Category:Mass shootings in India Category:History of Christianity in India Category:Violence against women in India Category:Terrorism in Assam