Thread by @abhishekdey04

A short explainer on the #AssamMizoramBorderClash issue if that helps.

What is the origin of the conflict?

The origin of the disagreement lies in differing views on which border demarcation to follow -- both have their origin in the colonial era.

(1/n)

Mizoram stresses on an 1875 notification from the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation Act 1873, which demarcated the hills from the plains and valleys in the North East. The hills were notified  “excluded areas” and it essentially restricted free travel. (2/n)

Assam stresses on a 1933 notification of the state government that demarcated the Lushai Hills (present day Mizoram) from the province of Manipur. (3/n)

How long has the conflict been happening?

Mizoram was carved out of Assam as a Union Territory in 1972, it became a state in 1987. Border-related agitation between the two states have happened on and off since 1994. But the current scale of tension is unprecedented. (4/n)

But it would not be wrong to say that the current scale of tension is unprecedented. Incidents of violence involving highway blockage, arson, physical assault and death. Both states accuse each other of encroachment. With time, the dispute has got an ethnic colour. (5/n)

The districts of Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimgang in the Barak valley of Assam, dominated by Bengali speaking community, share a 164 km long border stretch with three Mizoram districts -- Aizawl, Mamit and Kolasib.

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On #AssamMizoramBorder and similar disputes. A more detailed piece by my colleague @utpal_parashar in @htTweets :

hindustantimes.com/india-news/ass…

Conflicts that date back to centuries. On interstate border disputes in the Northeast region. Read my colleague @ziahaq's piece in @htTweets:
hindustantimes.com/analysis/why-n…