On October 7 , 1972 , while leading a procession from Nagaon to hojai in support of a bandh called by the All Assam Students Union , Anil Bora Was beaten to death at Hojai by people who opposed the bandh as well as the Movement . Subsequently , violence spread all over the Brahmaputra valley . In a stunning incident on 18 February , 1983 , a mob of indigenous Assamese people killed 2191 suspected immigrants , mostly children and women , brutally with weapons like knives , daggers or simply bamboo sticks in 14 villages in Nagaon district . This is one of the most barbaric massacres of modern India known as the Nellie massacre
Nellie massacre
Nellie massacre
Assam Movement