Assam Movement ( or Assam Agitation ) ( 1979-1985 ) was a popular movement against illegal immigrants in Assam . The movement , led by All Assam Students Union ( AASU ) and the ' All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad ' ( AAGSP ) , developed a program of protests and demonstration to compel the Indian government to identify and expel illegal , ( mostly Bangladeshi ) , immigrants and protect and provide constitutional , legislative and administrative safeguards to the indigenous Assamese people . The Nellie massacre and Khoirabari massacre were some cases of extreme violence . The unrest officially ended on 15 August ,1985 , following the Assam Accord , which was signed by leaders of AASU-AAGSP and the Government of India . During this period of six long years of the historic movement , as reported 855 ( later on 860 as submitted by AASU ) nos of people sacrificed their lives in the hope of an " Infiltration Free Assam " in the 1979-1985 Assam agitation
Khoirabari massacre
Khoirabari massacre
Assam Movement