Citizenship nationality and assam a political history since 1950

Abstract

The thesis probes the question of the history of the making of the Indian citizenship in the context of Assam the northeastern state of India In Assam the idea of citizenship has always been set against the trope of the foreigner The notion of citizenship originated as a resource and culture specific consciousness much earlier Assam as a province of the British India developed a distinct nature of discourse about membership After independence born out of the tumultuous history of India 8482...