The NRC update that can spark a major socio-political change in Assam
The bedrock for a series of events, from Assam Agitation to today’s updating of the NRC all started in the year 1978. The then Member of Parliament from Mangaldoi Lok Sabha constituency late Hiralal Patowary expired all of a sudden, resulting in a by-election. An unnatural increase in the number of voters was detected by the authorities while preparing the voters' list. This started a six-year-long agitation across Assam (1979-1985) known as the Assam Agitation, which ended with the signing of an Accord famously known as the Assam Accord on 15th August 1985.