Social Tensions in Assam: Middle Class Politics

acquired Ahom Amalendu Guha Ambikagiri anti-Bengali argued aspirations Assam agitation Assam Movement Assamese language Assamese middle class Assamese nationalism Assamese peasantry Assamese society Assamese speaking Assamese students assimilation Atma Pratistha Barpujari began Bengali elite Bengali immigrants Bengali speaking population bighas Bodo bourgeoisie Brahmaputra valley century Chatra Chaudhury's chauvinistic chauvinistic tendencies concept Congress cultivation cultural identity Delhi dialect of Bengali discussion divide and rule dominant economic educated elites emergence ethnic fact forces freedom struggle Gail Omvedt Gauhati Government of Assam grievances hectares hegemony Hindu Ibid ideas important India Indian national congress Indian nationalism influence interesting to note issues Kalita land reforms landless mainly Manorama Sharma national consciousness national identity National Question official language Omvedt op.cit Planter Raj position problem Raj to Swaraj Ray Chaudhury regional role rural Sabha Sanmilan situation small nationalities social student movements tenant tensions in Assam Tilottama Tilottama Misra tradition