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	Bodoland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bodoland is an area located in the north bank of Brahmaputra river in the state of Assam in north east region of India, by the foothills of Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh; inhabited predominantly by Bodo language speaking ethnic group.
		The map of Bodoland overlaps with the districts of Kokrajhar, Baksa, Chirang and Udalguri in state of Assam.
		The Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) is a 46-member body established according to the Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) of February 10, 2003.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bodoland (1423 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion
		The birth of a new political party should, therefore, be a good omen for the Bodos in Assam who have lived long under the shadow of the gun.
		Many of the leaders and workers of the Bodoland People?s Progressive Front were once members of the Bodo Liberation Tigers, an armed group of ethnic insurgents.
		The party was once accused of using the Bodoland issue to serve its electoral interests.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050415/asp/opinion/story_4615516.asp (333 words)

	The Bodo question
		The so-called Bodoland Accord was supposed to bring to an end the six-year-long agitation that was formally launched in March 1987.
		Indeed, even before the Bodoland Accord was signed, the agenda of separatist Bodo nationalism as articulated by the ABSU, which was supposed to find its fulfilment separately from Assam but within the Indian Union, had been taken over by other armed and trained militant forces.
		The idea of an alternative structure, the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), as part of the agenda for the 'peace talks' yet to be held with the BLT, was apparently mooted soon after the ceasefire and accepted by the government in March last year - though differences over territory, boundary and the inclusion of villages remain.
	www.hindu.com /fline/fl1915/19150440.htm (1390 words)

	Infochange India News Features Using their arrows for sport, not war (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In a sports field outside Dologami, an obscure village in the Chirang district of Bodoland, a line-up of young Bodo and Santhal boys and girls are poised with their bows and arrows, ready to hit a bull’s-eye.
		Another story of hope, in another corner of Bodoland, is the young brother and sister pair of Michael and Stella Hansda from the Santhal community.
		Elsewhere in Bodoland, a group of around 400 young unemployed youth, some operating individually, others in groups, are demonstrating that there are ways to make an independent and satisfactory living through small tea and rubber plantations.
	www.infochangeindia.org /features374.jsp (2255 words)

	Turning to peace
		The Bodos in the so-called Bodoland or in areas under the BAC do not constitute more than 40 per cent of their total population of about 20 lakhs.
		The Bodos readily responded to the militants' slogan that "Bodoland is for Bodos and no outsider has right to the land in their territory''.
		It had repeatedly rebuffed the overtures of the Centre and the Assam government, but now appears to be headed for the negotiation table, with its chairman Ranjan Daimari giving his associates the green signal for a political dialogue with New Delhi.
	www.flonnet.com /fl2005/stories/20030314003104700.htm (2092 words)

	MAR \| Data \| Assessment for Bodos in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		However, Bodos (one of the largest tribal groups in India) did not receive a separate state but were incorporated into the state of Assam.
		Unlike the Assamese-speaking majority in Assam, who demand secession from India, most Bodos seek autonomy within India in the form of a state of their own called "Bodoland" (which would comprise almost the entire area north of the Brahmaputra River in Assam).
		They have also been calling for an increase in the number of seats reserved for tribal peoples in admissions into educational institutions, as well as more housing grants, radio and television stations, and an agricultural university for Bodos.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=75016 (890 words)

	Al Jazeera English - Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland was formed in 1986 and has been fighting a guerrilla war to carve out an independent homeland for the Bodo tribe in Assam.
		But Assam is home to many rebel groups fighting for divergent causes and the Bodo separatists group is just one of them.
		The National Democratic Front of Bodoland claimed responsibility for at least four of the deadly attacks over the last weekend.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/A66EB9CC-08D5-40D2-87E6-44F2D7A910D7.htm (267 words)

	Welcome to Bodoland - Bodo Sahitya Sabha
		In 1986, the ABSU led a direct political movement demanding a Separate State for the Bodos and other plain tribal people of Assam which is popularly known as the Bodoland Movement.
		This movement was the greatest ever mass upsurge and human struggle in the modern history of the Bodos for their constitutional and human rights where the protection and the preservation of the Bodo's identity, language, culture and tradition were given priority.
		Bodo Accord was signed on 20th of February, 1993 and the Bodoland Autonomous Council was formed.
	www.bodoland.org /absu.htm (803 words)

	Bodoland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The flag of Bodoland, an aspirant people of India, requesting independence (see http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/ndfb.htm).
		The flag is green with a red circle in the upper left corner, bearing a five-pointed golden star.
		The front has a cadre strength of estimated 3500 fighters and is struggling for an independent Bodoland in districts north of the River Brahmaputra.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/in-bodo.html (180 words)

	100 years of Manas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Saying that the event would have a share of local flavour, the EM added that the purpose of the event was not just to display the wealth of Manas to tourists coming from the rest of the country orabroad, but to encourage the people of Bodoland become aware of their own natural heritage.
		Referring to the peculiar location of the Park, a part of which was inside the kingdom of Bhutan, he observed that participation of high authorities from Bhutan was expected.
		In the meet, MC Malakar, Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam, said that due to the efforts of the Bodoland Territorial Council, Manas was recovering from its painful past.
	www.indianjungles.com /031105c.htm (614 words)

	rediff.com Special: Bodo leader Urkhjao Gwra Brahma on the fate of the Bodo people
		PERHAPS there will shortly be a significant change in the course of the Bodoland movement: talks are on after insurgent organisations halted their struggle in response to the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government's commitment to grant constitutional safeguards to the Bodo people.
		The creation of a separate state of Bodoland is the common goal of all Bodo organisations today.
		The treaty led to the creation of the Bodoland Autonomous Council and the surrender of the largest-ever cache of arms and ammunition by members of extremist outfits that had originated during the six years of Bodoland movement.
	www.rediff.com /news/2001/dec/03spec.htm (676 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Northeast
		Kokrajhar, Jan. 29: The Hagrama Mohilary-led faction of the Bodoland People?s Progressive Front (BPPF) has begun preparations for the forthcoming Assembly elections by constituting its women and youth wings.
		Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) member Manoj Kumar Brahma and Maneswar Basumatary have been selected as president and secretary of the youth front along with 10 others in the executive committee, while Malati Rani Brahma and Akhtara Ali Ahmed head the 12-member women front committee as president and secretary respectively.
		The formation of the youth and women wings by the Hagrama faction came after the rival faction led by Rabiram Narzary announced that it would go for an electoral understanding with the National Democratic Front of Boroland for Assembly elections.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1060130/asp/northeast/story_5779604.asp (313 words)

	Assam: Ex-Rebels Turn Kingmakers
		Considered as one of the main brains behind the seven-year violent Bodoland movement, Brahma is still a haunted man. Besides, several cases are pending against former BLT cadres and leaders.
		This function was organised by the Hagrama Mohilary faction of the Bodoland Peoples’ Progressive Front (BPPF) to mark the party’s victory in the Assembly elections and formation of a coalition government with the Congress.
		Speaking on the occasion, BTC chief and party president Hagrama Mohilary said, “Our objectives are to implement the accord of the BTC in letter and spirit for the development of the BTC areas in all aspects and to carry on the good job in the rest of the state.
	www.saag.org /papers19/paper1836.html (1796 words)

	Territories of fear
		The Assam government's notification on the formation of the Bodoland Territorial Council has given fillip to fears among the non-Bodo communities, portending a resumption of sectarian violence.
		The BTC is to come into being at a date yet to be announced, possibly after the elections to the Guwahati Municipal Corporation scheduled for December 1, according to Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.
		At the height of the Bodoland agitation in the late 1980s when only the 1971 Census was available (there was no Census in Assam in 1981) its leaders claimed that in `Assam alone', the Bodo population was `forty lakhs' - a piece of understandable rhetorical exaggeration.
	www.hinduonnet.com /fline/fl2024/stories/20031205003103900.htm (1499 words)

	The National Democratice Front of Bodoland (NDFB)
		The National Democratice Front of Bodoland (NDFB) was formed in 1988.
		The group was formed to attain a "sovereign Bodoland" in the region to the north of river Brahmaputra.
		A yearlong cease-fire pact between the Indian government and a tribal separatist group in the northeastern Assam state began 01 June 2005 amid hopes of ending nearly two decades of violent insurgency in the region.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/para/ndfb.htm (425 words)

	Infochange India News Features ‘Only those who can pay bribes survive’ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Staying under the umbrella of Assam, Bodoland is a ‘quasi autonomous’ area created under the 6th Schedule of the Constitution.
		Produce from the land, the people’s daily diet, is an indicator of their health, and Bodoland is rich in seasonal fruits and vegetables.
		Asked whether the emergence of Bodoland has made her life better in any way, Deepa says yes, although roads have not yet reached their village they are seeing other parts of Bodoland where communication systems are improving.
	www.infochangeindia.org /features365.jsp (2955 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper
		The one-year tripartite ceasefire agreement between the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), the Government of India and the Assam state government ends on May 31, and the leadership and cadre of the militant outfit are getting edgy.
		Despite many feelers to the government from what was once considered the most dreaded of all the militant outfits in the Northeast, so far there have been no moves by the authorities to extend the ceasefire.
		In 1994, the BDSF re-christened itself as the NDFB with the purported objective of securing a ‘sovereign Bodoland’ in the areas north of the river Brahmaputra.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main18.asp?filename=Ne052006Uncertainty_Beneath_SR.asp (1018 words)

	Asia Times
		The settlement is another feather in the cap for Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who just two weeks ago sat down for talks with the leader of the powerful National Socialist Council for Nagaland, Thuingaleng Muivah, for a permanent end to the half-a-century old Naga insurgency in the northeast.
		ULFA and another Bodo militant outfit, the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB), have in the past shared bases and logistics in the jungles of southern Bhutan, whose government recently pledged to flush out sanctuaries for anti-India insurgents.
		According to R C A Jain, the NDFB, which is committed to continue the struggle for a separate country for the Bodos, now stands completely marginalized.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/EB12Df01.html (801 words)

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		A solution could be found to this problem only by granting a separate State of Bodoland within the Indian Union on the lines of Uttranchal, Vananchal and Chattisgarh.
		But in the case of Bodoland, more than 2,000 Bodo people were either killed or butchered so far either by the security forces or by some planted agent provocateurs or due to some militants' action.
		Bodos are always with the rest of the country Bodos are nationalists, they want to coexist in India as dignified Indian citizens with their district linguistic, ethnic and cultural self-identity.
	parliamentofindia.nic.in /lsdeb/ls12/ses2/1031079807.htm (2450 words)

	Pakistan Times \| Top Story: 12 killed in separatist violence in northeast India
		It was the fourth attack blamed on rebels belonging to the outlawed National Democratic Front of Bodoland in the district since Sunday.
		The National Democratic Front of Bodoland is fighting for an independent homeland for the Bodo tribe and is active in parts of western and northern Assam.
		The group Saturday killed 14 shoppers in Makrijhora, a village a few kilometers (miles) from the scene of Tuesday's attack in the village of Jalabela.
	pakistantimes.net /2004/10/06/top8.htm (553 words)

	outlookindia.com \| wired
		Bodoland Peoples Progressive Front (BPPF), which has extended support to the Congress in Assam, today said the outfit was not after ministerial berths but wants implementation of the Bodo Accord and peace in the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) area.
		We also want the Bodos, Garos, Rabhas and all the tribals living in Karbi Anglong district to be included in the scheduled tribe list and equal status in the district autonomous council there." Asked if his demands were similar as the other insurgent outfits in the state, he said, " ULFA, NDFB demands are different.
		I was in Bodoland Liberation Tigers and our demand was only for development of the Bodo areas." "If the government talks with the ULFA, NDFB, DHD and UPDS, then their problems can also be solved," he added.
	www.outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=384620 (478 words)

	BPPF(R) to hold demonstration during winter session
		The Bodoland People's Progressive Front's (BPPF) Rabiram faction today informed that the party will organise a sit-in demonstration at Dispur on December 11, the first day of winter session of the state Assembly.
		BPPF (R) chief Rabiram Narzary said here the demonstration would protest the ''rampant corruption'' in the Bodoland Territorial Administrative Districts (BTAD) area in the four districts of Kokrajhar, Baska, Chirang and Udalguri.
		The party would highlight four issues, particularly the demand for a CBI enquiry into the alleged misappropriation of DRDA and other funds by the BTAD administration, he said.
	news.webindia123.com /news/articles/India/20061210/532973.html (195 words)

	Assam & The North-East : Education 2000
		GUWAHATI, Feb 18: The All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU) is sticking to its gun on the issue of carving out a separate Bodoland State for the Bodos of the State.
		Bodoland supporters participating in the rally jointly organised by the ABSU and the BPAC at Champawati playground, Dhirenpara at Guwahati on March 2.
		GUWAHATI, Aug 2: After the two consecutive bomb explosions on railway tracks, it was the 24-hour bandh called by the All Bodo Students' Union (ABSU) which disrupted railway communications between the State and the rest of the country.
	www.axom.faithweb.com /education/students.html (5020 words)

	outlookindia.com \| wired
		After he had won the 2001 polls with a record 71 seats, Gogoi was credited with winning all the elections which were held during his first tenure, ranging from panchayat, municipality, parliamentary and assembly by-polls.
		The BPPF(H) was formed by the BLT after it came overground and disbanded to democratically govern the Bodoland Territorial Council.
		Beginning his career as a lawyer and joining politics when he was elected as a member of the Jorhat Municipal Board in 1968, Gogoi's leadership qualities were evident even during his student days, when he held important positions in the students' union.
	www.outlookindia.com /pti_news.asp?id=386100 (682 words)

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