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BARAK VALLEY        

25th October, 2021

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Context

  • The defacing of Assamese slogans on hoardings of Jal Jeevan Mission in the Bengali-majority Barak Valley has led to a call for the bifurcation of Assam.

 

About

  • Miscreants had over the past few days smeared some hoardings in black to protest the “imposition” of the Assamese language in Barak Valley, where Bengali is the official language.
  • The Barak Valley is located in the southern region of the Indian state of Assam.
  • The region is named after the Barak river.
  • The Barak valley mainly consists of three administrative districts of Assam - namely Cachar, Karimganj, and Hailakandi.
  • The main city of the valley is Silchar.

 

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