Object: move of government to update NRC in Assam, in order to identify illegal migrants to Assam from erstwhile East Pakistan (now called Bangladesh) on and after 25th March 1971 (cut-off date for the deportation of illegal migrants).
Timeline:
- 1951: The register was first prepared after the 1951 Census of India. But remained updated until recently.
- 1985: Assam Accord: After 1971, a the six-year-long movement led by the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) from 1979 to 1985, for deporting illegal migrants.
- It demanded the updating of the NRC and the deportation of all illegal migrants who had entered Assam after 1951.
- The movement culminated in the signing of the Assam Accord in 1985.
- March 25, 1971 was set as the cut-off date for the deportation of illegal migrants.
- 2013: Assam Public Works and Assam Sanmilita Mahasangha & Ors filed a writ petition before the Supreme Court demanding the deletion of illegal migrants' names from voter lists in Assam.
- 2014: Supreme Court ordered for updation of NRC in accordance with Citizenship Act, 1955 and Citizenship Rules, 2003 in all parts of Assam.
- August 31, 2019: The updation process officially started in 2015 and the updated final NRC was released on August 31.
- Over 1.9 million applicants failing to make it to the NRC list.
- This led to protests.
- However, the excluded people have about 120 days to appeal against their exclusion to the foreigner tribunals.
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