All Assam Minority Students' Union
| Abbreviation | AAMSU |
|---|---|
| Formation | 31 March 1980 |
| Type | Student organization |
| Headquarters | Guwahati |
Region served | Assam, India |
President | Rejaul Karim Sarkar |
General Secretary | Imtiaz Hussain Minnatul Islam |
Information and Technology Secretary | Md Aminur Rahman |
All Assam Minorities Students' Union (AAMSU) is a student organization from the religious and linguistic minorities communities of Assam.[1] It is fighting for minorities people facing prosecution at the hands of government.[2] The union was formed during the Assam movement to safe guard and uphold the Constitutional Rights of minorities in Assam. AAMSU is a mass movement to raise the voice of minorities living in Assam, that's why it is sometime refer as "Voice of The Voiceless".
History[edit]
The union was formed on 31 March 1980. A convention took place at Jaleswar, Goalpara from 29–30 March. Two Assamese leaders of Congress (I), Lolit Doley and Dhrubanaryan Barua, addressed the convention.[3]
Abdul Hai Nagori and Azghar Ali were the first President and Secretary of the union, respectively. Mukshed Ali, advocate drafted its constitution.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "AASU, APW, AAMSU unhappy with exclusion list". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ^ "Stop chasing imaginery figures of 'Bangladeshi' people: Assam minority students body". The Hindu. 2019-09-01. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
- ^ Mohanty, P. K. (2006). Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Tribes in India: In Five Volume. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 9788182050525.
- ^ Pisharoty, Sangeeta Barooah (2019-08-27). Assam: The Accord, The Discord. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 9789353056223.