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Bordering Assam through affective closure: 1971 and the road to the citizenship amendment act of 2019 / Datta, Antara   Journal Article
Datta, Antara Journal Article
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Summary/Abstract In 1971 when nearly ten million refugees crossed the border between East Pakistan and India following the outbreak of violence in Dacca on 25 March 1971, it would have surprised many to know that nearly fifty years later that date would be the dividing line between India's putative citizens and those it deemed ‘foreigners’. This article takes a look at the immigration debate in Assam, and the protests against the National Register of Citizens and the Citizenship Amendment Act to argue that it is the erasure of 1971 from the latter that gives rise to the backlash against it. I argue that the events of 1971 produces a moment in which both an affective border emerges against the refugees, followed soon after by an effective legal border through citizenship legislation pertinent to Assam. This article investigates the peculiarity of this moment to determine citizenship within India, its consequences and by doing so rewrites the history of 1971 back into debates about citizenship in India.
Key Words Citizenship  ;  Refugees  ;  Borders  ;  Assam  ;  Bangladesh  ;  1971 
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Repatriation of 1973 and the re-making of modern South Asia / Datta, Antara   Journal Article
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Publication 2011.
Summary/Abstract In the aftermath of the 1971 war, nearly 250,000 people found themselves stranded in various parts of the subcontinent. These 'trapped minorities' became hostages in a complex negotiation process that highlighted how questions of citizenship and belonging remained unresolved in post-Partition South Asia. By studying three groups - the non-Bengalis, the Bengalis and the prisoners of war in a comparative perspective, this paper re-visits the question of who was welcome within certain borders and on what terms. It argues that these decisions depended not just on the state's policies towards 'outsiders' but also upon its own relationship with its minority communities.
Key Words Citizenship  ;  Minorities  ;  Borders  ;  Repatriation  ;  New Delhi Agreement 
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