January 1
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54 ULFA terrorists, including its Darrang unit
secretary Arabinda Kalita, are arrested from an unspecified location
in the State.
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January 3
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ULFA ‘foreign secretary’, Parthapratim Bora,
involved in the killing of the nephew of Chief Minister Hiteshwar
Saikia in 1991, is arrested from the South Sarania locality of
Guwahati city.
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January 7
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Assam Chief Minister Hiteshwar Saikia along with
three unidentified ULFA mediators meets Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha
Rao in New Delhi to discuss the modalities of the proposed negotiations.
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January 9
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Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, M M
Jacob, rules out talks with the ULFA unless the outfit eschews
violence and abides by the Constitution.
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January 11
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ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa rules out any
dialogue with the Government till the army suspends ‘repression
on people’.
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January 11
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At least 28 ULFA terrorists are arrested from
different parts of Assam and a large number of arms and ammunition,
including 22 Japanese made revolvers, 10 rounds of ammunitions
and nine SBBL guns, are recovered from them.
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January 12
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Chief Minister Saikia says in Guwahati that the
ULFA would finalise the modalities for the formal talks and indicate
their proposals by February 1.
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January 12
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The first round of preliminary talks with a five-member
ULFA delegation comprising ‘general secretary’ Anup Chetia and
‘central committee’ members Robin Neog, Kamal Bora, Siddhartha
Phukan and Sabhan Saikia is held in the presence of the Prime
Minister and Home Minister in New Delhi.
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January 14
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State Government suspends Operation Rhino; ULFA
agrees to participate in a political dialogue with the Government.
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January 31
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Suspension of security force operations against
ULFA is extended to facilitate the ‘general council’ meeting of
the ULFA.
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February 22
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The two-day ‘general council’ meeting of the
ULFA to deliberate on the proposed formal talks with the Government
begins near Nagaon.
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February 24
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The ‘general council’ meeting of the ULFA is
said to have arrived at a broad consensus to go ahead with the
proposed talks with the Government.
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February 28
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Lakhi Saikia alias Abhay Kakoti, the ULFA’s Sonitpur
district ‘publicity secretary’, is killed in an encounter with
the Army at Jorabari in Sonitpur.
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March 30
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ULFA ‘Commander-in-Chief’ Paresh Baruah, in an
interview with Sentinel says, "Those who are willing to negotiate
with New Delhi are either RAW [Research and Analysis Wing] agents
or are traitors."
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March 31
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18 front-raking ULFA cadres surrender at Dispur
opting for a direct negotiation with the Government while defying
the outfit’s leadership. They include Munin Nobis, Kalpajyoti
Neog, Siddhartha Phukan, Amar Miri Handique and Ramesh Saikia.
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April 1
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Formal negotiations between the Government of
Assam and ULFA on the modalities of arms surrender is held at
the Janata Bhawan in Guwahati.
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April 1
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Chief Minister Saikia announces the deployment
of Army in six districts against hardcore ULFA cadres opposing
the peace negotiations.
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April 1
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Assam Police recovers a rifle, two SBBL guns,
one DBBL gun, two grenades and 30 rounds of ammunition from the
Sootea daily market in Sonitpur district.
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April 1
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ULFA top leadership expels from the outfit those
engaged in a peace dialogue with the State Government.
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April 2
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Army personnel, during a search operation, recover
a large quantity of arms and ammunition, including an AK-47 rifle,
two carbine, two revolvers and 480 rounds of ammunition, from
Dagaon in the Nagaon district.
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April 2
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40 ULFA cadres are arrested from various places
in the State.
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April 7
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12 ULFA terrorists are arrested from different
parts of Assam.
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April 11
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Seven security force personnel are killed and
several others sustain injuries when a remote control bomb, planted
by the ULFA, explodes under a bridge at Sonapur in the Nalbari
district.
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April 11
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140 ULFA terrorists surrender at Nagaon.
43 ULFA cadres, including the outfit’s Misa Unit
chief Gojendranath Sarma and the Secretary of Kaliabor Unit Lakhi
Bora, surrender at Golaghat.
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April 15
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68 ULFA terrorists belonging to the Sibsagar
unit, including its ‘district commander’ Jayanta Hazarika, surrender
before the security forces at Ragghori in the Sibsagar district.
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April 19
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32 ULFA terrorists belonging to the Barpeta district
unit surrender along with three DBBL and two SBBL guns at Barpeta.
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April 20
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148 ULFA terrorists, including seven women cadres,
surrender before the district administration in Nagaon.
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April 20
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27 ULFA terrorists, led by the president of Behali
unit, surrender at Tezpur.
21 ULFA cadres surrender before the district
administration at Golaghat.
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April 25
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41 ULFA terrorists surrender at Goalpara.
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April 28
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202 ULFA terrorists surrender before the district
administration in Tinsukia.
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May 11
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26 ULFA terrorists surrender at Sonitpur.
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May 12
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26 ULFA cadres surrender along with 16 grenades
at Dibrugarh.
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May 15
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54 ULFA terrorists surrender along with 12 unspecified
sophisticated weapons at Dibrugarh.
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July 19
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Terrorists belonging to the Bodo Security Force
kill eight persons, including three women and three children,
and injure several others at Golondihadi Sapkhachi in the Kokrajhar
district.
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July 27
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Unidentified terrorists kill two persons at Tinsukia.
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August 13
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Three anti-talks ULFA cadres are arrested at
Lakhimpur.
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August 14
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23 former ULFA cadres join the Congress party
as primary members at Bilasipara in the Bongaigaon district.
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August 16
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Three ULFA cadres of the pro-talks faction are
killed by the rival anti-talks faction at Bamunpara village in
the Darrang district.
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September 4
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Bodo Security Force terrorists, in two separate
incidents, kill five persons, including a woman, and injure several
others as they open indiscriminate firing at Badhapara Chowk and
Kukurakala villages in the Darrang district.
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September 4
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Bodo Security Force terrorists kill three Railway
Protection Force personnel during an attack at the Sesapan station
in Kokrajhar district and also loot three 303 rifles.
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September 9
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Bodo Security Force terrorists kill two Central
Reserve Police Force personnel in an attack at Khasikala market
under Sidli police station in the Bongaigaon district.
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September 10
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At least 30 persons, including four women and
two children, are killed, and 50 others are injured in two powerful
explosions, allegedly by Bodo Security Force terrorists, in two
compartments of the Alipurduar-Rangapara passenger train between
Patilashah and Sarbhog railway stations in the Kokrajhar district.
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October 20
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Bodo Security Force terrorists open indiscriminate
firing and kill four persons at Jiranga in the Sonitpur district.
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October 21
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At least 43 persons are killed and 150 others
sustain injuries during a bomb explosion inside a passenger bus
at the Paltan Bazaar area of Guwahati city.
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November 23
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The Union Government proscribes Bodo Security
Force with immediate effect.
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November 24
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Two ULFA terrorists are killed and a soldier
is injured during an encounter at Dimoruholi in the Dibrugarh
district
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November 29
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Suspected ULFA terrorists kill a leader of the
Congress party, Achyut Kakati, and his Personal Security Officer
at Dimoro Charalia in the Nagaon district.
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December 7
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21 technocrats of a French company, operating
on the Oil India Limited (OIL) fields in upper Assam, leave the
State following threats from the ULFA.
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December 12
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Bodo Security Force terrorists attack an Assam
Police Battalion camp at Sarakhola near Kokrajhar and kill two
police personnel. They decamp with 44 SLRs, five LMGs, three rifles
and 900 rounds of ammunition.
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December 13
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Chief Minister Hiteshwar Saikia states that 2830
surrendered ULFA terrorists have been rehabilitated under different
Government schemes.
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December 21
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Chief Minister Saikia announces in the State
Legislative Assembly that between July 1991 and December 10, 1992,
202 persons were killed in 203 terrorism-related incidents. There
were 35 cases of bomb blasts in which 83 persons lost their lives
and 31 cases of abduction. 3206 ULFA terrorists surrendered during
the period.
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