January 1

The ULFA, in a press statement, describes Chief Minister Hiteswar Saikia as a Ganasatru (people’s enemy) of Assam and affirms that it would never compromise with an ‘anti-people’ Government led by him.

January 7

The Sentinel, quoting unspecified intelligence sources, states that most of the senior leaders of the anti-talks ULFA, barring its commander-in-chief, Paresh Barua, are currently sheltering in Upper Assam to reorganize the outfit at its grassroots level.

January 10

Army sources report that between April 1, 1991, and January 7, 1993, the army has arrested 1545 ULFA terrorists, recovered 176 weapons, 7953 rounds of ammunition and a cash amount of Rupees 6, 48, 000. A total of 3317 ULFA cadres surrendered during this period.

January 22

Nine ULFA terrorists, including two Kachin-trained cadres, surrender before the administration at an unspecified place in the Dibrugarh district.

January 26

ULFA terrorists kill three civilians and allegedly hang their bodies for public display at Nagaon, Morigaon and Jagiroad respectively.

January 31

93 ULFA terrorists surrender before the authorities in the Sonitpur, Sibsagar and Barpeta districts.

February 11

Assam Chief Minister, Hiteswar Saikia, in a statement in Agartala, claims that 90 per cent of the total number of ULFA cadres had already surrendered and the Government has planned rehabilitation schemes for them.

February 17

Seven ULFA terrorists, including a Kachin-trained cadre, are arrested from an unspecified place in the Sonitpur district.

February 19

33 ULFA terrorists surrender before the administration at Mangoldoi in the Darrang district.

February 20

A Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) is signed between the Government of India, the Government of Assam and leaders of the All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) and Bodo People’s Action Committee (BPAC), aimed at constituting a 40-member Bodoland Autonomous Council (BAC).

March 2

Three Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel and a National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) terrorist are killed as NSCN cadres attack the CISF personnel on duty at an Oil and Natural Gas Commission drilling site at Sarupathar in the Golaghat district.

March 7

Arnab Hazarika, ULFA ‘central publicity secretary’, asks cadres belonging to the pro-talks faction to return all arms and extorted money to the outfit by March 15.

March 7

An 11-member Bodo militant group, led by Prem Singh Brahma, surrenders at a public rally held at Debagaon in the Kokrajhar district in the presence of Union Minister of State for Home, Rajesh Pilot, Assam Chief Minister Hiteswar Saikia and ABSU president S.K. Bwismutiary. They deposit six 303 rifles, two sten-guns, two .38 revolvers, one LMG, six TNT shells and five grenades.

March 16

Six ULFA terrorists surrender before the district administration at Darrang.

April 5

The BAC Bill is tabled in the Assam Legislative Assembly by the Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Golok Rajbongshi.

April 7

Two ULFA terrorists, including Baphen Das, secretary of the Jamuguri unit, are killed while one of their accomplices is arrested following an encounter with a police patrol party at Karsantall, under Jamuguri police station, in the Sonitpur district.

April 8

The Assam Legislative Assembly passes the BAC Bill, 1993.

April 19

22 ULFA terrorists are arrested from different places in the Sibsagar district.

April 25

244 Bodo militants surrender at Kokrajhar along with 24 rifles, 12 revolvers, 52 pistols, 20 double barrel guns and 10 single barrel guns.

May 2

According to Sentinel, at least 584 Bodo militants have surrendered during the last week of April at the Kokrajhar and Bongaigaon districts.

May 3

Five NSCN terrorists are killed and another is arrested while they were escaping after looting the Mancachar Branch of the United Commercial Bank in Dhubri district. Two AK 47 rifles, one 9 mm carbine, one 9 mm pistol, one grenade and the entire looted booty of Rs. 19,97,900 is recovered.

May 7

369 Bodo militants surrender before the administration at Udalguri in the Darrang district.

May 9

307 Bodo militants surrender before the authorities at Massalpur in the Nalbari district along with three sten-guns, seven .303 rifles and 183 country-made rifles.

May 13

152 Bodo militants surrender at Gohpur in the Sonitpur district along with 58 country-made rifles, six single barrel guns, nine pistols, two revolvers, one sten-gun and some grenades.

May 19

An 18-member interim executive council of the BAC headed by S.K. Bwismutiary is constituted.

May 30

The BPAC and Bodo Volunteer Force (BVF) are dissolved at a special session of ABSU and BPAC at Kokrajhar.

May 31

A new political party, the Bodoland People’s Party (BPP), is formed with S. K. Bwismutiary and Prem Singh Brahma as President and Vice President respectively.

June 2

Six ULFA terrorists, including a senior leader identified as Pradip Mohan, are killed during an encounter with the police at Nilaipukhuri in the Sibsagar district.

June 9

11 ULFA terrorists surrender at Sibsagar.

July 10

The ‘commander’ of the Kamrup district unit of ULFA, Anandar Thakuria, surrenders along with four other terrorists before the administration in Kamrup district.

July 14

At least 30 Bodo militants surrender before the administration at Dudhroi in the Goalpara district along with 30 single barrel guns, 15 pistols and some hand grenades.

August 30

Nine ULFA terrorists surrender before the Chief Minister, Hiteswar Saikia, at the Janata Bhawan complex in Guwahati along with an unspecified quantity of arms and ammunition.

September 13

The Government dismisses 40 Assam Police personnel in connection with the looting of arms and ammunition from the Assam Police Battalion Headquarters at Kokrajhar by the Bodo militants early this year.

September 28

12 ULFA terrorists belonging to the Goalpara district unit, led by Madan Rabha, surrender before the Chief Minister in Guwahati.

October 10

At least 10 non-Bodo civilians are killed while more than 15000 others are rendered homeless at Kokrajhar and Bongaigaon as unidentified Bodo terrorists set their houses on fire.

October 18

A 13-member committee of all political parties in Assam, headed by Mukut Sarma, is constituted to decide and recommend to the State Government on the issue of the demarcation of the BAC boundary.

October 28

Assam cabinet decides to include 2570 villages in the BAC area.

November 16

S.K. Bwismutiary resigns as the Chairman of the BAC in protest against the State Government’s alleged indifference to the question of the boundary demarcation.

November 20

Prem Singh Brahma is appointed as Chairman of the BAC.

December 1

S.K. Bwismutiary resigns from the Executive Council of the BAC.

December 19

A convention of the surrendered ULFA militants concludes at Bokaghat in the Golaghat district. They decide to form a new outfit, ‘Jatiya Unnayan Bahini’ to set up indigenous industries on a co-operative basis and to usher in a ‘green revolution’ in Assam.

December 24

Unidentified gunmen kill two ULFA terrorists at Baregharia near Jorhat.

December 26

Four policemen are killed while three others sustain injuries during an attack by ULFA terrorists on the Jagori police station in Nagaon district.