Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Vatungamiriri veAssam Movement vakabvuma kugamuchira vatorwa vose vakanga vapinda muAssam pamberi pa1 January 1966. Hurumende yeIndia yakabvuma zvinetso zvezvematongerwe enyika, zvemagariro, zvetsika uye zveupfumi zvevanhu veAssam uye yakabvuma kugadzirisa dhatabhesi yesarudzo yakavakirwa pamusi iwoyo. Uyezve, hurumende yakabvuma kuziva uye kudzinga vapoteri vose nevanoenda kune dzimwe nyika pashure paMarch 25, 1971. Muna 1971, mamiriyoni avagari veBangladesh - panguva iyoyo yainzi East Pakistan - akatiza utsinye hwenyika hwaiitwa muhondo yevagari vomunyika imwe chete uye vakaenda kuPakistan.
kuparadza rudzi kwakabatana pakati peEast Pakistan neWest Pakistan kunokonzera kutama kwevanhu vakawanda zvisiri pamutemo kuenda kuAssam, West Bengal, Tripura, nedzimwe nyika dzakasiyana-siyana dzepedyo dzeIndia uyewo kuMyanmar.