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Nowadays, many netizens like to watch the "YouTube Five Constants" bickering pictures carried by people through short videos.
As the third of the "five permanent members of YouTube", many netizens in India have made statements that they are far superior to China in all aspects on YouTube.
Whenever they see such remarks, Chinese netizens will launch a mockery mode, feeling that India is too arrogant and does not recognize China's current strength.
In fact, ridicule is ridicule, and there are indeed many places in India that are also a headache for China, especially in southern Tibet, which has also become very serious recently.
However, just as India was jumping up and down, planning to do something in southern Tibet, its own yard was actually on fire.
In Assam, the northeastern Indian state bordering China, the independence movement is on the rise.
1. History of Assam
There are 56 ethnic groups on the mainland, and the Dai are one of them, and "Assam" is another name for the Dai people.
In 1228, the Ahama people (now the Dai people) in Yunnan, China, and northeastern Burma crossed the eastern mountain range, ending the war among the tribes of the Assam region and gaining the right to rule.
The earliest record of Assam in China can be traced back to Xuanzang's Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty.
When he traveled to Assam, he referred to it as the "Kingdom of Kamawibo" and praised the great prosperity of the place.
However, the state of Assam experienced a long and rather chaotic period from the heyday of the kingdom of Gama to the beginning of the Ahama people's rise to power.
The Ahoma founded the kingdom of Ahom, which grew in power and was seen as a thorn in the side of other monarchs.
For this reason, I did not hesitate to conduct as many as 17 consultations, but each time I did not get the desired result.
However, in the 80s of the 18th century, the kingdom of Ahom gradually declined.
At this time, the Burmese took advantage of the situation and invaded Assam from the eastern border, massacring the local Dai people on a large scale and beginning a 600-year rule over the region.
It was not until 1826 that the British, who had already colonized India, invaded the region and forced Burma to sign the Treaty of Yandapo.
In this treaty, it was stipulated that Assam should be ceded to the British.
After the treaty was signed, the British arranged for personnel to come to the area to administer it.
As for how to use the land after colonization, the British initially thought of tea cultivation and thought that they could gain some benefits from it.
Insert an extra knowledge point here, I don't know how many people have drunk Assam milk tea.
In fact, this milk tea originated in Assam, and the black tea here is quite famous, and for those who like black tea, the taste is very mellow.
Over time, in 1833, Assam was officially incorporated into British Indian rule.
Therefore, after India's independence in 1947, it directly regarded Assam as part of its own territory and constantly suppressed the development of the local Dai people.
It is also easy to see why Assam has no sense of belonging to India.
After all, it did not belong to India in history, but after being oppressed, it had to become a part of India.
However, taking into account the geographical and ethnic culture of Assam, Article 371 of the Constitution of India stipulates that Assam can formulate its own laws and policies according to the actual conditions of the region to a certain extent, for the autonomy of the region in which it is located.
It can be said that in the act of acquiring this place in Assam, India has a little bit of "white wolf with empty gloves" in it, which has also become one of the reasons for the frequent wars in Assam.
2. Assam independence movement
At the time of its British colonization, the people of Assam had already suffered a great psychological shadow.
Unexpectedly, after becoming a part of India, the situation did not improve.
On the contrary, India does not know what kind of psychology it has, and has repeatedly suppressed the Dai people who ruled Assam before it was colonized by the British.
Perhaps India's move is aimed at marginalizing the Dai and erasing their historical exploits in Assam.
In this way, it seems as if the place has always been Indian.
Of course, this is just a speculation, but it is undeniable that the status of the Dai people in the local area has indeed declined very seriously.
And with the intermarriage with various tribes, it has also been integrated into other ethnic groups, leaving less than 600,000 Dai people.
Why have the people of Assam changed from being predominantly Dai to being multi-ethnic?
In fact, during the British colonial period, in the face of the Assam people who were rebelling, the British wanted to divide and pursue interests.
Therefore, Indians and Nepalese were widely recruited to come to Assam, making it a multi-ethnic gathering place.
If India were only to suppress ethnically and culturally, perhaps the Assamese would not have risen up to fight for independence, and economic and political oppression would have been the "last straw that broke the camel's back".
After many such repressive acts, it is natural that the Assamese, who already felt that they had little in common with India, felt more and more that only independence could protect their own interests and preserve their original historical traditions.
For this reason, Assam has been carrying out an independence movement since 1947, and this independence movement can be regarded as a period until 1979.
However, compared to the radical independence movement now, the method adopted at that time was still very peaceful.
Through demonstrations, strikes and petitions, the Assamese wanted more autonomy.
However, the voices made at this time were not taken seriously by the Indian government, and even in order to demonstrate its dominance over the region, it repeatedly sent people to suppress those involved in the independence movement.
When the crackdown reached a point where the Assamese people could no longer tolerate it, a massive anti-immigrant movement took place in Assam.
It turned out that due to the laissez-faire of the Indian government, from 1947 to 1979, many illegal immigrants poured into Assam, which made the already poor situation here even worse.
The anti-immigrant campaign lasted for six years, culminating in the Assam genocide in 1983.
On 14 February 1983, parliamentary elections were underway in Assam, but there was violence between local residents and Bangladeshi refugees.
What started as a small area soon spread to more places, and by February 18, 1983, hundreds of villagers had been slaughtered.
It was only then that the government stepped in to solve the problem, and the death toll reached 3,000, according to the statistics after the massacre.
Perhaps through similar events, the determination of the Assamese people was seen as a result of the negotiations between India and the leaders of Assam on 15 August 1985 and the signing of the Assam Agreement for a peaceful resolution of the unrest.
However, this agreement does not seem to have had much effect, and the independence movement is still going on in Assam, and it has only become more intense.
The Assamese people are no longer just engaged in peaceful protests and strikes, but have begun to engage in armed struggle under the leadership of some organizations.
The most serious was the massacre in Assam in July 2012.
Conflict between indigenous and Muslim immigrants has been fierce, resulting in nearly 80 deaths, more than 400,000 displacements, and more than 400 villages burned to the ground.
Tea cultivation, which was the backbone of Assam's economy, has not been developed due to the frequent violence.
After all, the mere matter of how to transport tea is enough of a headache, and in case of conflict, the bamboo basket may be empty.
III. Consequences of the independence of Assam
As the largest state in northeast India, once Assam, which is regarded as the "lifeline" of northeastern India, succeeds in becoming independent, then other states in northeast India will naturally follow suit and demand independence, thus making the situation in northeast India uncontrollable.
When India is anxiously dealing with the situation in the northeast region, other regions may make mistakes in their defenses, providing neighboring countries with "targets" that can be attacked.
In other words, the consequences of Assam's independence will not only make India's internal contradictions worse, but also make India lose its original influence when facing countries such as Myanmar and Bangladesh.
The western part of Assam borders the Siliguri Corridor, which is as long and narrow as a snake's seven inches, and has great strategic value.
India mainly relies on this only road passage to communicate with its northeastern states.
Then there is the northern part of Assam, which borders the southern Tibetan region of the mainland.
In 1914, the British transferred about 90,000 square kilometers of land in southern Tibet to British India.
In order to appear "reasonable" in this approach, a new Indo-Tibetan border line was also concocted.
Of course, after learning about the situation later, the successive central authorities did not recognize this illegal "McMahon Line."
However, India is relying on this so-called border line to illegally occupy this rich territory in southern Tibet.
And it will be relatively easy to enter southern Tibet from Assam.
Therefore, for India, which is looking at the "fat meat" of southern Tibet, after the independence of Assam, it will no longer be able to directly interfere in the affairs of southern Tibet on the mainland.
epilogue
Due to the special location of Assam, bordering many countries, and India's clear intention to invade and occupy China's southern Tibetan region,
In order to continue to insert its hand into southern Tibet, India should not let go and let Assam truly independent.
Perhaps in order to alleviate the intensifying tensions, India will ease some of its policies towards Assam so that a balanced state can be reached and internal strife will be reduced.
Regardless of what India chooses to do, China will not interfere in other countries' territorial issues.
But if India remains ambitious and wants to take a closer look at southern Tibet while stabilizing Assam, China will not be merciful.
In particular, there is a limit to China's tolerance for India's repeated attempts to turn southern Tibet into its so-called "Arunachal Pradesh", and we hope that India will not repeatedly provoke China's territorial sovereignty.
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