All Assam Minority Students' Union

All Assam Minorities Students' Union (AAMSU) is a student organization from the religious and linguistic minorities communities of Assam.[1] It is fighting for minorities people facing prosecution at the hands of government.[2] The union was formed during the Assam movement to safe guard and uphold the Constitutional Rights of minorities in Assam. AAMSU is a mass movement to raise the voice of minorities living in Assam, that's why it is sometime refer as "Voice of The Voiceless".

All Assam Minorities Students' Union (AAMSU)
AbbreviationAAMSU
Formation31 March 1980 (1980-03-31)
TypeStudent organization
HeadquartersGuwahati
Region served
Assam, India
President
Rejaul Karim Sarkar
General Secretary
Imtiaz Hussain Minnatul Islam
Information and Technology Secretary
Md Aminur Rahman

History

The union was formed on 31 March 1980. A convention took place at Jaleswar, Goalpara from 29–30 March. Two Assamese leaders of Congress (I), Lolit Doley and Dhrubanaryan Barua, addressed the convention.[3]

Abdul Hai Nagori and Azghar Ali were the first President and Secretary of the union, respectively. Mukshed Ali, advocate drafted its constitution.[4]

References
  1. "AASU, APW, AAMSU unhappy with exclusion list". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  2. "Stop chasing imaginery figures of 'Bangladeshi' people: Assam minority students body". The Hindu. 2019-09-01. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  3. Mohanty, P. K. (2006). Encyclopaedia of Scheduled Tribes in India: In Five Volume. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 9788182050525.
  4. Pisharoty, Sangeeta Barooah (2019-08-27). Assam: The Accord, The Discord. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 9789353056223.
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