National Register of Citizens
- Recently Assam completed the updation of National Register of Citizens (NRC) as directed by Supreme Court in 2014.
- NRC is a list of all bona fide Indian citizens of Assam, the only state with such a document.
- NRC was first prepared after the Census of 1951 to deal with the issue of illegal immigration issue just after independence.
- The Citizenship Act of 1955 was amended after the Assam Accord for all Indian-origin people who came from Bangladesh before January 1, 1966 to be deemed as citizens. Those who came between January 1, 1966 and March 25, 1971 were eligible for citizenship after ....
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