Assam Archive

  • While the uncertainty prevails over the claimed arrest/surrender of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) Arabinda Rajkhowa, Canary Trap brings you exclusive photos of the elusive ULFA chief and the organization's deputy Commander-in-Chief and Military spokesman Raju Barua.

Rajkhowa, 53, is among a few top leaders who founded ULFA in 1979. Now, almost the entire leadership of the outfit, barring the Commander-in-Chief of its military wing Paresh Baruah, is arrested.

    Exclusive photos of Arabinda Rajkhowa and Raju Barua

    While the uncertainty prevails over the claimed arrest/surrender of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) Arabinda Rajkhowa, Canary Trap brings you exclusive photos of the elusive ULFA chief and the organization's deputy Commander-in-Chief and Military spokesman Raju Barua. Rajkhowa, 53, is among a few top leaders who founded ULFA in 1979. Now, almost the entire leadership of the outfit, barring the Commander-in-Chief of its military wing Paresh Baruah, is arrested.

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  • There are different views on the Indian policy towards China and the Tibet issue. I will write more on that some other day. I have reproduced here the letter written by then Deputy Prime Minister of India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to the Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on November 7, 1950 on Tibet issue.

The letter throws light on the thought process of the Indian government vis-a-vis Tibet and China in the initial years after the independence.

    Sardar Patel’s letter to Nehru on Tibet

    There are different views on the Indian policy towards China and the Tibet issue. I will write more on that some other day. I have reproduced here the letter written by then Deputy Prime Minister of India Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to the Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on November 7, 1950 on Tibet issue. The letter throws light on the thought process of the Indian government vis-a-vis Tibet and China in the initial years after the independence.

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