TY - BOOK AU - Renaud Egreteau AU - EGRETEAU (Renaud) TI - Instability at the GATE: Indias troubled northeast and its external connections U1 - 320.954 23 PY - 2006/// CY - New Delhi PB - CSH Occasional paper KW - Politics and Government KW - Political Relation N1 - Political Science N2 - To end the violent agitation, the Assam Accord was signed on 15 August 1985 between the Government of India and AASU leaders. The accord in the main highlighted: (a) the detection and deletion of the names of foreigners from the voters' list and their immediate deportation; and (b) constitutional, legislative and administrative safeguards to protect, preserve and promote the cultural, social and linguistic identity and heritage of Assamese people (Egreteau 2006). Following the accord, the AAGSP entered into state politics under the new name Ahom Gana Parishad (AGP). ER -