Since birth, Biswanath has lived in Bellavista. His parents migrated from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to escape from religious persecution. Foreigners Tribunal of the state notified him to comply with his Indian nationality disputes. Failing it otherwise, he will adjudge as an illegal immigrant. Balavita. Assam.

Bengali speaking residents of Silchar protested against an order of the NRC Authority for the documents required to prove Indian nationality. The Bengali-speaking people in the Assam state only have the option of fewer documents against the earlier order of a wide range of it, jeopardising to prove one’s Indian nationality. Silchar. Assam.

Nearly two million people were being declared ‘foreigners’ or ‘illegal immigrants’ by the National Register of Citizens in Assam on 31 August 2019. The list has mostly Bengali Muslims and Hindus, subjected to the recommendations of the nationalist forces in the state. Moriajhar. Assam