December 2004

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December 19, 2004

• AASU forms Asam Sena (Assam Militia) to protect the rights of the indigenous people of Assam. (SA)

December 16, 2004

• Bomb explosions continue, killing one and injuring 12 in Guwahati. (AT)

December 15, 2004

• ULFA denies hand in two blasts in Nagaon and Morigaon which were civilian targets. (AT)

December 14, 2004

• ULFA strikes to mark 'Revenge Day', the anniversary of attack on their camps in Bhutan. (TC1, TC2, AT ).

December 13, 2004

• Two explosions in Guwahati kill 2 policemen and injured others (PTI).
• Tinsukia and Dibrugarh were affected by the bandh called by the All Assam Motok Juba Chatra Sanmilan (AAMJCS) (PTI).
• New political party, Asam Gana Morcha, formed following the merger of Trinamul Gana Parishad (TGP), Purbanchaliya Loka Parishad (PLP) and Jatiya Aikya Mancha Asam. (AT)

December 10, 2004

• AASU promises Assam Sena on the 25th Martyrs Day, attended by ABSU and 10 other student organizations. (AP)

December 09, 2004

• ULFA finds the letter from the PMO (which many accepted as an offer for talks) contradictory and rejects the possibility of peace talks. (HT, SM)

December 07, 2004

• NSCN(K) reports that one of two ULFA camps in Myanmar was destroyed by the Myanmar Army, thought there were no casualties. (HT)
• The Prime Ministers Office (PMO) delivers a letter to Mamoni Raisom Goswami that brightens the prospect of talks between the GOI and ULFA.

December 06, 2004

• A 3-member committee recommends Shillong for the seventh Indian Institute of Management. (TC)

December 01, 2004

• Assam Government decides to levy cess on natural gas and crude oil that will earn Rs 150 crore for the government, which it indends to invest in a hydrocarbon division of the Assam Industrial Development Corporation. (TC)
• NSCN(K) confirms attacks by Myanmar Army on their camps. The ULFA 128 battalion with about 300-400 cadres have joined the gunfight. (AT)

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