On this day, 42 years ago, on February 14, 1983 (January 2, 1983 in the lunar calendar), the Assam massacre occurred in India. Hundreds of villagers were massacred in the massacre in Assam. On February 14, 1983, as Assam, India, was going all out to hold state council elections, inter-community violence swept through the state, killing thousands of people. The bloody conflict broke out against the backdrop of local hostility towards the estimated 1 million Bangladeshi refugees who fled to Assam before the founding of Bangladesh. On February 18, after hundreds of local villagers were massacred, troops were sent to Nelli district in Nagon district. According to reports, more than 500 Bangladeshis were killed on Opidaya Island, and as many as 1000 Bangladeshis were killed in Mangardoi. By the end of March, some observers estimated that the total death toll was 3000.