ASSAM AGITATION 57 the target of virulent attack. Keeping this historical background of the present situation in view, all the conscious and right thinking intellectuals form a clear.idea as to who is a foreigner. The problem is so complicated that it cannot be resolved in an atmosphere surchargedwith passions and emotions. Only on an objective and judicious solution of the problem rests the harmony of the diverse races and linguistic groups inhabiting Assam and the ultimate unity and integrity of the country. KAUSTAVMONI BORUAH s M V KanaAtli, -'Neglected Assam", The Illustrated Weekly of India, 20-26 January, 1980, p 9. 2 Economic Survey Assam, 1971-75, Department of Economics and Statistics, Government of Assam. ' Amalcndu Guha, Planter Raj to Swaraj, p 27. 4 Hari Shankar Srivastava, The History of the Indian Famine {1858-1918). Edward C Moulton, Lord Northbrook's Indian Administration, 1872-76, pp 93,114. 6 Srivastava, op cit, pp 226, 307. 7 Guha, op cit, p 18. 9 Ibid, p 19. 9 Welcome address by people of Sibsagar, National Archives of India (NAI) No 166 Home Public B, Sept. 1874. 10 BN Borah, "Uccha Siksha", in Hemchandra Goswami (ed), Asamiya Sahityar Chaneki, Calcutta University, 1924, Vol III, Part I, p 297. 11 Bcnudhar Sarmah, Diinari, pp 61-62. 12 Mills, "Report on the Province of Assam*', 1854, p IXVII, appendix-L 14 NAI, No 17, p 293 14 Ibid, p 297. 15 Guha, op cit,p 39. ^ Ibid, p 102. 17 Sailadhar Rajkhowa, Atitar Sowarani, pp 117-118. lf Guha, op cit, pp 102, 206. 19 Ibid, p 206 (foot note). w Census of India, 1921, Vol 1, India Part I, Report, p 86. 21 Guha, op cit, p 102. 22 Rajendra Prasad, Autobiography, pp 259-60, Emphasis added. •n Guha, op cit, p 206. 21 Ibid, p 207. ^ Ibid, p 208. '^ Ibid, p 209. 27 Ibid, p 209. 28 Ibid, pp 208, 211. 29 Biresh Misra, Mantridutar Sarajantrat, Assam, p 16. 30 Guha, op cit, p 102 81 Census reports for relevant years, p 95 32 Statistical Hand Book, Assam, 1971.