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Big relief for Assamese Chinese. Community happy for inclusion in draft NRC. All Chinese families of Assam are now happy that they find their names in the Complete Draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC). During the Sino-Indian conflict in the sixties this community was viewed with suspicion. They came to Assam during the British rule to work for tea industry.
In the captivating historical novel MAKAM (English translation CHINATOWN DAYS), the Sahitya Akademi award winning Assamese author Rita Chowdhury brings to fore the story of this community.