United Minorities Front, Assam
Encyclopedia
United Minorities Front, Assam is a regional political party
in Assam
, India
. UMFA was set up in 1985 by the All Assam Minority Students Union, as a response to the militant "anti-foreigner" agitations of All Assam Students Union
and the signing of the Assam Accord
. The support of UMFA comes mainly from Bengal
i Muslim
s.
The president of UMFA is Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Chowdhury. who has been the last founding member of the party to stay till it is merged with AUDF .
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Assam
Assam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. UMFA was set up in 1985 by the All Assam Minority Students Union, as a response to the militant "anti-foreigner" agitations of All Assam Students Union
All Assam Students Union
All Assam Students Union is a five-tier students' union in Assam, India.All Assam Students Union or AASU is a students' organization in Assam, India. It is best known for leading the six-year Assam Movement against alleged illegal immigrants from Bangladesh...
and the signing of the Assam Accord
Assam Accord
The Assam Accord was a Memorandum of Settlement signed between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Agitation in New Delhi on 15 August 1985...
. The support of UMFA comes mainly from Bengal
Bengal
Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...
i Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
s.
The president of UMFA is Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Chowdhury. who has been the last founding member of the party to stay till it is merged with AUDF .