Silchar, Nov. 26 -- The Assam government on Tuesday distributed to legislators the report of the Tewary Commission that investigated widespread violence in the state in early 1983, including the turmoil's most infamous episode, the Nellie Massacre, almost four decades after the report was first submitted to the assembly.

The report held the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) and Asom Gana Sangram Parishad (AGSP) "primarily" responsible for the circumstances that led to the violence. However,it mentioned that there was no "communal colour" to the violence -- though the fear of the Assamese people of being "overwhelmed" numerically was "not imaginary" -- and said the violence was not "spontaneous" but the result of "cumulative administrative...