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Armed separatist groups like the ULFA took part in a popular uprising in this region that demanded the detection and expulsion of migrants from 1979 to 1985. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this region that collectively boycotted the 1980 Lok Sabha elections. This state is the most populous of the “Seven Sisters,” four of which were separated from this state from 1963 to 1972.

ANSWER: Assam (“uh-SAHM”) [or Āsām]

[10e] Many migrant laborers work producing this good, brought to Assam in the 1820s by Robert Bruce. The British also introduced migrant labor to produce this commodity in Darjeeling and highland Ceylon.

ANSWER: tea [or chai; or cha; or Camellia sinensis]

[10m] The IMDT Act passed by this leader made it hard to prove if anyone in Assam was an illegal alien. This prime minister of India ruled by decree during a period known as The Emergency.

ANSWER: Indira Gandhi [or Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi; or Indira Priyadarshini Nehru; prompt on Gandhi]

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Southern California	Main	Y	5	20.00	80%	100%	20%
Eastern Canada	Main	Y	13	20.77	100%	92%	15%
Florida	Main	Y	6	20.00	83%	83%	33%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	18.57	86%	86%	14%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	17.78	89%	78%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)	Main	Y	11	21.82	82%	100%	36%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)	Main	Y	5	22.00	100%	100%	20%
Lower Midwest	Main	Y	4	20.00	75%	100%	25%
Upper Midwest	Main	Y	12	22.50	100%	100%	25%
North	Main	Y	2	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Northeast	Main	Y	11	20.91	91%	91%	27%
Northwest	Main	Y	4	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Southeast	Main	Y	8	21.25	88%	100%	25%
UK	Main	Y	10	24.00	100%	90%	50%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%

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CWRU A	OSU D	0	10	10	20