All Tai Ahom Students Union


All Tai Ahom Students Union or Chom Hom Lik Hen Tai Ahom Tang Mung in Ahom language is a students' union in Assam, India.

History

All Tai Ahom Students Union or ATASU is a students' organization in Assam, India founded in July 1988. It is the leading students organization of the Tai Ahom people in the state. The Ahom people were the previous ruling community of the state of Assam in Northeastern part of India. Amrit Kumar Chetia, Promod Baruah, Puspadhar Saikia and Arun Gogoi were the Chief Adviser, President, Executive President and General Secretary of the Founder Committee respectively. Dimbeswar Gogoi, the Founder Organizing Secretary was brutally murdered by ULFA in 3 November 1989.

Movement

The ATASU is spearheading the demand of the Ahom people for being granted the Scheduled Tribe status to the Tai Ahom people.
The ATASU has been using various forums and forms of protest and agitations such as road blockades, bandhs, strikes, etc. to demand the ST status for the Ahom people in the state.

Organizational Structure

ATASU recently has the following district committees :
  1. Tinisukia District Committee
  2. Dibrugarh District Committee
  3. Dhemaji District Committee
  4. North Lakhimpur District Committee
  5. Sivasagar District Committee
  6. Charaideo District Committee
  7. Jorhat District Committee
  8. Golaghat District Committee
  9. Kamrup District Committee
  10. Karbi Anglong District Committee
  11. Nagaon District Committee
  12. Morigaon District Committee
  13. Pasighat District Committee
Karbi Anglong Tai Ahom Students' Union is hosting Brihattar Bokajan Rongali Bihu Adoroni in the middle of April from the year 2010 as a grand festival of Bokajan sub-division of the district. They also host Assam Divas every year at 2 December. Among the notable members of Karbi Anglong District Tai Ahom Students' Union, Pradyut Pawan Gogoi founded Greater Guwahati Tai Ahom Freshmen Social at Cotton College and the official website of All Tai Ahom Students' Union as the Education Secretary of the organization. He was the first Education Secretary of this ethnic group's organization.