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Chittagong Hill Tracts insurgency, 1977-1997
A two-decade armed conflict over Jumma autonomy and land rights, fuelled by state-sponsored Bengali settlement, ended with a negotiated peace accord.
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Kurdistan War in Iran, 1979-1983
Kurdish autonomy demands were rejected by the new Islamic Republic, leading to a war reported to have killed around 10,000 Iranian Kurds.
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· Referendum or popular consultation
Scottish devolution referendum, 1979
A majority of voters backed the Scotland Act 1978, but the Yes vote fell short of the 40% of the electorate the Act required, and the Act was repealed.
In: Scotland
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· Referendum or popular consultation
Welsh devolution referendum, 1979
Voters rejected a Welsh Assembly proposed under the Wales Act 1978 by a large margin.
In: Wales
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Founding of ULFA, 1979
ULFA was founded at a historic Ahom-kingdom site to campaign for an independent, sovereign Assam.
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Founding of the Assyrian Democratic Movement, 1979
The Assyrian Democratic Movement was founded, later becoming the leading Assyrian political organization in Iraq and the parent of the Nineveh Plain Protection Units.
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· Referendum or popular consultation
Statute of Gernika referendum, 1979
A referendum approved the current Statute of Autonomy establishing the Basque Country as an autonomous community of Spain.
In: Basque Country
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Lancaster House Agreement, 1979
A conference at Lancaster House in London produced agreement on a constitution, ceasefire and transitional arrangements for an independent Zimbabwe, with Britain resuming direct administration pending elections.
In: Zimbabwe