Separatist movements of IndiaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2009) This article needs attention from an expert on the subject. See the talk page for details. WikiProject India or the India Portal may be able to help recruit an expert. (August 2009) The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the discussion on the talk remove this message until the dispute is resolved. (September 2009) page. Please do not There are various separatist movements in India, mainly in the north-east and north-west of the country. There have been 8 secessionist movements namely Khalistan, Assam [1][unreliable source?], Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. The most high profile separatist actions have been in Kashmir, with the assumption that the Muslim majority Kashmir Valley would join Pakistan or become independent, but that Hindu majority Jammu and Buddhist majority Ladakh would stay in India.[original research?] Contents [hide] • • 1 History 2 North East India ○ 2.1 Greater Assam ○ 2.2 Bodolan d ○ ○ 2.3 Tripura 2.4 Arunac hal Pradesh ○ 2.5 Nagalan d • • 3 Khalistan 4 See also [ edit]North East India Assam Main article: Insurgency in North-East India [edit]Greater The Ahom Kingdom. Historically. In 1961. To the west. the Government of Assampassed a legislation making use of Assamese language compulsory. people from present-day Bangladesh (then part of Pakistan) have been migrating to Assam. In the 1980s the Brahmaputra valley saw a six-year Assam agitation [2] triggered by the discovery of a sudden rise in registered voters on electoral rolls. . Since the mid-20th century.• • • [ 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links edit]History The term Greater India refers to the historical spread of the Culture of India beyond the Indian subcontinent proper. the term is also tied to the geographic uncertainties surrounding the "Indies" during the Age of Exploration. Greater India overlaps with Greater Persia in the Hindu Kush and Pamir Mountains. It had to be withdrawn later under pressure from Bengali speaking people in Cachar. c1826. This concerns the spread of Hinduism in Southeast Asia in particular. introduced by the Indianized kingdoms of the 5th to 15th centuries. but may also extend to the earlier spread of Buddhism from India to Central Asia and China by way of the Silk Road during the early centuries CE. After the Indo-China war in 1962. Regional autonomy has been ensured for Bodos in Bodoland Territorial Council Areas (BTCA) and for the Karbis in Karbi Anglong after agitation of the communities due to sluggish rate of development and aspirations for self-government.Assam till 1950s. The post 1970s experienced the growth of armed separatist groups like the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) [2]and the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB). namely Udalguri and Darrang. Assam and its Environs: As per the plate techtonics. Arunachal Pradesh was also separated out. now a part of Guwahati. . Meghalaya and Mizoramformed in the 1960-70s. dissected hills of the South Indian Plateau system and with the Himalayas all around its north. The new states ofNagaland. So therefore. As the situation in Assam has turned very serious as communal clashes continue in two central districts of the state. Assam is in the eastern-most projection of the Indian Plate. The capital of Assam was shifted from Shillong toDispur. where the plate is thrust beneath the Eurasian Plate creating the Himalayas over a subduction zone and[3]. Assam possesses a uniquegeomorphic environment. with plains. north-east and east. The NLFT. aims for independence for Tripura.[6] The major leaders of the organisation are: Paresh Baruah (Commander-in-Chief) Arabinda Rajkhowa (Chairman) (in Government of Assam custody) Anup Chetia (General Secretary) (in Government of Bangladesh custody) Pradip Gogoi (Vice-Chairman) Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA) is a Separatist organization founded around 1996 in the eastern Indian state of Assam. The NLFT is currently proscribed as a terrorist organization in India. alias Ranjan Daimari. Military operations against it by the Indian Army that began in 1990 continues till present. by the foothills of Bhutan andArunachal Pradesh. Currently the hypothetical map of Bodoland includes the Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) administered by the non-autonomous Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC).[8]. The National Democratic Front of Bodoland. also known as NDFB or the Bodo Security Force. is a separatist movement that is predominantly christian which seeks to obtain a sovereignBodoland for the Bodo people in Assam. [edit]Arunachal Pradesh . founded in 1989. The founder of the organization. and that Muslim United Liberation Front of Assam (MULFA) is a sister organization under the AMULFA umbrella.[4] among many other such groups in North-East India.[5] ULFA claims to have been founded at the site of Rang Ghar on April 7. while the US State Department lists it under "Other groups of concern".[4] a historic structure from the Ahom kingdom. It seeks to establish a sovereign Assam via an armed struggle in the Assam Conflict.[7] It is alleged that MULTA is supported by the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency.The United Liberation Front of Asom is a separatist group from Assam.org) describes it as part of the All Muslim United Liberation Forum of Assam (AMULFA). The Government of India had banned the organization in 1990 and classifies it as a terrorist group. continues to lead the organization. [edit]Bodoland Bodoland is an area located in the north bank of Brahmaputra river in the state of Assam in north east region of India.000 people have died in the clash between the rebels and the government. In the past two decades some 10. Chirang and Udalguri in the state of Assam. The map of Bodoland overlaps with the districts of Kokrajhar. inhabited predominantly by Bodo language speaking ethnic group. Baksa. The South Asia Terrorism Portal (satp. 1979. an economically disadvantaged community. which claim to represent the Tripuri people.[4] [edit]Tripura Both the National Liberation Front of Tripura and the All Tripura Tiger Force. Ransaigra Nabla Daimari. The ADF seeks to create an independent state resembling the pre-British Teola Country consisting of area currently in Arunachal Pradesh as well as neighboring Assam. [ edit]Khalistan Main article: Khalistan movement Khalistan Khālistān (Punjabi: ਖਾਿਲਸਤਾਨ) is on actually proposed Sikh homeland.The Arunachal Dragon Force (ADF). Nagaland. also known as the East India Liberation Front. which constitutes areas of present day Assam. The Khalistan movement is a movement in Indian Punjab to create "The Land of the Pure" as an independent Sikhstate in all Punjabispeaking areas. is a violent secessionist movement in the eastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Manipur and Myanmar. Himachal Pradesh and some other Punjabi speaking parts of states like Gujarat and Rajasthan. [edit]Nagaland The NSCN factions and Naga National Council have been fighting for a greater Nagalim. which include Indian Punjab. Haryana.[9] [ edit]See also Aspirant states of India Assamese Separatist Movement Insurgent groups in Northeast India Mangalorean regionalism Insurgency in North-East India Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir The Khalistan movement The Gorkha National Liberation Front Naxalite Naxalite-Maoist insurgency Red corridor Tamil Tigers Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) The Compact Revolutionary Zone .. html 2. Retrieved 2009-08-14. Johari. [ The Naxalite Movement.469f2ddf2.htm l 9. ^ a b Hazarika 2003 3. [ edit]Further reading Inventing Boundaries: gender. Published by Rupa. the Muslim League and the demand for Pakistan by Ayesha Jalal (Cambridge University Press. politics and the Partition of India edited by Mushirul Hasan (New Delhi: Oxford University Press. ^ Country Reports on Terrorism. ^ Five killed in Assam bomb blasts . New Delhi. ^ http://www.469f3a9453. Retrieved 2008-0828. . ^ http://www. 1972. 2006 6. ISBN 8171672949. Institute of Constitutional and Parliamentary Studies. 2000) The Sole Spokesman: Jinnah. Hindustan Times . 1974 The Naxalite Movement in India.Terrorist Group of Assam 5.assamtimes. 2008-03-04. 1995. Published by .org/blog/3283. by Biplab Dasgupta. edit]External links The Kashmir Dispute The Sikh separatist movement and the Indian state: A retrospect 'History of Naxalism'.0. [ List of terrorist organizations in India edit]References 1. ^ "Sikh separatists 'funded from UK'". by Prakash Singh. BBC.463af2212. ^ Wandrey 2004 p3–8 4. by J. 8. ^ "Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA)". ^ a b c United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) . C. 1985) Naxalite Politics in India.Dawn 7. South Asia Terrorism Portal.unhcr.org/refworld/topic. Published by Research Publications. Barbara Crossette. 28-page report.Sikh Times Jaskaran Kaur. a non-profit organization. 1984 Sikhs' Kristallnacht.[1] Categories: Secession in India Parvinder Singh. Punjab: The Knights of Falsehood by K P S Gill The Ghost of Khalistan . 2004. 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