United Liberation Front of Asom
Rebel organisation operating in state of Assam, India
The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) is an armed separatist insurgent organisation, that operates in the Indian state of Assam. It seeks to establish an independent sovereign nation state of Assam for the indigenous Assamese people through an armed struggle via the Assam conflict. The Government of India banned the organisation and designated it as a terrorist organisation in 1990, while the United States Department of State lists it under "other groups of concern".
According to ULFA sources, it was founded on 7 April 1979 at Rang Ghar and began operations in 1990. Sunil Nath, former Central Publicity Secretary and spokesman of ULFA, has stated that the organisation established ties with the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland in 1983 and with the Burma-based Kachin Independent Army in 1987. Military operations against the ULFA by the Indian Army began in 1990 and continue to this day. On 5 December 2009, the chairman and the deputy commander-in-chief of ULFA was taken into Indian custody. In 2011, there was a major crackdown on ULFA in Bangladesh under the previous regime of Awami League, which greatly assisted the government of India in bringing ULFA leaders to talks. In January 2010, ULFA softened its stance and dropped demands for independence as a condition for talks with the Government of India.
On 3 September 2011, a tripartite agreement for "Suspension of Operations" agreement was signed by the Indian government, the Assam government and the ULFA.
History
The ULFA was founded in courtyard of historic amphitheatre–Rang Ghar on 7 April 1979 in Sivasagar, Assam by a group of young men that included Bhupen Borgohain, Bhimkanta Buragohain, Tarun Gogoi, Pradip Gogoi, Bhadreshwar Gohain and Budheswar Gogoi.
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