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The Indian Army has been actively involved in Northeast India—a region comprising Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura—primarily to address insurgencies and maintain order. [1] However, several allegations and documented instances of human rights violations have emerged over the years [2]
Assam separatist movements refers to a series of multiple insurgent and separatist movements that had been operated in the Northeast Indian state of Assam. [8] The conflict started in the 1970s [ 8 ] following tension between the native indigenous Assamese people and the Indian government over alleged neglect, political, social, cultural ...
1 British Indian Army dispatch rider, and ~ 20– 230 protesters After a British Indian Army despatch rider was killed and burned in the Bazaar two armoured cars were ordered to drive in and open fire on the protesters. Amko Simko massacre: 25 April 1939 Simko Village, Sundergarh, Odisha British Raj ~ 49 to 300 tribal peasants dead, ~ 50 injured
In 2010, there was a strong public outcry regarding the human rights violations of the Indian Army and security personnel and demands for an official apology from the Indian Government. The apology was demanded to also cover the bombing of Aizawl in the wake of the Mizo National Front uprising.
The Insurgency in Northeast India involves multiple separatist and jihadist militant groups operating in some of India's northeastern states, which are connected to the rest of India by the Siliguri Corridor, a strip of land as narrow as 14.29 miles (23.00 km) wide.
The United Liberation Front, a separatist group operating in North-East India, publicly claimed responsibility for the deadly attack. [ 1 ] In response to the UNLFW attack on Indian troops, Indian military successfully carried out a cross-border operation into Myanmar .
The Insurgency in Meghalaya is a frozen armed conflict between India and a number of separatist rebel groups which was taking place in the state of Meghalaya. The Insurgency in Meghalaya is part of the wider Insurgency in Northeast India, and was fueled by demands of the Khasi, Synteng and Garo people for a separate state. [3]
The Insurgency in Northeast India is the name for the collective insurgencies throughout the "seven sister states" making up Northeastern India.Starting shortly after the British withdrawal from India in 1947, the seven states have been subject to usually violent clashes between the Indian Army with the counterinsurgent and paramilitary Assam Rifles against dozens of secessionist groups.