United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA)
Started: 1979
Cadre strength: 2,500
Objective: Independent Assam
Leadership: Paresh Baruah, commander-in-chief (armed wing); Arabinda Rajkhowa, chairman (political wing)
Area of operation: Entire Assam, very strong in Tinsukhia, Dibrugarh, Nalbari, Nagaon and Kamrup districts
National Democratic Front of Bodoland
Started: 1986
Cadre strength: 3,500
Objective: Independent Bodoland in areas north of the Brahmaputra
Leadership: Ranjan Daimary, president
Area of operation: Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Darrang, Sonitpur, Kamrup and Nalbari districts of Assam
Manipur
United Nationalist Liberation Front
Started: 1964, armed wing set up in 1990
Cadre strength: 1,500
Objective: Independent, socialist Manipur
Leadership: R.K. Meghen, chairman
Area of operation: Imphal valley and areas on the Myanmar-Manipur border
Started: 1978
Cadre strength: 1,500
Objective: Liberated Northeast
Leadership: Irengbam Chaoren, chairman
Area of operation: Imphal valley
Other outfits: Kanglei Yawol Kunna Lup
Meghalaya
Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC)
Started: 1992
Cadre strength: 200
Objective: To make Meghalaya the exclusive domain of the Khasi tribe
Leadership: Julius Dorphang, chairman
Area of operation: Khasi hills of Meghalaya
Other outfits: Achik National Volunteers Council (ANVC)
Tripura
National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) (two factions)
Cadre strength: 1,500
Objective: Secure independent Tripura
Leadership: One faction headed by Nayanbasi Jamatiya, the other by Biswamohan Debbarma
Area of operation: Entire Tripura
Other outfits: All Tripura Tigers Force (ATTF)
Nagaland
National Socialist Council of Nagaland
Started: 1980. Splits in 1988.
Cadre strength: 2,000
Objective: Formation of Greater Nagaland based on Mao’s ideology
Leadership: Isak Chisi Swu, chairman, Th. Muivah, general secretary
Area of operation: Four districts of Manipur—Ukhrul, Senapati, Chandel and Tamengong and entire Nagaland and Tirap andChanglang districts of Arunachal Pradesh
Other outfits: NSCN-K (Khaplang faction)
West Bengal
Kamtapur Liberation Organisation
Started: 1995
Cadre strength: 500
Objective: Carve out a separate state out of western Assam and north Bengal for the Koch Rajbongshi people
Leadership: Jiban Sinha, Tom Adhikary
Area of operation: Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, north and south Dinajpur, Malda
Other outfits: Peoples’ War (PW)
Cadre strength: 5,000 Area of operation: Midnapore and Bankura
Andhra Pradesh
Peoples’ War (PW)
Started: 1976 as PWG, became PW in 1991
Objective: Liberation through revolution
Cadre strength: 1,300
Leadership: Mupalla Laxmana Rao alias Ganapathi, Naballa Keshav Rao alias Ganganna
Area of operation: North Telangana and around
Chhattisgarh
Peoples’ War (PW)
Started: 1976 as PWG, became PW in 1991
Objective: Liberation through revolution
Cadre strength: 2,500
Leadership: Nagesh alias Naresh Dorla
Area of operation: Bastar
Maharashtra
Peoples’ War (PW)
Started: 1976 as PWG, became PW in 1991
Cadre strength: 300
Leadership: Vikas Anna, Satyanna Bhupathi
Area of operation: Gadchiroli, and Chandrapur
Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI)
Started: 1977
Objective: Militant fight against persecution of Muslim community
Cadre strength: 20,000 plus, including in UP
Leadership: Saquib Nachen, Adil Khotal
Area of operation: Mumbai, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Mumbhra, Pune, Hingoli, Solapur
Orissa
Peoples’ War (PW)
Started: 1976
Cadre strength: 200
Leadership: Run by Andhra-based leaders
Area of operation: Koraput, Malkangiri, Gajapati, Raygada, Mayurbhanj
Bihar
Maoist Communist Centre (MCC)
Started: 1972
Objective: Liberation through revolution
Cadre strength: 701
Leadership: Pramod Mishra
Area of operation: Patna, Aurangabad, Gaya, Jehanabad/Arwal, Nawada
Other outfits: PW, Ranvir Sena
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu Liberation Army (TNLA)
Started: 1985
Objective: Liberate Tamils from Indian Union
Cadre strength: 20-50
Leadership: Suba Ilavarasan
Jharkhand
Peoples’ War (Leader: Jaggan Singh)
MCC (Leader: Nathu Mistry)
Uttar Pradesh
SIMI (president: Dr Shahid Badr Falahi; Gen Secretary: Safdar Nagori)
