Nagaland has never been part of India-- they are a Mongol people, physically, ethnically and culturally distinct from India. They had an independent nation before 1947. They were promised by both the British and Indians that their sovereignty would be respected, but this promise was betrayed after Indian independence, by both sides.

Oh, and the Nagas also made one other, critical "mistake": They became Christians in the late 19th century, Baptist Christians to be exact-- one of the most Christian nations on earth:

http://www.nagalim.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1&Itemid=8

As we've all come to recognize from the Christian-hating policies of the Clinton and Bush Administrations, let alone the European Union, the NWO formula for deciding which side to take in a conflict has become quite simple:

1. If a warring side is Muslim and engaged in a bloody war of ethnic cleansing against Christians, that group will receive the full blessing and even military support of the USA, assisted by anti-Christian EU tinpot dictators such as the Fuhrerin Angela Merkel of Germany and Tony Blair of Britain. Even if the region is an ancient Christian historic heartland like Kosovo for the Serbs, and Muslims became the majority through massive illegal immigration in recent decades, all that matters is Muslim invaders = good and noble, Christian natives = evil and worthy of ethnic cleansing. Bonus points if the Muslim invaders are also al-Qaeda allies directly supporting Islamic terrorism, and extra bonus points if this terrorist activity helps to bring about a massive terrorist attack on US soil, while the Muslim separatism encourages analogous US movements. See: September 11 attacks, Aztlan

2. If a group of people is itself a Christian nation fighting for its independence and basic human rights from the genocidal clutches of an occupying enemy-- and especially if that outside power is Hindu and/or Muslim-- then this freedom-loving Christian nation will incur the full wrath and rage of the US State Department, as well as Fuhrerin Merkel and the bureaucrats of the EU. Full support will be given to the oppressing Hindu and/or Muslim nation (including nukes in contravention to international accords), and the Christians fighting for their very survival will be denied all recognition. Both the Nagaland and Mizoram Christians therefore face persecution, atrocities and genocide with the full blessing of the US State Department and EU.

I'm still trying to figure out what exactly in our culture has made our political and economic elites so contemptuously hateful of Christians worldwide, even Baptist Christians like the Nagas who became Christian mainly due to US efforts! I'll certainly continue to spread the word for the Nagas, and I'll refuse to buy anything German until Christian-hating Fuhrerin Angela Merkel is summarily tossed out of office. Considering the way that Fuhrerin Merkel has consistently demonstrated her hatred of Balkan Christians, while encouraging mass Muslim Turkish/North African immigration into the EU while depriving individual EU states of their sovereignty to decide, it is obvious that Fuhrerin Merkel is Public Enemy #1 for all freedom-loving Christian peoples, and we should work vigorously to ensure her fall. Appalling that our tax dollars are being applied to damage and ruin Christian peoples throughout the world, and that both US State Department and EU elites so gleefully collaborate in these atrocities!

A Church I sometimes attend in DC is sponsoring a family living in Nagaland. A church there invited them to assist the community primarily in education, Christian, english language and other.

Since almost the day they arrived they have been harassed. They have even been accosted on their own verandah by armed men. Fortunately, none of the family have been hurt yet, and they are determined to stick it out.

This story has been confirmed by a lady I’ve known for more than 40 years. She travels the world working with local churches. She has visited this families home in Nagaland and has witnessed a few incidents.

For security reasons I can’t say anything about location or who is harassing them.

Thanks for sharing this Jim— your story, while harrowing, regrettably does not surprise me.

Almost every Naga family I’ve met has experienced unbelievable levels of abuse, persecution and anti-Christian hysteric hatred perpetrated by Indian Army forces, both Hindu and Muslim. The Naga culture and languages are aggressively repressed, while the Naga villages are raped and murdered almost with impunity.

One Naga involved with our church compared the Hindu/Muslim campaign against the Christians of Nagaland and Mizoram to the almost genocidal hatred perpetrated against the Sikhs in Punjab by Indira Gandhi’s thugs in 1984, and indeed the resemblances are not accidental: The Sikhs, also, were promised their own independent nation (Khalistan) but were betrayed, just as the Nagas were, by both the British and the Indian governments.

IOW, the Naga Christians and the Sikhs both occupy independent nations yet have been denied their rights to self-determination by Hindu/Muslim hegemony. If anything, it’s even worse for the Nagas and the Mizoram Christians, since they’re also quite ethnically (and physically) different from the rest of India. As you know, the Nagas essentially look East Asian or SE Asian, which has also contributed to racist hatred against them.

It sometimes shames me to be an American, to think that our country, let alone the Eurabians, has abandoned these Baptist Christian folk, people whom our own missionaries spread the Gospel to in the first place. It’s an atrocious example of NWO geopolitics and anti-Christian hatred in action.

Lies, all Lies!

Everyone knows that the Indians are a peaceful spiritual people who have never invaded anyone in 1000000000 years. This is all a plot by Christist evangehadies as part of the evil conspiracy developed by Marxist/Mohammedan-Abrahamic/Atlantacist alliance.

:-)

Oh, how "peaceful", these Nagas!

http://www.alertnet.org/db/crisisprofiles/IN_CLA.htm?v=in_detail

TENSIONS IN THE SEVEN SISTERS

A victim of a grenade blast in Guwahati, Assam. June, 2006. REUTERS/Utpal Baruah

Clinging to India by a thread of land known as the "chicken's neck", the northeastern states have been ravaged by 50 years of bloody conflicts.

Village is pitted against village, tribe against tribe, tribal against non-tribal. There are locals fighting against migrants and Muslims fighting for Islamic rule. Independence movements battle for secession (or autonomy) for their various districts, states, or pan-state tribal homelands - and these demands often conflict, causing further violence.

In two of the seven states, Assam and Manipur, there is low intensity war. A ceasefire was agreed in Nagaland several years ago but inter-faction fighting continues. There are also small militant groups in Tripura.

Corruption and extortion are rife and many insurgent groups have become criminalised. Small arms are widespread. A substantial development budget from the capital largely leaks away along illegitimate channels.

Over 50,000 people have died in the violence since 1947. Large numbers of people have been displaced by conflict. Exact numbers are not known, but there are thought to be hundreds of thousands of IDPs, with the greatest forced displacements in Assam, Manipur and Tripura. But there does not appear to have been any proper assessment of the displaced and their conditions by any governmental or non-governmental organisation.

Access is tricky. International staff from humanitarian organisations are in general denied entry into the states. Those who do get in are closely monitored and their movements restricted.

"It's completely forgotten," says Helen O'Neill, of MSF-Holland, which works in Assam and Manipur. "Nobody really thinks about it or knows about it. It surprises us that there isn't more out there in the press about it. But India really does not want international NGOs treating it like the Third World."

SEGREGATION

Soldiers patrol near the Bangladesh border in Tripura.

The conflicts have their roots in the extraordinary diversity of the area - a gateway between India and eastern Asia. Its people have resisted control by the empires of India throughout history.

The area is a turbulence of languages, races, religions and civilisations, including 400 tribal and sub-tribal groups many of whom fear loss of identity.

The tribes arrived in waves of migration from the East and the West. During the time of the British in India more were added to the melting pot, coming from other parts of India to work as administrators, plantation workers and cultivators.

The British segregated the tribal populations into areas akin to reservations between 1874 and 1935. This created a gulf between "backward" tribal areas and the modernising non-tribal plains - a division that persisted after India gained independence in 1947.

When Bangladesh achieved independence in 1971 the result was economic disaster for the northeastern states. Their inland water, road and railway communications with the rest of India were abruptly severed and they lost access to any port.

Soon after, the Chinese takeover of Tibet along with political changes in Myanmar hardened softer borders that lay to the east.

The region's population has recently increased with migrants from Myanmar, Nepal and Bangladesh.

Although the central government has made substantial investment in economic development this has not improved the lot of the ordinary person.

The states are poorly governed and rife with corruption and extortion.

The prognosis for the region is mixed. Although India uses its military to weaken rebels, it acknowledges that only political solutions will work. It has held dialogues with many insurgent groups and brokered peace deals with some of them.

In 2004 the government announced it would hold talks with any group willing to stop violence, without demanding they disarm first. This led to an increased number of peace talks.

The public is applying more pressure for peaceful resolutions of grievances, and civil society groups in the region have become more active, helping to start and facilitate dialogues.

But there are so many militant groups that some have increased their violence in response to the government opening talks with others.

NAGALAND

A Naga rebel at the 58th anniversary of unilateral day of independence. Aug. 14, 2005. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

The conflict in jungle-covered Nagaland is India's oldest and is credited with having inspired almost all the ethnic groups in the region who now fight for autonomy.

Nagas, a loose collection of about 30 tribes, have fought since 1947 for a separate homeland that includes parts of the predominantly Christian state of Nagaland as well as areas in Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

India says creation of a greater Naga state might spark fierce agitations in other states.

Security analysts say peace with the Nagas is crucial for a broader peace in the northeast.

More than 20,000 people died in the Naga insurgency until a ceasefire in 1997. The rebels and the Indian government have since held many rounds of talks. But little progress has been made on the group's key demands for the right to self-rule and the creation of a new state containing all Naga dominated areas.

The billions of dollars' worth of oil thought to lie underneath Nagaland are also a factor in the conflict. India's state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) was forced out of the area more than a decade ago but was readmitted in 2006. Nagaland officials hope the revenues will help make Nagaland a self-reliant state.

The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NCSN) is the most powerful rebel group in the region but is divided by feuding.

Rebels have accused the government of killing scores of their cadres in violation of the ceasefire. But analysts say a return to conflict is unlikely.

The NSCN agreed in July 2006 to extend the ceasefire by another year and continue with peace talks. Another round began in December 2006, but there has been no breakthrough.

In January 2008, India's federal government dissolved Nagaland's state assembly following a controversial no-confidence vote in the assembly moved by the opposition. The imposition of presidential rule came weeks before scheduled elections for a new assembly.

ASSAM

A tea garden outside Siliguri in Assam.

The insurgency in Assam first arose from demands for the deportation of illegal Bangladeshi migrants.

Violence against foreigners continues. In 1994, Muslims of Bengali origin were chased out by rebels. Nearly 8,000 still live in roadside huts on the national highway near Bijni, unable to own or work the land. In 2005, thousands more were driven out by angry mobs, accused of being illegal migrants from Bangladesh.

A second campaign in Assam is the secessionist insurgency, which was formally launched in 1979 with the creation of armed groups such as the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA). At least 10,000 people have been killed in separatist violence in Assam over the past 25 years

Another insurgency emerged in the late 1980s, with the Bodo tribal group demanding a separate state within India.

Fighting between the Bodos and another tribal group, the Santhals, has displaced around 250,000 people since it erupted in the early 1990s. As of December 2005, around 110,000 people remained in relief camps. Many others have been forced out of camps, say their leaders, and are now landless and destitute.

In the late 1990s militant organisations proliferated along tribal, religious and cultural faultlines. They included a number of Muslim militias.

Fighting between Karbi and Dimasa tribal insurgent groups in late 2005 displaced up to 50,000 people in the hill district of Karbi Anglong. They are now living in appalling conditions, according to the Asian Centre for Human Rights.

Some rebel groups in Assam have made deals with the government that have brought relative peace in some areas, but other groups have resurged, bringing new insecurities.

In 2006, the ULFA unleashed a series of explosions, pausing in August when the Indian military agreed to cease operations against them.

But peace talks collapsed in September and India resumed military operations, sending 2,000 more troops into the state in November.

Since then rebel attacks against police and security forces, politicians and railway construction workers have continued.

MANIPUR

Sanayaima, chairman of the United National Liberation Front, which is fighting for independence for Manipur.

Tiny Manipur has just over 2 million inhabitants. Tribal groups there, mainly Nagas and Kukis, have been fighting for separate homelands since 1974. The state has been administered by the Indian army since 1980.

Tensions between tribal groups have spawned many secondary conflicts, often over changes in land ownership. One assessment found 18 active insurgency groups in the state.

There is little industry and there are few job opportunities, leading thousands of frustrated young people to join the separatists.

The Indian army has carried out counter-insurgency operations against local militias who hide along the border with Myanmar.

These operations, together with ethnic clashes, have displaced some 6,000 people. They were reported in January 2006 to be living in deplorable conditions, lacking food, medicines, warm clothes and other essential commodities.

A six-year hunger strike by a young Manipuri woman has drawn attention to the government's controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act or AFSPA, which gives sweeping powers to the army in the state.

The government says the law is necessary but civil society groups say it has led to gross human rights violations by the army.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said in December 2006 that the law would be amended to make it more "humane" and considerate of "basic human and civil rights".

Manipur also has an endemic drug problem because of its proximity to the opium fields of the Golden Triangle, with an accompanying epidemic of HIV/AIDS.

TRIPURA

Tripura, a knobble of land protruding south into Bangladesh, is home to native tribals and Bengalis.

Most of the latter, who make up three-quarters of the population of 3 million, arrived as refugees from Bangladesh after its independence in 1971.

There are two main separatist rebel groups, the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and the All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF). Both want independence for the tribal areas of the state, with the removal of Bengali immigrants, and both have attacked the Bengali-speaking community as well as kidnapping their political opposition.

Attacks on Bengalis in northern Tripura have caused displacement - there are thought now to be 50,000 to 100,000 IDPs.

Another major cause of displacement has been the building by India of a fence along the border with Bangladesh, during which tens of thousands of people were evicted from their homes.

Meanwhile, Tripura also hosts 31,000 people who fled fighting in the neighbouring state of Mizoram.

They remain in grim camps with severe food shortages because of an impasse in negotiations about their return to Mizoram.

At the end of 2006 several Indian newspapers reported a sharp decline in violence in Tripura. Abductions have plummeted (542 in 2000 to 35 in 2006), according to the Director General of Police G M Srivastava. Police chiefs say that the number of killings has dropped too, citing 19 insurgency-related deaths in 2007 compared to 152 in 2000.

THE OTHER STATES

Arunachal Pradesh, the most north-easterly state, is generally portrayed as a peaceful neighbour that suffers primarily from an overflow of violence from neighbouring Nagaland.

But there are signs that indigenous insurgent groups are appearing.

Mizoram is also relatively peaceful. The Mizo National Front signed a deal with the government in 1986 ending a 20-year insurgency.

But the activities of the Bru National Liberation Front (BNLF) have increased, causing some casualties.

Many of the tribes in Meghalaya have set up militant organisations that are committing violence against each other and increasingly getting involved in criminal and extortion activities.

The two key militant outfits are the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) and the Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC).

Some analysts say they camouflage their activities with political demands for protection against foreigners and the creation of separate homelands.

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National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT)

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/nlft.htm

The National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) was formed in December 1989 for the purpose of seceding from India in order to create an independent Christian fundamentalist state of Tripura. The group was banned under the Unlawful Activies Prevention Act of 1967.

The headquarters of NLFT is located in the Khagrachari district of Bangladesh, about 40-45 km southeast of Simanapur.

In Tripura a systematic surrender of arms by a faction of NLFT insurgents and NLFT fringe groups is due to the increased security pressure and to infighting within NLFT insurgent ranks. Since 2000 a few hundred militants have surrendered in small groups to the security forces, handing in their weapons. The NLFT leadership engaged in peace talks with Mizoram Chief Zoramthanga in April 2001, however the NLFT has not promised acceptance of any future peace process.

The NLFT has set up a number of camps in Bangladesh's Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), in the Sylhet, Maulavi Bazar, Habiganj and Comilla regions. NLFT also has ties with Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, the Inter Services Intelligence Agency (ISI).

Nagaland has never been part of India-- they are a Mongol people, physically, ethnically and culturally distinct from India.

India is not a country based on one race. The Nagas are no more or no less different from the average Indian as is a Dravidian from an Indo-Aryan. Or a Malayali from a Tamilian. Or a Gujarati from a Kashmiri. This racial BS is a double-edged sword. Be warned.

Oh, and the Nagas also made one other, critical "mistake": They became Christians in the late 19th century, Baptist Christians to be exact-- one of the most Christian nations on earth:

Probably one of the most violent, then. They are "Christians" more than they are Christians, if you get what I mean.

They are so "Christian," they have not hesitated to rape and pillage, in the name of spreading the faith, among their own fellow Nagas who haven't let go of their ancient ways.

1. If a warring side is Muslim and engaged in a bloody war of ethnic cleansing against Christians, that group will receive the full blessing and even military support of the USA, assisted by anti-Christian EU tinpot dictators such as the Fuhrerin Angela Merkel of Germany and Tony Blair of Britain. Even if the region is an ancient Christian historic heartland like Kosovo for the Serbs, and Muslims became the majority through massive illegal immigration in recent decades, all that matters is Muslim invaders = good and noble, Christian natives = evil and worthy of ethnic cleansing. Bonus points if the Muslim invaders are also al-Qaeda allies directly supporting Islamic terrorism, and extra bonus points if this terrorist activity helps to bring about a massive terrorist attack on US soil, while the Muslim separatism encourages analogous US movements. See: September 11 attacks, Aztlan

*YAWN*

2. If a group of people is itself a Christian nation fighting for its independence and basic human rights from the genocidal clutches of an occupying enemy-- and especially if that outside power is Hindu and/or Muslim-- then this freedom-loving Christian nation will incur the full wrath and rage of the US State Department, as well as Fuhrerin Merkel and the bureaucrats of the EU. Full support will be given to the oppressing Hindu and/or Muslim nation (including nukes in contravention to international accords), and the Christians fighting for their very survival will be denied all recognition. Both the Nagaland and Mizoram Christians therefore face persecution, atrocities and genocide with the full blessing of the US State Department and EU.

[A deep breath]... *YAWN!*

PS: India is not a Hindu nation.

I'll certainly continue to spread the word for the Nagas, and I'll refuse to buy anything German until Christian-hating Fuhrerin Angela Merkel is summarily tossed out of office. Considering the way that Fuhrerin Merkel has consistently demonstrated her hatred of Balkan Christians, while encouraging mass Muslim Turkish/North African immigration into the EU while depriving individual EU states of their sovereignty to decide, it is obvious that Fuhrerin Merkel is Public Enemy #1 for all freedom-loving Christian peoples, and we should work vigorously to ensure her fall. Appalling that our tax dollars are being applied to damage and ruin Christian peoples throughout the world, and that both US State Department and EU elites so gleefully collaborate in these atrocities!

Whatever.

These people really seem very peaceful...

...Taliban-style.

http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/tripura/terrorist_outfits/NLFT_tl.htm

Incidents involving National Liberation Front of Tripura

2008

March 30: The Superintendent of Police (Special Branch), Claudia A. Lyngwa, while terming the HNLC as "an organisation of a few vested interests," said that deteriorating cadre strength of the outfit had forced it to join hands with the Tripura-based NLFT. She stated that the outfit's cadre strength could be between 70 and 80, including a few senior members camping in Bangladesh. "These (few) vested interests (HNLC activists) are very much aware that they are losing their strength every day and the best option for them is to surrender," she said, adding, "Deteriorating cadre strength has forced HNLC to join hands with the NLFT."
Twelve NLFT militants surrendered before the Assam Rifles at Kanchanpur in the North Tripura district. They were identified as Narahari Janata, Dinash Dbarna, Amardulal Jamarya. Trinajit Janara, Milmany Reang, Falayjpy Triputa, Laxhmanram Reanf, Agnijoy Reang, Rupandra Reang, Tajendra Trang, Titaram Reang, and Kamanjpy Reang.
March 27: Two HNLC militants, Vicky Majaw and Leader, are shot dead by Meghalaya Police during an encounter at Umkiang in the Jaintia Hills district. However, three NLFT militants who along with the HNLC militants opened fire on the police personnel manage to escape from the encounter site.
March 22: Two collaborators belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT surrendered and deposited 14 notice pads and several documents of the faction.
March 8: An NLFT militant, identified as Daharam Reang, was arrested from the jungles of Govindabari area of Chawmanu police station under Dhalai district.
March 3: A hardcore NLFT militant, identified as Ranjan Debbarma, was killed in an encounter with the security forces at Tuikurmacherra under Mugiakami police station. One Chinese grenade and some incriminating documents of the outfit were recovered from the encounter site.
February 26: Police arrested four surrendered militants belonging to the NLFT for their involvement in instigating the tribals to occupy a government land near Raj Bhawan in Agartala.
February 8: Cadres of the NLFT abducted two supporters of the CPI-Marxist from their village at Shanpara in West Tripura district. A group of armed NLFT insurgents raided the village at night and abducted Rajkumar Debbarma and Ratan Debbarma from their houses.
February 5: Security forces arrested four militants of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT along with arms and ammunition from Raishyabari area of the Dhalai district. They were identified as Rabajoy Tripura, Ripajoy Tripura, Manai Mohan Tripura and Arun Kumar.
January 30: A group of armed NLFT cadres snatched 25 Elector's Photo Identity Card from Dalaparti Para village in the Dhalai district.
January 23: Two extortionists belonging to the NLFT were arrested by the security forces from Baigunsingpara village under Mungiakami police station in the West Tripura district while they were extorting money from villagers. While INR 17000 in cash was recovered from the possession of the duo, some other extortionists managed to escape.
January 11: An encounter between the security forces and the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT militants took place at Old Ramguna Para village of Atharamura range under Salema police station in the Dhalai district. However, the militants escaped from the spot after a brief gun battle. Security forces later recovered several documents including some extortion notices from the incident site.
January 8: One NLFT militant, identified as Bironjoy Tripura, was arrested along with arms and ammunition by the security forces after an encounter at Tamarai Para village of Ganganagar police station under Dhalai district. During subsequent search operations, police also recovered three locally made revolvers with live rounds, a bag of Indian currency, medicines, subscription notes and a calendar of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT.
January 2: Tripura Police arrested three suspects, identified as Shyamal Debbarma, Nagrai Debbarma and Chitta Debbarma, in connection with the December 31 killing of Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Chandra Mohan Debbarma by the NLFT militants at Naksirai Para village under Kalyanpur police station in the West Tripura district.
January 1: NLFT militants opened fire on a civilian, identified as Rabijay Reang, at Debendrapara village under Ampi police station in the South Tripura district. Official sources said that the injured person had been asked by the NLFT cadres to join the outfit and had also not paid the demanded extortion amount to it.

NLFT militants abducted a civilian, Madhu Tripura, from his house at Dhananjay Para village under Gandacherra police station in the Dhalai district. Madhu is an activist of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist and had refused to join the outfit.

2007

December 31: A tribal leader of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist, identified as Chandra Mohan Debbarma, is shot dead by two militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT at Naksirai Para under Kalyanpur police station in the West Tripura district.
December 27: Two NLFT militants, Pijush Debbarma and Birendra Debbarma, are arrested at Aidangkur, a remote village under Champahower police station in the West Tripura district. Two high explosive grenades were recovered from their possession.
December 26: Meghalaya Police stated that the HNLC is being helped by the NLFT in Jaintia Hills, the NSCN-IM in West Khasi Hills and the NDFB in areas of Ri-Bhoi district. The HNLC's declining manpower and continued failure to start an extortion drive in Shillong city has forced the outfit to seek help of other outfits and extort money from businessmen, especially coal traders, in other districts of the State bordering Bangladesh. "The firepower of HNLC is less at present and the outfit cannot buy more weapons due to financial constraints. It has to borrow arms from other militant groups," said an unnamed source.
December 17: Meghalaya Police neutralized a joint camp of the HNLC and NLFT during an operation at Narpuh reserve forest in the Jaintia Hills. A number of 9-mm live cartridges, .22 live cartridges, one very high frequency handset, six micro cassettes, a prescription of a Bangladeshi doctor, photographs, a diary and four butts of AK-56 rifles were recovered from the camp. However, no arrests were made.
December 10: Two militants of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, identified as, Santilal Tripura alias Sathai and Mrinal Debbarma alias Munwi surrendered before the security forces at the Tripura State Rifles Post under Jirania police station in the West Tripura district.

Two NLFT militants, Biswarai Debbarma and Shyamal Debbarma, surrendered before the Assistant Commandant of Tripura State Rifles (10th Battalion) at Murabari Post in the West Tripura District. They also deposited one grenade and 13 rounds of bullets.
One militant of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, identified as Sanjit Kumar Jamatia surrendered before the security forces in Khasiamangal area of Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district.
December 4: Militants of the NLFT abducted two persons, identified as Shakti Rishidas and Brajendra Das, at gunpoint in the Dhalai district. Both of them are residents of Dalucherra village under Salema police station, and were abducted when they went to graze cattle near the Longtarai hill range.
November 28: Police personnel recovered the dead body of a NLFT militant, identified as Surendra Debbarma of Jaglung Bari, from a pond at Dagamabari under Champahower police station in the West Tripura district. Two AK-56 rifles with ammunition were also recovered from the incident site.

Police arrested one militant belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, identified as Karmajoy Reang of Thali Bari, under Taidu police station in the South Tripura district.
November 26: Two militants belonging to the NLFT, Ratna Hajury Jamatia of Bastavmura under Takarjala police station and Sunil Jamatia of Hataikachakpara under Takarjala police station, surrendered to the Deputy Superintendent of Police at Raishyabari in the Dhalai district. They deposited 68 rounds of `303 rifle to the police.
November 24: Assam Rifles personnel in a counter-insurgency operation killed three hardcore militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, at Dagmabari under Champahower police station in the West Tripura district. They were identified as Rajmohan Jamatia alias Raima of Teliamura, Baksikia Jamatia of Kamalpur and Shalsi Debbarma. Three AK-56 rifles, seven AK magazines, a grenade, 231 rounds of ammunition, two explosive detonators and some incriminating documents were recovered from the incident site.
Five NLFT militants, Amrit Sadhan Jamatia, Mahenjoy Reang, Pabiram Reang, Abhiram Reang and Manindra Reang, surrendered before the AR personnel at Kanchanpur in the North Tripura district. Two firearms and some incriminating documents were deposited by them.
November 18: Assam Rifles personnel arrested one militant of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, Nibedhan Reang, from the Kanchanpur area.
November 9: One NLFT cadre from the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Sudhan Debbarma of Kartik para, was arrested from the West Tripura district.
November 8: Security forces arrested two NLFT militants from the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, identified as Raban Debbarma and Surendra Debbarma, from a remote place under Champahowar police station in the West Tripura district.
November 4: Security forces during a search operation arrested three NLFT-BM faction cadres, identified as Rajesh Deb Barma, Nil Kanta Deb Barma and Rabindra Deb Barma, from the outskirts of Jam Tilla village in the West Tripura district. Sources revealed that the three militants had been intimidating and coercing the people of West Tripura district to support NLFT-BM faction against their will.
November 2: One NLFT cadre, identified as Haitarai Debbarma of Belapur under Ranirbazar police station, surrendered along with five rounds of SLR before the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Subash Debbarma, at Ganganagar in the same district.
October 31: Two militants belonging to the NLFT, Adhi Mohan Tripura and Sankar Debbarma, were arrested by the SFs during two separate raids at Damcherra and Jirania in the West Tripura district.
October 28: Two NLFT militants, Rambajoy Reang alias Rojung and Biranjoy Reang alias Bikhlai, surrendered before the SFs at Hrangkhal Para under Teliamura police station in the Dhalai district. One 9-mm revolver with 6 live rounds and two 36 HE Grenade are deposited by them.
October 24: A batch of 135 cadres of the NLFT is being imparted guerrilla training at a hide-out in Bangladesh. Two NLFT militants, Sajanrai Reang and Swarna Reang, who surrendered before the security forces at Manikpur in the Dhalai district on October 22, revealed the information that the rigorous training of the fresh batch is almost completed and ‘passing out parade’ is likely to be held by November. They have also revealed that 27 cadres of the batch will be sent to Karachi in Pakistan for specialized training that to be imparted by designated officers of the Pakistani external intelligence agency, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). Both the surrendered cadres also confessed that they are imparted arms training in Hongkong.
October 17: The NLFT militants abducted one civilian, Sudhanshu Nath, from Barcherra area under Kanchanpur subdivision in the North Tripura district.
Two militants of the NLFT- Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Dipen Tripura and Dharmendra Reang, surrendered to the security forces at Chhawmanu in the Dhalai district along with two country-made guns.
October 8: Three cadres belonging to the NLFT – Biswamohan Debabarma faction, Dushanjoy Tripura, Santi Joy Tripura and Phirak Tripura, surrendered at Bairagi Dukan.
One NLFT–Biswamohan militant, Sakhi Debbarma of Tamakari under Sidhai police station, also surrendered before the Deputy Commandant of the 10^th Tripura State Rifles battalion at an unspecified location along with 10 rounds of `303 ammunitions.
One more NLFT– Biswamohan cadre, Bikramjoy Reang, surrendered to the SFs along with one revolver, one live round and some Bangladeshi currency at an unspecified location.
October 6: One NLFT militant of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Ram Bahadur Reang, surrendered before the Tripura States Rifles personnel at Subhash Nagar headquarters under Kanchanpur sub-division in the North Tripura district. He deposited one revolver with five rounds of live bullet.
October 4: Tripurainfo reports that the Borok National Council of Tripura (BNCT) is carrying out a fresh recruitment drive in the Kanchanpur and Longthorai valleys. About 42 tribal youths were recruited from Mrityunjoypara, Sarbajoypara, Joymonipara and Bhandarima under Kanchanpur subdivision in the North Tripura district. Earlier, 32 tribal boys joined the outfit in September 2007. All the new recruits were sent to Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh to receive guerrilla training and they will be reportedly sent back before the February 2008-elections in the State.

One NLFT collaborator of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Nityananda Tripura, surrenders before the Border Security Force at Chawmanu post in the Dhalai district on.
September 29: Tripurainfo reports that Ranjit Debbarma, ‘president’ of the ATTF, has stated in an online interview to a Website that the NLFT and ATTF are operating jointly. "The present leadership of NLFT is running the organization along correct lines. This has made it possible for us to work together. As of now our relations are very good," Debbarma says. "TPDF (political wing of the ATTF) and NLFT are different organizations; their main objective is one and the same - restoration of Tripura´s sovereign independence. Some leaders of the NLFT were self-centred and promoted selfish interests. They were not genuine revolutionaries. That leadership has gone now," he added.
September 28: A group of suspected militants of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT attacked the residence of one Prajapati Nama Sudra at Asha Purna Roaja Para under Salema police station of Dhalai district. However, no casualty was reported.

Two NLFT cadres, Tangsa Tripura and Malin Debbarma, are arrested from Mogpara under Gandacherra police station in the Dhalai district.
September 27: An encounter occurs between the NLFT militants and security force (SF) personnel at Patlongjoypara under Kanchanpur police station in the North Tripura district. During the subsequent search operation, four Borok National Council of Tripura (BNCT) militants, Lankajoy Reang, Nimanjoy Reang, Ganga Rai Reang and Britta Ram Reang, are arrested and three improvised country made guns are recovered. However six other militants, Dharam Reang, Alajoy Reang, Padarai Reang, Thomas Uchai, Santosh Debbarma and Jhan Jamatia, managed to escape from the incident site.
September 23: One suspected NLFT militant, Biswamohan Tripura, is arrested from a hut near Purnaron Rouja Para under Longthorai Valley police station in the Dhalai district. One loaded country-made gun is recovered from him.
September 21: Assam Police and Central Reserve Police Force personnel recover two AK-47 rifles, 36 hand grenades, 69 bullets and collection receipts from a hideout of the NLFT outfit at Khasiapunji in the Karimganj district along the Assam-Tripura border. An album carrying photographs of women cadres of the outfit is also recovered from the hideout.
August 31: Suspected NLFT militants abducted a tribal villager, Negendra Debbarma, from Iswar Chowdhury para under Champahower police station in the West Tripura district.
August 28: Militants of the NLFT attacked a work site of the Northeast Frontier Railway at Swapnabari under Manu police station in the Dhalai district and killed a soldier of the Tripura State Rifles. Police sources said a team of TSR soldiers was escorting railway construction workers from Swapnabari, when the attack occurred. With this incident, at least seven persons, including two security force personnel, have reportedly been killed in August.
August 27: One Tripura State Rifles personnel, Jayanta Roy, is killed by NLFT militants belonging to Biswamohan Debbarma faction at a work site of the North East Frontier Railways at Swapnabari under Manu police station in the West Tripura district. With this incident, at least seven persons, including two security force personnel, have reportedly been killed in August.
August 19: NLFT militants abduct a person, Mohanlal Debbarma, from the Shantir Bazaar area under Kamalpur subdivision of Dhalai district. Mohanlal Debbarma, who is the younger brother of Parimal Debbarma, a local leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist, was abducted as he refused to part with funds meant for development work, as demanded by the militants.
August 16: The decomposed body of a suspected collaborator of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT is recovered on from Pathlongjoypara under Kanchanpur police station in North Tripura district. Karyai Reang had been abducted by unidentified militants from his house at Pathlongjoypara recently. But his relatives had not informed the police about the incident. Police further said that he was wanted in an extortion case.
August 15: NLFT militants ambush a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) patrolling party at Prabhumanipara in the Dhalai district, injuring a CRPF constable, Paramjit Yadav.
August 3: Two NLFT militants, identified as Bishnu Ram Tripura and Ranjit Debbarma, surrendered to the Assam Rifles along with two revolvers and live cartridges at Kanchanpur camp in the North Tripura district.
July 31: Security Forces ambushed and killed one NLFT – Biswamohan Debabarma faction militant, identified as Sunaranjan Chakma, at Bilaicherri under Chawmanu police station in the Dhalai district. One revolver was recovered from the incident site.
July 30: Five unidentified militants belonging to the NLFT surrendered to the SFs at an unspecified location. Two more unidentified cadres, including a self-styled corporal of the same outfit, also surrendered to the police at Gandacherra in the Dhalai district.
July 19: Six unidentified NLFT militants surrendered to the Assam Rifles personnel and deposited one AK-47 rifle and 68 live cartridges at Teliamura in the West Tripura district.
July 16: Four NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Jagatsadan Jamatia, Joy Jamatia, Ukiljoy Jamatia and Saya Jamatiya, surrendered to the Assam Rifles personnel at Teliamura in the West Tripura district along with one AK 47 rifle, 36 rounds of bullet and one Japanese wireless set.
Two collaborators of the NLFT, Krishnamanik Tripura of Raishyabari and Sanjit Debbarma, surrendered to security forces at Hrangkhwalpara under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district.
July 14: Police recovered the dead body of a 50-year-old Mannya Kumar Tripura from Manikpur in the Dhalai district.
July 13: Mannya Kumar Tripura, a Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and the vice chairman of the East Govindabari Village Committee under Chawmanu police station in Dhalai district, is abducted along with two Booth Level Officers (BLOs), by Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT militants while returning after taking images of voters of Naisharampara under Chawmanu Assembly constituency in the same district. The two BLOs, identified as Khsetrajoy Reang and Raikumar Tripura, are released later.
July 6: Two members of the NLFT, identified Shankar Debbarma and Mangal Debbarma, are arrested by the security forces at Dasharambari near Jirania in the West Tripura district. A pencil pistol and 20 cartridges are recovered from their possession.
July 1: Suspected NLFT militants abducted three civilians, Manikya Reang, Kunjamohan Reang and Joysingh Reang, from Bhagaicheeri village under Ambassa police station in the Dhalai District.
June 29: Two NLFT cadres, identified as Balendra Reang and Madhuram Rang, surrendered to the security forces at Kanchanpur in the North Tripura district.
June 27: Four NLFT militants, identified as Harendra Debbarma, Parthanjoy Reang, J S Jamatiya and A P Jamatiya surrendered to the security forces at Kanchanpur in North Tripura and at Birganj in South Tripura district along with one rifle, two cartridges and one hand grenade.
June 15: Nine unidentified NLFT militants surrendered to the security forces along with two grenades, revolvers and a huge cache of ammunition at Khumulwng in the West Tripura district. Another NLFT militant also surrendered to the police at Khowai. Meanwhile, two more NLFT cadres surrendered to the police at Ompi in the South Tripura district.
June 13: An arrested insurgent belonging to the NLFT, identified as Maniram Tripura, managed to escape from police custody when he is being taken to the Kulai hospital for a routine check up at Kulai in the Dhalai district. He was arrested on June 6 in connection with an ambush on a Border Security Force (BSF) patrol party on the same day in which one BSF personnel is killed at Raisyabari in the Dhalai district.
June 12: Five militants of the NLFT and ATTF surrendered to the Assam Rifles in two separate incidents in Tripura. Three NLFT militants, identified as Binanjoy Reang alias Chang, Bajuban Reang alias Kakhurai and Mary Darlong, surrendered along with two revolvers and ammunition in the North Tripura district. Similarly, two unidentified insurgents of the ATTF surrendered at Kamalpur in the Dhalai district.
June 9: Suspected NLFT militants abducted one civilian, identified as Utpal Debbarma, from Aidangkur under Champahower police station in the West Tripura district.
June 7: One NLFT cadre, identified as Bikramjoy Tripura, is arrested by the security forces from Thalcherra under Raishaybari police station in the Dhalai district in connection with the killing of one Border Security Force personnel on June 6.
June 6: Militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, killed one Border Security Force personnel, identified as Dina Bandhu Pal, patrolling at Raishyabari border under Sikandar para Border out Post in the Dhalai district. Security forces also recovered one magazine of SLR with 20 rounds of cartridges from the incident site.
Three insurgents of the NLFT surrendered before the Central Reserve Police Force at Nutunbazaar in the South Tripura district, along with several live cartridges. Altogether 81 insurgents of different outfits have reportedly surrendered to the SFs since January 2007.
June 4: Two militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, identified as Sailen Debbarma and Sankar Jamatia, are killed in an encounter with the SFs at Halamtuicha under Champahower police station in the West Tripura district. One Chinese grenade was recovered from the encounter site.

Two collaborators of NLFT and ATTF, identified as Sakti Debbarma of Tuikuipara and Madan Debbarma of Bahadur Sardarpara, surrendered to the SFs at Teliamura in the same district.
June 3: Suspected militants of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT abducted six labourers from Govindabari under Manikpur police station in the Dhalai district. They are identified as Nikunja Nath of Padmabill in Khowai, Vidhyarai, Hussain Miah, Fakar Miah, Gian Miah and Khalai Miah of Assam.
May 28: The Special Branch (intelligence wing) of Tripura Police revealed that the NLFT, depleted by a spate of desertions and surrenders over the past three years, is preparing to regroup itself and is reportedly planning to carry out a fresh offensive against the security forces. Intelligence sources said that the NLFT chief Biswamohan Debbarma held a meeting with his commanders in a jungle hideout across the Indo-Bangladesh border at Katacherra near Raisyabari in the Dhalai district on May 17 and planned to target camps of the Tripura State Rifles in the interior areas of the State.
May 16: Eight militants, including two women cadres, belonging to the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) surrendered to the security forces along with one revolver, one grenade and 98 rounds of bullets in the West Tripura district.
May 11: Suspected NLFT militants triggered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in the Dhalai district. However, no casualties were reported.
Three NLFT militants, Briguram Jamatia, Dhancharai Reang and Mitrojy Reang, surrendered to the security forces along with two country made revolvers at Kanchanpur in the North Tripura district.
One collaborator of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, identified as Rupa Kumar Tripura of Matirai Roaja Para under Salema police station, surrendered to the SF personnel at B. C. Para in the Dhalai district.
May 8: Four militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT surrender to the Police along with two factory made revolvers- one .38 revolver, three live rounds of cartridges. They were identified as Brajendra Reang alias Buchu, Sandairam Reang alias Samuk Naisiekson, Halam alias Debra and Mrinal Debbarma.
May 7: NLFT militants abduct a civilian, Niru Kumar Debbarma, from Raimohan Sadhupara village under Kalayanpur police station in the West Tripura district on.
May 6: Police arrest a NLFT collaborator of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, identified as Ashok Kumar Debbarma, from Tuisaharpek under Kalyanpur police station in the West Tripura district.
May 4: An encounter between Tripura State Rifles personnel and NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction is reported from Chandraipara under Ambassa police station in the Dhalai District.
A NLFT militant belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, identified as Tabji Rai Reang, is arrested along with a country-made gun from Rabamanipura under Kanchanpur police station in the North Tripura District.
April 29: Two cadres of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, identified as Jamidar Tripura alias Bhanudoy and Suresh Tripura, surrendered at Karbook in the South Tripura district along with ten live rounds of .303 rifles and ten live rounds of 7.62 SLR.
April 22: One NLFT cadre belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Sandhya Ram Debbarma, surrendered at Hrankhal Para camp in the West Tripura district along with one factory made 9-mm and two live rounds of cartridges.
April 17: Security forces arrested one cadre of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, identified as Jariham Reang, from Shilabari under Kanchanpur police station in the North Tripura district along with one country made gun.
April 5: Four hardcore cadres of ATTF and the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of NLFT surrendered to the SFs at Jirania in West Tripura district.
April 3: Two hardcore militants, identified as Laila Tripura alias Boura and Adam Jyoti Tripura, of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT surrendered and deposited two 9-mm revolvers, one grenade and five live rounds of 9-mm revolver at BSF headquarters at Salbagan in the West Tripura district.
One NLFT Biswamohan Debbarma faction cadre, Chandi Charan Tripura alias Lambu, surrendered and deposited 176 rounds of 303 rifle, two rounds of 7.62-mm and two rounds of 9-mm revolver at BSF headquarters in Udaipur in the South Tripura district. Official sources said he escaped from the outfit’s Bangladesh hideout a couple of days ago and contacted the BSF officials.
Another cadre from the NLFT’s Biswamohan Debbarma faction, identified as Govinda Koloi, surrendered and deposited one AK-66 rifle, two magazines and 94 live rounds before the police personnel of Ambassa in the Dhalai district.
March 29: Two extremists of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, identified as Reklai Jamatia and Amish Kumar Jamatia, surrendered before the police along with one pistol and three live rounds at Kanchanpur in the North Tripura district.
March 6: Two police personnel, Samir Choudhury and Aloke Das, are killed and two others, Shyama Chandra Debbarma and Sukdeb Tripura, are injured in an ambush by the NLFT militants at Binan Hazaripara under Champahawr police station in Khowai subdivision of West Tripura district. Militants also managed to decamp with two AK 47 rifles.
March 6: Three militants, including a 'lance corporal' of the NLFT, are arrested by the security forces following an encounter at Tankarai Para under Chawmanu police station in the Dhalai district. Four country made guns are recovered from them.
March 5: Tripurainfo reports that personnel of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) arrested four militants operating in Tripura, including a NLFT cadre Suren Debbarma, from Moulavibazaar area on an unspecified date in February. Suren Debbarma was involved in several ambushes on security forces and massacres of civilians in Tripura. He was an 'area commander' of Nayanbasi Jamatiya faction of the NLFT when he led a ambush on TSR, in which 20 security personnel were killed at Hirapur in the West Tripura district on August 20, 2002. Later he defected to NLFT's Biswamohan Debabarma faction.
March 4: An NLFT militant belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, identified as Rabarai Reang, is arrested from Sachindra Chowdhury area under Chawmanu police station in the Dhalai district.
March 2: Militants shot dead two persons, Tikendra Tripura and Tapan Tripura, at Joychandrapara under Langatarai Valley police station in the Dhalai district. Police suspect the involvement of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT.
March 2: Two NLFT militants belonging to Biswamohan Debbarma faction, identified as ‘Sergeant’ Biralal Kishore Jamatia alias Barchu alias Baga and ‘Corporal’ Nayan Hari Jamatia alias Nanjia, surrender at Jampaijala under Takarjala police station in the West Tripura district. They deposit 9mm carbine ammn-20 rounds, 7.62 BDR-8 rounds, Chinese grenade-1. Two collaborators of the same faction, identified as Sailaram Reang and Jagat Sadhan Jamatia, also surrender with them.
March 2: Two militants of the ATTF and NLFT, identified as Biraha Kumar Jamatia alias Yakharia and Geeta Tripura alias Kaplop, surrender at Teliamura in the West Tripura district. They deposit two 38 factory-made revolvers along with six live rounds of 38 ball ammunitions. The report adds that 21 militants surrendered before the 15 Assam Rifles alone in the last four months.
March 1: One NLFT militant, Jwancha Tripura, is shot dead by Dhalai district police at Sajaigroupingpara under Manu police station. While other militants manage to escape, a Chinese grenade is recovered from the encounter site.
February 25: Two unidentified NLFT collaborators are arrested from Kalyanpur and Teliamura police station areas in the West Tripura district.
February 25: Two NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, identified as Dinesh Debbarma and Sachindra Debbarma, surrender before Tripura Police at Radhapur in the South Tripura district.
February 24: An 'area commander' of the NLFT, identified as Krishnadhan Debbarma, is killed in retaliatory firing by the security force (SF) personnel who were attacked by the militants at Bablabari village under Champahaor police station in the West Tripura district. SF personnel recovered spent cartridges and other used materials from hideout of the militants who escaped with Debbarma's firearms. Debbarma had reportedly been on the run for the past two years.
February 20: One NLFT militant, Narendra Debbarma alias Kalak, of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction is arrested from his residence at Tuichakatar village under Salema police station in the in the Dhalai district. Narendra was involved in the abduction of a person, Sailendra Debbarma, from South Panbua under the same police station. A collaborator of the same outfit, identified as Sachindra Debbarma, is also arrested from Champahowar area in the same district.
February 16: A leader of the ruling Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPI-M), Phalendra Reang, who was abducted by NLFT militants at gun point from his residence at Ashapurnaroaja Para area in the Dhalai district on January 8, is released after 39 days of captivity.
February 10: Three NLFT militants, Bimal Debbarma, Mangal Debbarma and Rupchand Debbarma, of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction surrender at Khumlwng in the West Tripura district. According to police sources, they escaped from their hideouts in Bangladesh with arms and ammunition.
February 8: A tribal leader belonging to the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), identified as Ratansen Tripura, is killed by NLFT militants at his home in the Ratan Nagar village of Dhalai district. Militants while fleeing after the killing shot at and injured another CPI-M worker, Tanijay Tripura, near the Ratan Nagar bridge. Sources said CPI-M leader was killed because he refused to pay extortion to the militants.

Police arrest three NLFT militants, identified as Ratan Tripura, Saidol Asalong and Alakjay Asalong, from a shop in GB Market Square.
February 5: Security force personnel arrested a suspected NLFT militant, Kutti Ram Tripura, of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction during a search operation at old Maliraj Roaja para under Salema police station in the Dhalai district.
February 1: The Union Tribal Welfare Minister, Jitendra Chowdhury, said that INR 55 million out of a total INR 550 million is sanctioned as the first instalment for the rehabilitation of the militants of the Nayanbasi Jamatiya faction of the NLFT.
January 25: Seven militants of the ATTF and NLFT surrendered at Hrankhalpara under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district. They deposited two 9mm Pistols with 10 rounds, one 9mm Carbine with 10 rounds, two 9mm auto Pistols with 9 rounds and 50 rounds of 303-rifle. The militants are identified as Satya Ranjan Debbarma, Jogal Debbarma, Ashis Kumar Debbarma, Tapan Debbarma, Ashesh Debbarma, Indra Mohan Malsum and Satya Ranjan Debbarma.
January 16: Two NLFT militants of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Nirmal Debbarma and Binode Debbarma, are arrested following an encounter with the security force personnel at Hari Kumar Para under Champahowar police station in the West Tripura district. While one khukri (Nepalese knife) and some incriminating documents are recovered, other militants manage to escape from the incident site.

A NLFT militant, Galpuram Reang, is arrested from Salka Para village under Ompi police station.
January 14: A NLFT militant, Debrai Tripura, is wounded in an internecine clash between cadres of the same outfit at Ananada Royaja Para village under Chawmanu police station in the Dhalai district.

A NLFT militant of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Memberjoy Tripura, is arrested during a search operation at village Uju Chakma Para under Raishyabari police station in the Dhalai district.
January 10: The dead body of a youth, Gopaljoy Tripura, who was abducted by NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction from his residence at Chowmanu in the Dhalai district, was recovered from a nearby forest.

2006

December 27: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, while addressing personnel of the Border Security Force at Silacherri Border outpost in the South Tripura district, said that the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT and ATTF run 26 hideouts in Bangladesh. The Chief Minister accused both the outfits of trying to create tension in the State at the behest of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence.
December 26: Three civilians, Anil Debnath and Human Miah and Ahid Miah, are abducted by suspected NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction in the South Tripura district.

NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction trigger two successive landmine blasts at a railway construction site under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district. However, no casualty is reported.
December 22: At least four unidentified NLFT cadres surrender before the Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Khowai in the West Tripura district. They deposit one two-inch motor bomb, many live cartridges of AK-47 and one country made gun.
December 19: Three NLFT militants, ‘sergeant major’ Daharam Reang alias Dafa, Bellarai Reang alias Binna and Raj Kumar Tripura alias Raja, of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction surrender before the Assam Rifles personnel at Bamanchara under Ambassa police station in the Dhalai district.
December 18: Two NLFT cadres, Manmohan Tripura and Manoranjan Tripura, of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction surrender before the police at Narayanpur in the Gandacherra area of Dhalai district. The duo also deposit one 9-mm revolver with four live rounds of bullet.

Chief Minister Manik Sarkar informs the State Legislative Assembly, that 169 persons were killed, 182 injured and 189 abducted by militant outfits, primarily the ATTF and NLFT, between January 1, 2004, and November 30, 2006. 184 incidents of militant attacks were registered in 2004. The figure is 115 in 2005 and 94 in 2006 (till November 30). He informed that 71 security force personnel were killed in militancy-related violence over the past two years. 101 militants are killed during the same period, discloses Sarkar.
December 5: An unidentified NLFT cadre is killed during an encounter with the police personnel at Rainya in the South Tripura district.
November 30: The Deputy Inspector General (Tripura Frontier) of the BSF, P. J. Sebastian, said that the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT and the ATTF has 57 hideouts in Bangladesh, and some of them are located in that country's capital Dhaka. Sebastian informed: "Altogether 172 insurgent camps belonging to NE underground groups are existing in Bangladesh and most of the camps are operating in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), Sylhet and Dhaka."
November 26: One NLFT militant of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Gobinda Reang, surrenders at Longtharai Valley in the Dhalai district. He deposited one AK-47 rifle, 3 magazines, 81 round of live bullets of AK-47, three Chinese grenades and 144 rounds of 7.62 SLR.
November 25: One NLFT collaborator of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Balindra Debbarma, is arrested by SF personnel during a search operation at Bashikobrapara village under Jirania police station in the West Tripura district. Several subscription notes of the outfit and cash worth INR 7000 were recovered from his possession.

A NLFT collaborator of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Khikhormoni Tripura, is arrested during a search operation under Manu police station in the Dhalai district.
November 22: Two NLFT cadres are injured in an encounter between Tripura State Rifles personnel and militants at a village along Khowai-Kamalpur bordering areas in the Dhalai district. While the other militants manage to escape, one AK-47 rifle and one Self Loading Rifle are recovered from the encounter site.
November 21: Three NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, 'warrant officer' Rabindar Reang alias Rafai, 'corporal seven' Debbarma and Rajprasad Reang alias Khosa, surrender at Kanchapur. They deposited one AK-47 rifle, one Chinese grenade, three AK magazines with 97 rounds of live bullets and a combat dragger.
November 15: A tribal villager, Amulya Debbarma, is abducted by suspected militants from Barabhagai village under Khowai police station in the West Tripura district. Security force personnel in a subsequent search operation in the same district arrested at least four cadres of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT. While two militants, Bhakta Kaloiand and Ravi Kumar Kaloi, are arrested from Jiyalcherra area under Teliamura police station, two others, Uttam Debbarma and Shambu Charan Debbarma alias Kela, are arrested from South Gakulnagar area under Jirania police station.
November 12: Two NLFT militants of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Ram Chandra Debbarma and Samir Debbarma, surrender before the Assam Rifles at Bamancherra camp under Kamalpur police station in the Dhalai district. They escape from a militant hideout in Bangladesh, and deposit two country made revolvers to the security force personnel.
November 8: NLFT militants assault villagers at Dhanrai under Taidu police station in the South Tripura district. While one villager, Nabin Debbarma, is injured, at least eight dwelling huts are set ablaze by militants. Such attack on villagers follows the killing of a NLFT militant by SF personnel in an encounter at the same place earlier on the day.

A NLFT militant, Bichitra Debbarma, is killed in an encounter with SF personnel at Dhanrai under Taidu police station in the South Tripura district. Two magazines with 60 rounds and 31 loose bullets of AK series rifles are recovered from his possession.
November 7: An unidentified NLFT militant is killed in an encounter with SF personnel at Nimanjoypara under Ganganagar police station in the Dhalai district.
November 4: Director General of Police of Tripura, G. M. Srivastava, while expressing concern at a press briefing in Agartala over the increasing violence perpetrated by the NLFT, says that cadres of the outfit are patronized by a section of former MNF leaders. Srivastava also mentions that the NLFT is receiving fresh support from various militant outfits in northeast as well as external forces operating from Bangladesh, by adding that the headquarters of militancy in the region has shifted from Shillong in Meghalaya to Aizawl in Mizoram.
November 1: Intelligence sources report about increasing infiltration by militants in Tripura following the changed political situation in neighbouring Bangladesh. Reports indicate that more than 50 NLFT cadres of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction and at least 30 ATTF cadres crossed over to the State from Bangladesh through porous border in the past 90 days. More than 15 NLFT and 7 ATTF militants enter the State through the Noliabari-Jamia colony area of Khowai sub-division in the West Tripura district in July. “The number has increased considerably in August month,” says the source adding that about 20-25 NLFT and 12-13 ATTF militants infiltrate into the State through Ranthan Chaudhury Para area under Chamanu sub-division in the Dhalai district.
October 29: A Tripura State Rifles (TSR) personnel, identified as Abhijit Biswas, is killed and another wounded by NLFT militants at a remote place between Birmoni para and Padmakumar para under Nepal tilla police station in the Dhalai district. They also escaped with one AK-series rifle of the TSR personnel.

Central Reserve Police Force personnel retalite when NLFT cadres fired upon them while they were patrolling the Ambassa-Gandacherra road on a spot near Jagabandhu para in the Dhalai district. However, no casualties were reported.
October 27: At least four suspected NLFT collaborators, Habel Koloi, Labarai Koloi, Surendera Debbarma and Tipendra Debbarma, are arrested for their involvement in the October 26 militant attack on TSR personnel at Joychandrapara in the Dhalai district in which two TSR personnel were killed.
October 26: NLFT militants of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction ambush and kill two TSR personnel in the Dhalai district. The TSR personnel were engaged for the protection of the railway construction works at Sindhu Kumarpara in the Dhalai district. The militants took away one AK-47 rifle belong to the TSR personnel.
October 25: NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction kill one Tripura State Rifles (TSR) personnel and injure an unspecified number of them in a militant ambush at Sindhu Kumar Para under Manu police station in the Dhalai district. Though TSR personnel retaliated, no casualty was reported from the side of the militants.
October 24: A jeep driver, Pranab Modak, is abducted by the NLFT from Behalabari in the West Tripura district along India-Bangladesh border.

Two CRPF personnel, Shyamdev Das and Shravan Kumar, are shot dead by the NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction at Dangabari area in the Dhalai district. The militants decamp with one self-loading rifle and one AK-series rifle, wielded by the slain paramilitary personnel, along with a huge cache of explosives.
October 20: Two Tripura State Rifles personnel are killed in an ambush by the NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction at Lungfung under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district. The militants decamp with two AK series rifles with three magazines each.
October 18: Two NLFT militants, Modi Ram Tripura alias Bimal and Sanjit Debbarma alias Noya, of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction surrender before the Border Security Force personnel at Maharanichera under Udaipur sub-division in the South Tripura district.

Bimal and Noya escape without arms from their camp at Laogong in Bangladesh.
October 12: NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction open fire on SF personnel who retaliate resulting in the escape of the militants from Kantiyapara under Champahowar police station in the Khowai subdivision of West Tripura district.

A fully loaded magazine of AK series rifle, bags, medicines and subscription of the banned outfit are recovered from the incident site.
October 5: At least 18 persons are arrested and later interrogated in connection with the October 3 attack by the NLFT on a Silchar-bound civil convoy along the Assam-Tripura National Highway No 44 in which a woman passenger died and three persons were injured.
October 3: NLFT militants attack a Silchar-bound civil convoy along the Assam-Tripura National Highway No 44 killing a woman passenger and injuring three persons at New Kumardhan Para under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district.
September 28: Tripura Chief Minister, Manik Sarkar, said at a press briefing, "Total number of NLFT and ATTF hideouts in Bangladesh has reduced from 56 to 26 recently," adding, "but there is no room for complacency.

Insurgents have been trying to launch fresh offensive to disrupt the peace in the state and we have to remain vigilant as ever".
September 25: Two NLFT cadres, Chitta Debbarma and Sangram Debbarma, surrender before the security forces at Tulasikhar in the West Tripura district.
September 25: The Commissioner of State Tribal Welfare Department, S. K. Das, says that around 900 hectares of lands are identified in Tripura to rehabilitate the surrendered militants belonging to Nayanbasi Jamatiya faction of the NLFT.
September 24: Three cadres belonging to the ATTF and NLFT surrender before Tripura Police at Kanchanpur. They were identified as Dhanu Debbarma alias Danger, Ajit Debbarma and Manik Reang.
September 24: A NLFT collaborator, Sachindra Tripura, is arrested from Jatindraroaja Para in the Dhalai district.
September 21: An encounter takes place between Assam Rifles personnel and a group of NLFT cadres at Bogapara under Ganganagar police station in the Dhalai district. However, there are no reports of casualty on either side. The troops latter seized a wireless set, three pistols, a .2-inch mortar, two bolt-action rifles and incriminating documents from the incident site.
September 20: Three NLFT cadres, Birodh Debbarma, Ranjan Debbarma and Ringlina Reang, surrender before the authorities at an unspecified place in the Dhalai district and deposit one 7.62 self-loading rifle and a huge quantity of ammunition.
September 9: Two self styled leaders of the NLFT, Sailen Debbarma and Neru Debbarma, surrender before the Superintendent Police of the West Tripura district, G.S. Rao, at Chakmaghat. The surrendered militants had earlier deserted their camps in Bangladesh.
September 7: A Special Police Officer, Jahindra Debbarma, who was abducted along with five other persons by the NLFT from Gokulpur area under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district on September 4, is shot dead at Kakracherra. However, militants released the five other persons after extracting ransom. Two arrested militants of the outfit confessed during their interrogation about the killing of Jahindra.
September 4: Suspected NLFT militants keep hostage at Baramura Hill range six unidentified persons, abducted by them from village South Gokulnagar under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district. Reports add that a group of heavily armed militants entered the village at midnight, abducted 16 tribals at gunpoint, and later released 10 of them. “The NLFT militants had earlier demanded huge subscriptions from the impoverished tribal villagers. As the villagers failed to pay the money, the NLFT militants attacked them. The six hostages are believed to have been taken to Baramura Hill range”, said a police officer.
August 22: A NLFT cadre, Biswamohan Tripura, is arrested following an encounter between SF personnel and militants at an unspecified village in the Chowmanu area of Dhalai district. While a country-make gun is recovered from the possession of the arrested militant, others manage to escape from the encounter site.
August 15: Two tribal villagers, Lamonjoy Reang and Profullajoy Reang, are shot dead by NLFT militants at Tuichama under Ganganagar police station in the Dhalai district. While Lamonjoy Reang is a surrendered NLFT cadre, his younger brother Profullajoy Reang is a former over-ground collaborator of the outfit.
August 14: The NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction attack SF personnel who retaliate near Chowmanu-Thacherra road in the Dhalai district. However, a tribal villager, Sadan Bikash Chakma, is injured in the encounter.
August 13: An encounter occurs between security forces and NLFT militants at Dhumkri Reang Para under Ambassa police station in the Dhalai district.
August 11: An encounter is reported between the SF personnel and NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction at the remote village of Hatungtuichaka under Champahower police station in the West district. The militants manage to escape leaving behind an AK 56 rifle which is recovered subsequently.
August 10: The NLFT along with KLO, MPLF, TPDF and ULFA in a joint statement calls upon the people of the North East region to boycott the Independence Day celebration and also jointly call a 12-hour general strike for August 15.
August 7: Three police personnel, including a Sub Inspector, are killed and two others sustain injuries when suspected NLFT militants ambush a security convoy at Hadukkoloy along the National Highway 44, in the Dhalai district.
August 6: An encounter between SF personnel and cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT is reported at Sakan Thangsang under Kanchanpur police station in the North Tripura district. While the militants managed to escape, two country-made guns, one camera and one diary are recovered from the encounter site.
July 30: A NLFT cadre, Fulcharan Debbarma, of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction is killed in an encounter with the police at Chapaniacherra under Manu police station in the Dhalai district. One grenade is recovered from the possession of the slain militant.
July 29: Two unidentified NLFT cadres belonging to Biswamohan Debbarma faction are killed in an encounter with the security force (SF) personnel at Nilecherra under Kanchanpur police station in the North Tripura district. Two country-made guns are recovered from the possession of the slain militants.
July 26: Two NLFT cadres, Giriendra Reang and Ramchandra Reang, are arrested following an encounter with the SFs at Urihampara under Kanchanpur police station in the North Tripura district. Two country-made guns and one grenade are recovered from the incident site.
July 22: NLFT cadres belonging to its Biswamohan Debbarma faction attack SF personnel who retaliate at an unspecified village on Chawmanu-Thalcherra road in the Dhalai district. However, the militants manage to escape from the encounter site.
July 10: Two suspected NLFT cadres are shot dead in an encounter with the SF personnel at village Gudaibari in the Dhalai district. Two SLRs and several rounds of ammunition are recovered from the incident site.
July 6: The Bru Liberation Front of Mizoram (BLFM), a breakaway faction of the Bru National Liberation Front (BNLF), is reported to have entered into an alliance with the NLFT, for acquisition of arms as well as insurgency training techniques.
June 18: A villager, Bishnuram Reang, is abducted at gun-point by the NLFT cadres belonging to its Biswamohan Debbarma faction from village Kanchancherra under Kanchanpur subdivision in the North Tripura district.
June 14: A NLFT cadre of the Biswamohan faction, identified as Chitra Kumar Jamatia, is killed in an encounter at Ekjancherra under Ompi police station in the South Tripura district. While a security force personnel, Tapan Shil, is wounded, other militants manage to escape from the incident site.
June 12: Ten NLFT cadres are killed in a one hour-long fierce gun battle with a joint force of Army and the Rapid Action Battalion at Sajek border area under Baghaichhari sub-district in the Rangamati district of Bangladesh. According to Bangladeshi army sources, an estimated 60 to 70 NLFT militants were staying at border area Sajek for the last few days and were confronted by a joint team of Army and RAB-7 led by Lieutenant Colonel Anisur Reza and Major Mahiuddin. Following the gun battle, the NLFT militants managed to escape leaving behind ten dead bodies of their colleagues. The joint force also recovered an unspecified quantity of arms and ammunition from the hideout.
June 9: Five unidentified cadres of the NLFT surrender before the Sub-Divisional Police Officer of Kanchanpur, Apan Jamatiya, at Anandanagar in the North Tripura district. According to police sources, one of the five, a 'self-styled sergeant', confessed that top leaders of the outfit are living a lavish life in different towns of neighbouring Bangladesh and other countries, while cadres are facing hardships in the forests of Tripura and Bangladesh and are looking for opportunities to flee from their hideouts.
June 5: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs assures the Tripura Government, following a review meeting held in New Dehi, to release Rupees 20 crore for rehabilitation of the surrendered cadres belonging to the Nayanbashi Jamatiya faction of the NLFT.
June 1: Two NLFT cadres, including an 'area commander' identified as Chaitra Sadhan Jamatya and Sampad Tripura, who have left their hideout at Sajek range in Bangladesh, surrender before the Superintendent of Police (Intelligence) at Agartala, the State capital. They also deposit two AK series rifles, four magazines and 140 rounds of AK rifles.
May 7: A NLFT cadre, Dharmaram Reang, of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction is arrested in a search operation from Jirania police station area in the West Tripura district.
May 1: A militant collaborator, Balin Halam, is arrested at Champaraipara under Ganganagar police station for his involvement in the April-29 ambush by the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT on SFs.
April 30: A SF personnel, who was wounded in the April-29 ambush by the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT in the Dhalai district, succumbs to his injury, increasing the number of fatalities in the incident to five.
April 29: NLFT cadres kill three SF personnel and injure eight civilians in an ambush at Karnamuni para under Gandacherra sub-division in the Dhalai district. NLFT militant, Paitya Debbarma, was killed as security forces retaliated.
April 28: Three NLFT cadres, Ajit Debbarma, his wife Raitaki Malsam and Milan Jamatia, surrendered at Thalcherra village under Chawmanu police station in the Dhalai district. The three, who managed to escape from the outfit's hideout at Khagracherra in Bangladesh along with their two-year old baby, deposited one revolver along with some bullets.
April 24: NLFT cadres kill a truck driver, Ratan Roy, and wounded four others at Unish Mile along the Ambassa-Gandacherra road under Ganganagar police station in the Dhalai district following the withdrawal of the CRPF personnel who reportedly used to escort the vehicles.

Two NLFT cadres, Nityabahadur Malsum and Baganbahadur Malsum, surrender before the Sub Divisional Police Officer Pinaki Samanta at Udaipur, headquarters of the South Tripura district. They also deposited one .9-mm pistol and one Chinese grenade.
April 22: Seven NLFT cadres belonging to its Biswamohan Debbarma faction surrender at Kanchanpur in the North Tripura district along with two country-made guns, three country-made revolvers with ammunition and some incriminating documents of the banned outfit.
April 18: An over-ground agent, British Debbarma, of the banned NLFT belonging to its Biswamohan Debbarma faction is arrested from Bhangshibari under Champahaur police station in the West Tripura district for his involvement in extortion activities.

A NLFT collaborator belonging to its Biswamohan Debbarma faction is arrested following an encounter between NLFT cadres and the police at Manirampara under Ambassa police station in the Dhalai district. The arrested collaborator confesses, "Ultras are planning to launch fresh attack in some specific areas to create panic among the villagers." According to intelligence sources, two groups of the outlawed outfit have been moving around Dhomacherra in the Longhthorai Valley subdivision of the same district.
April 10: The Tripura Chief Minister, Manik Sarkar, who holds the Home portfolio, informs the Legislative Assembly that at least 458 militants belonging to the NLFT and ATTF have surrendered in the last two years with the respective surrender figures of 2004 and 2005 as 322 and 136.

April 2: The Tripura Government is decides to set up a new rehabilitation centre at Karamcherra in the Dhalai district to accommodate at least 217 surrendered militants, mostly belonging to the NLFT. Currently, 175 surrendered militants are being imparted training in two vocational centres. They are paid Rupees 2,000 each as stipend besides Rupees 50 each for dearness allowance.
March 26: A NLFT cadre belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction is arrested from Thakurgangapara under Takarjala police station in the West Tripura district.
March 22: A gang of newly trained 36 NLFT cadres infiltrate from Bangladesh into Tripura through Kamalasagar area under Bishalgarh subdivision in the West Tripura district. "All the 36 militants returned through West Tripura's border with Bangladesh early yesterday morning," said official sources. Reports added that that they were trained at Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh.
February 21: A TSR personnel, Lamento Soren, who is wounded in the February 20-attack by suspected NLFT cadres at Jeolcherra in the West Tripura district succumbs to his injury in a hospital.
February 16: Two NLFT collaborators, identified as Rajkumar Debbarma and Sukhumar Debbarma, belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction were arrested from a place under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district.
February 16: The GAIL suspends work of deep drilling in the interior parts of Atharamura Hill in the West Tripura district till February 20 due to the February 14-attack by the NLFT in which three workers were killed. At least 200 workers were withdrawn from the work sites fearing more attacks.
February 15: Two TSR personnel, Chinmoy Das and Sushanta Reang, are wounded in an ambush by NLFT cadres at Baluwa under Sidhai police station in the West Tripura district.
February 14: Three Gas Authority of India Limited employees are shot dead in an ambush by NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction at Badaniapara in the West Tripura district. The victims are identified as Sujan Saha, Harendra Malakar and Gopal Sarkar.
February 8: An ‘area commander’ of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, Chalamiya Jamatia, is shot dead by the security force (SF) personnel in an encounter at Akhil Chandra Para village under Takarjala police station in the West Tripura district. A grenade and some incriminating documents of the banned outfit are recovered from the incident site.
January 23: The leader of the Nayanbasi Jamatiya faction of NLFT, Ha-Sa-Magi Angel Mikhail Borok, complains to the Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil about the non-implementation of the tripartite agreement reached between the Centre, Tripura Government and the outfit in December 2004.
January 22: In a counter insurgency operation, personnel of the Tripura State Rifles (TSR) neutralize a NLFT hideout at Tailingbari under Amarpur subdivision in the South Tripura district. One wireless set, 25 kilograms of rice and some incriminating documents are recovered from the hideout.
January 22: Three of the six abducted residents of Aswini Roaja Para area under Raisyabari police station in the West Tripura district are released by the NLFT.
January 19: Four collaborators of the NLFT are arrested at Gourcharanpara under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district. Two of them were reportedly arrested while engaged in extortion. Two guns are recovered from the incident site.
January 12: Three NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Shankar Debbarma, Sunil Debbarma and Jugal Debbarma, surrender before the Superintendent of Police, Rajesh Kambli, at AD Nagar in the West Tripura district. They also surrender two AK-56 rifles, six magazines, one grenade and 244 rounds of live bullets. However, before surrendering, the three militants kill one of their associates, Sanjana Debbarma, who has been allegedly resisting the surrender.
January 11: Seven activists of the ruling Communist Party of India (CPI-M), including their local leader Harendra Tripura, are abducted by the NLFT from the Aswini Roajapara village under Raishyabari police station in Dhalai district.
January 6: Thirteen NLFT cadres, including two women, belonging to the Joshua faction led by self styled ‘commander’, Rajesh Debbarma, surrender along with three 7.62 mm SLRs, one 303 rifles, five 9mm revolvers, five Chinese grenades and 300 rounds of ammunition at the Assam Rifles headquarters in Agartala.
January 4: A militant belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Sukanta Debbarma alias Raja, is killed and two others, Madan Debbarma and Buyar Debbarma, are arrested at Latiacherra village under Bishramganj police station in the West Tripura district. One grenade, 10 rounds of AK series bullets and incriminating documents are also recovered from the incident site.
January 4: A hardcore NLFT militant is killed during an encounter with the TSR personnel at Bishramganj in the West Tripura district.
January 2: A NLFT collaborator, Jahar Debbarma, is arrested from West Shyamnagar under Takarjala police station in the Dhalai district.
January 2: Thirty-three militants belonging to the outlawed NLFT and ATTF surrender along with 18 weapons before the State police chief, G. M. Srivastava. The surrendered militants include Sadhana Debbarma, wife of an NLFT faction leader, Jogendra Debbarma alias Joshua.

2005

December 30: A militant belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, Uttam Debbarma, is killed by the SFs at Ultacherra in the Dhalai district.
December 25: NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction attack and injure two civilians, Ugrasen Reang and Biswamani Debbarma, at Abhiram Para village under Ambassa police station in the Dhalai district.
December 20: Three NLFT cadres are killed during an internecine clash in the Kill area of South Tripura district.
November 21: Four persons, including three Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, are killed and six others sustain injuries when suspected NLFT cadres ambush a BSF patrol party at Chandrakantapara under Raisyabari police station in the Dhalai district.
November 17: Three NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction are arrested from Joimanipara and Loikhungpara villages in the North Tripura district. Two country made rifles along with incriminating documents are recovered from them.
November 15: Suspected NLFT militants kill three women and injure two other villagers at Bambpur under Birganj police station in the South Tripura district.
November 12: NLFT cadres abduct Jantrana Tripura, a tribal CPI-M leader and chairman of a village development committee, in the South Tripura district.
November 12: A tribal youth, Chandra Malsum, sustains injuries after being caught in a crossfire between the TSR personnel and a group of NLFT militants at Bikrammalsumpara village under Jirania police station in the West Tripura district.
November 11: Two NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Chandra Malsam alias Choka and Bhandra Mohan Reang, surrender to the SFs along with an AK-66 rifle, three magazines, 221 live rounds of AK series, a set of police uniform and some incriminating documents.
November 3: Four persons are abducted by NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction from Chakmaghat Bazaar under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district.
October 28: Suspected NLFT cadres kill Kartik Tripura, a senior tribal leader belonging to the ruling CPI-M, in the Dhalai district.
October 28: A NLFT cadre, Swaraj Debbarma, is arrested after villagers of Chhailengta inform the police about the presence of militants in their village. A pistol is recovered from Swaraj’s possession.
October 27: A NLFT cadre surrenders before personnel of the TSR at Tuisama in the North Tripura district.
October 26: The NLFT kills two TSR personnel and injures another during an ambush at Nandakumarpara under Champahowar police station in the West Tripura district.
October 25: Two persons are abducted by the NLFT at Baiboncherra in the Dhalai district.
October 8: A NLFT cadre, Pushapjay Tripura, is killed during an encounter with the police in the remote Biswaramroajapara village under Chhawmanu police station area of Dhalai district. A Chinese grenade is recovered from the encounter site.
October 3: Suspected NLFT militants abduct two workers of a private construction company at Chayakumarpara in the Dhalai district.
October 1: The Union Government extends the ban imposed on the NLFT for two years, till October 2, 2007.
September 25: The NLFT kills eight non-tribal villagers, including four women and two children, and injures three others at Debnath Para in the West Tripura district.
September 12: A NLFT collaborator, Lamenjoy Reang, is arrested from Dhangabari village under Gandacherra police station limits.
September 11: A NLFT cadre, Matanga Reang, surrenders before the police at Kanchanpur subdivision in the North Tripura district. He also deposits a Chinese automatic pistol, two grenades and some ammunition.
September 3: A NLFT collaborator belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Bijoy Debbarma, surrenders before the SFs at Champahowar under Khowai subdivision in the West Tripura district. He deposits a country made gun with fifty live rounds of 7.62 rifle.
September 2: Eighty-six militants belonging to the NLFT and ATTF, including four women cadres, surrender before the State police chief, G M Srivastava, at Agartala. The surrendered militants deposit one light machine gun, 13 AK-47 rifles, 11 self-loading rifles, two Chinese rifles, seven revolvers, 23 grenades and a huge quantity of ammunition.
August 31: An ‘area commander’ of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, Jaipal Tripura, is killed in an encounter with the SFs at Naitongcherra under Manu police station in the Dhalai district.
August 26: Two NLFT cadres, Charanjoy Debbarma and Kachya Reang, surrender at the capital Agartala before the Assam Rifles authorities along with a 51 mm mortar, four Chinese grenades and 60 rounds of ammunition.
August 25: Two NLFT cadres, Rati Mohan Debbarma and Anil Debbarma, surrender before the Commanding Officer of sixth battalion of TSR at Tulasikhar camp under Champahawor police station in the West Tripura district. They deposit one SLR, one magazine of 7.62 rifles with 110 rounds of live bullets, one Chinese grenade and 65 rounds of AK-47 rifle.
August 20: Four NLFT militants, Malicharan Debbarma, Nijaram Koloi, Bimal Reang and Sumanjay Tripura, surrender at Manu police station in the Dhalai district.
August 15: Four NLFT cadres are killed and another sustains injuries during an internecine clash over the issue of surrender at Longtarai hill range in the Dhalai district.
August 18: Fourteen NLFT militants surrender at the Nepaltilla police station in Dhalai district. The Superintendent of Police in Dhalai district said that the 14, led by ‘commander’ Dipankar Debbarma, deposited one light machine gun, three AK-56 rifles, five SLRs, one Chinese rifle, two grenades and 650 rounds of SLR and AK rifle ammunition.
August 12: A cadre of the NLFT is killed in an encounter with the police at Gandacherra in the Dhalai district. A China-made rifle is recovered from the deceased.
August 1: Police arrests two NLFT cadres, Kripa Mohan Tripura and Raj Kumar Reang, from the Longtarai valley area.
August 1: The NLFT releases a woman teacher, Rita Pal, whom they have abducted earlier from Ultabari SB School in the Khowai sub-division of West Tripura district.
July 31: NLFT cadres set ablaze 21 houses in the remote Debendrapara village in Dhalai district. Five villagers are injured in the attack, which is believed to be in retaliation for the arrest of a hardcore NLFT cadre from the area.
June 29: Two NLFT cadres, Chandraham Reang and Ratan Kumar Debbarma, are arrested from Abhiram Para village under Ambasa police station in the Dhalai district.
June 22: Two NLFT militants, Mujibar Malsum and Shyama Debbarma, are arrested from Utlabari under Khowai police station and Jirania respectively in the West Tripura district.
June 18: A NLFT collaborator belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Ajit Debbarma, is arrested from Shyamnagar in the Dhalai district. Another NLFT collaborator, Malashwar Chakma, is arrested from Ujjan Buyacherra village and a country made gun along with some bullets is recovered from his possession.
June 15: The SFs launch a six-day operation targeting terrorists of the NLFT in the Ampi, Udaipur, Taidu, Takarjala, Bishalgarh, Sringar and Jirania areas of West and South Tripura districts.
June 14: The NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction attack a team of SF personnel at Chakbeha in the Dhalai district. They manage to escape subsequent to a counter attack by the SFs. No casualty on either side is reported. A civilian, identified as Lalitdhan Reang, is arrested and some incriminating documents are recovered during the search operation.
June 15: An encounter is reported in a remote village under Kanchanpur police station in the North Tripura district. One gun and some incriminating documents belonging to the NLFT are recovered.
May 29: The NLFT cadres, Interfa Halam, Parimal Debbarma and Icharai Debbarma, surrender at the Chhawmanu police station in Dhalai district along with three Chinese grenades.
June 11: A NLFT cadre, Bishu Ram Tripura, is arrested from Basana Royaja Para under Chawmanu police station in the Dhalai district and a grenade is recovered from him. The police arrest another NLFT cadre from Gaman Bazar village under Takarjala police station in the West Tripura district.
June 7: The NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction kidnap a student from Bagber under Kalyanpur police station in the West Tripura district.
June 5: Two NLFT militants belonging to the Nayanbashi Jamatia faction, identified as Ashok Debbarma and Sanjit Debbarma, are arrested by the Assam Rifles personnel from Puranbazar area in the West Tripura district.
June 2: Two NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction surrender to the Assam Rifles authorities at an unspecified location in Tripura. Santanu Debbarma and Rakta Debbarma also deposit an AK 66 rifle and two grenades.
May 26: Two women cadres of the NLFT belonging to its Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Mogli Debbarma and Ambori, are arrested from Gangarampara under Srinagar police station area in the West Tripura district.
May 25: Three NLFT cadres surrender before the police at Manikpur in the Dhalai district.
May 25: An abducted youth is rescued from a NLFT hideout in the Hakimpur area of Dinajpur district in Bangladesh by the BDR personnel and handed over to the Indian BSF authorities.
May 23: NLFT militants abduct and subsequently kill a tribal villager, Manoj Debbarma, at an unspecified place in the West Tripura district.
May 21: Panchayati Reang, wife of a hardcore NLFT cadre Jaggu Tripura, is arrested at Ambassa in the Dhalai district.
May 19: A NLFT militant belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, identified as Munkurui Debbarma, is arrested subsequent to a combing operation by the troops at Takchai village under Champahowar police station in the West Tripura district.
May 16: Four NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction are arrested from Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya. According to police sources, the arrests follow the interrogation of two NLFT cadres, arrested on May 6 from Umiam area in the Ri-Bhoi district. Police officials further say that the four are part of the urban cell of the outfit and have planned to abduct several businessmen for ransom.
May 16: A tribal leader of the CPI-M, Kishore Debbarma, is killed by suspected terrorists of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of NLFT at Shanitala in the West Tripura district.
May 15: SF personnel kill a suspected NLFT militant, Chandra Kumar Chakma, in an encounter at Rabi Kumarpara village under Chhawmanu police station in the Dhalai district.
May 10: NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction raid two villages, Madanjoypara and Jogendra Karbaripara, under Raishyabari police station in the Dhalai district and kill five villagers belonging to the Chakma tribe. Official sources say that the militants also set fire to 19 houses before escaping.
May 8: Two villagers are abducted by the NLFT from Hildi in the North Tripura district.
May 2: A NLFT militant belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction is arrested subsequent to an encounter with the TSR personnel at Kamanjoypara under Chowmanu police station in the Dhalai district. Three guns are recovered from the encounter site.
April 28: Eight NLFT cadres are arrested during a search operation in the State capital Itanagar and its adjoining areas in Arunachal Pradesh of Arunachal-Assam border.
April 30: A NLFT militant belonging to Biswamohan Debbarma faction is arrested from Mrityunjoy Para under Kanchanpur police station in the North Tripura district.
April 30: Two NLFT militants surrender before the security forces at Champahowar in the West Tripura district. They also deposit one Chinese rifle, one M-20 pistol, 16 rounds of live cartridges and a Chinese grenade.
April 25: Six civilians, abducted earlier by the NLFT from Taksayapara under Champahaor police station in the West Tripura district on April 9, are reportedly released after payment of an unspecified ransom amount. Official sources say that the abducted are held captive at NLFT’s Chunarughat hideout in Bangladesh.
April 20: Five NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction surrender along with two AK-series rifles, two magazines and two Chinese hand grenades before BSF officials at Shalbagan near the capital Agartala.
April 13: Three NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction are killed and three more are injured during a clash between two groups of the outfit at Padmamohanpara area in the Dhalai district.
April 10: Two truck drivers and seven labourers are abducted by suspected NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction from Taksha, a tribal hamlet in the West Tripura district.
April 2: NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction abduct two non-tribal contractors at Dewanbari under Killa police station in the South Tripura district.
March 31: NLFT militants abduct a trader, Kaptan Bhuyan, from the Loyarpuia area of Karimganj district.
March 6: A para-military personnel is killed and three others sustain injuries during an ambush by the NLFT militants on a jeep carrying ballot boxes of the election to the TTAADC.
March 3: Two persons are injured during an attack by suspected NLFT cadres on a vehicle in the Kanchanpur subdivision of West Tripura district.
March 3: A NLFT militant, Dhrubraj Debbarma, who belongs to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, is arrested following a combing operation in the Shan Nagar area under Takarjala police station in West Tripura district.
March 1: Two NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction are killed in an encounter with the police in the Kamalpur subdivision of Dhalai district.
February 27: Security force personnel recover a Chinese grenade, two cartridges and some incriminating documents subsequent to an encounter with cadres of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT at Bhati Maidan area of Chapahawor police station in West Tripura district.
February 24: A NLFT collaborator, Bishyaprada Koloy, is arrested from Bahartur Bari village in the South Tripura district.
February 23: The suspected NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction open fire on a truck and injure three labourers and the truck driver at Ambasa-Gandacherra road in the Dhalai district.
February 21: SFs arrest three collaborators of the NLFT under Takarjala, Raisayabari and Manu police stations.
February 16: Six landmines are recovered by TSR personnel at Pichorbari under Kachucherra police station limits. Official sources said that TSR personnel seize the landmines after an encounter with cadres of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of NLFT. The militants, however, manage to escape and no casualties are reported on either side.
February 10: A group of the outlawed NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction abduct two youths at Bhadrapally, close to the India-Bangladesh border.
February 5: The Centre sanctions a special package of Rupees 25 crore to rehabilitate surrendered militants of the Nayanbasi Jamatiya faction of the NLFT which signs an agreement with the Centre and State Governments. Bartholomew Borok, who led the NLFT faction during the last round of negotiations, says that the special allocation will be used only for rehabilitation and resettlement of the surrendered militants.
January 31: Three tribal villagers, including a woman, are abducted by the NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction from Kaptali in the South Tripura district.
January 30: A NLFT cadre is killed in an encounter with the police at Takarjala in the West Tripura district.
January 25: NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction abduct a civilian, Ashok Paul, from Basanaroujapara in the South Tripura district.
January 24: An exchange of fire between NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction and the TSR personnel is reported from Nabanjoy Para under Champahowar police station in West Tripura district. No casualty, however, is reported in the incident.
January 22: The NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction kill a truck driver at Baragota in West Tripura district.
January 21: Four NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Urahum Reang, Kalaram Reang, Biluram Reang and Suryaram Reang, are arrested from Batabari under Taidu police station in the South Tripura district. Four country made guns are recovered from their possession.
January 17: The NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction abduct three persons identified as Paltu Banik, Ramani Deb and Debendra Sarkar from Ranasaipara under Ambassa police station in the Dhalai district.
January 14: A three-year-old child, son of a local leader of the Congress party, is kidnapped by NLFT cadres from the Chantail village in Kailasahar subdivision of North Tripura district along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
January 13: Two para-military personnel are killed and another wounded in an ambush by the suspected NLFT cadres on a security party at Thalibari under Killa police station in the South Tripura district. One CRPF personnel is reportedly missing following the attack.
January 13: The leader of a faction of the NLFT, Nayanbasi Jamatiya, joins hands with the Biswamohan Debbarma faction and the Ranjit Debbarma-led ATTF to float a new front, the Royal Supreme Council.
January 11: Security forces arrest two hardcore militants belonging to the Joshua Debbarma faction of the NLFT, Soraj Debbarma and Sumen Debbarma, from Garmaibari under Champahowar police station in the West Tripura district.
January 5: A NLFT cadre belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, identified as Bintu Debbarma alias Barkatal, is arrested from Duraicherra village under Kamalpur police station in the Dhalai district.
January 4: A local CPI-M leader, Niranjan Ghosh, is wounded while his 10-year-old grandson is kidnapped following an attack on his residence by the NLFT at Halaibari village under Kailashahar police station in the North Tripura district.

2004

December 31: Tripura Government asks the ‘chief’ of the Nayanbashi Jamatiya faction of the NLFT, Nayanbashi Jamatia , to immediately surrender or face consequences.
December 28: Suspected NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction kill at least 16 Territorial Army personnel and wound three others during an ambush at Agumabari in the South Tripura district. The incident occurs when the Army personnel, moving in two vehicles from Kouyamura to Dangabari, are attacked by a 50-member NLFT squad with grenades and indiscriminate firing. They also later loot 15 AK-series rifles and one light machine gun from the slain soldiers. As the militants are escaping, one of the injured soldiers reportedly opens retaliatory fire killing at least one militant.
December 25: Around 138 NLFT cadres belonging to the Nayanbashi Jamatiya faction surrender before the Tripura Governor, D.N. Sahay, at the State Police Training Centre in capital Agartala. The militants, including senior leaders Bartholomew Borok, Buchuk Borok, Ananta Debbarma, Salka Borok and Daniel Borok, also lay down 14 weapons. With the surrender, altogether 312 terrorists have laid down arms this year in Tripura.
December 25: Rabindra Debbarma, manager of the Madhurilata tea estate, under Srinagar police station in the West Tripura district, is shot dead by NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction.
December 25: Approximately 90 NLFT cadres belonging to the Nayanbashi Jamatiya faction, signatory to a tripartite Memorandum of Settlement with the Union and Tripura Governments on December 17, 2004, in New Delhi, are to surrender before the State Governor, D.N. Sahaya, in Agartala.
December 24: The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel arrest one NLFT militant belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Abhichand Tripura, during a combing operation at Oyansapara under Gandacherra police station in the Dhalai district.
December 21: The Union Home Minister, Shivraj Patil, tells the Parliament that the Nayanbashi faction of the NLFT has come to an agreement with the Government for surrendering arms and ammunition by December 25.
December 19: Personnel of the TSR arrest a NLFT collaborator belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Parimal Debbarma, from his residence under Khowai police station in the West Tripura district.
December 18: Security forces neutralise a NLFT hideout and arrest a hardcore militant of the outfit belonging to its Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Parimal Debbarma, from Bashi Kobra village under Jirania police station in the West Tripura district. Another NLFT militant belonging to the same faction, Premhari Jamatia alias Rabi Dhang, is arrested from Krishnamohan Para village under Raishayabari police station.
December 17: The Nayanbashi faction of the NLFT signs and agreement with the Union Government and the State Government of Tripura to surrender arms and ammunition.
December 17: A hardcore NLFT militant belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Khantamani Jamatia, is arrested from Thui Thampui village under Teliamura police station in the West Tripura district.
December 14: Two NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Shankar Debbarma and Bijoy Debbarma, are arrested from Bishramganj in the West Tripura district.
December 13: A tribal villager is shot dead by NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction at Maipara under Fatikroy police station in the North Tripura district.
December 13: Police arrest an ‘area commander’ of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, Birendra Debbarma, from Tanker Bazar under Jirania police station in the West Tripura district. Two more NLFT cadres, Saran Debbarma and Baidyajoy Reang, are also arrested from an unspecified place in Tripura.
December 5: SF personnel during a search operation recover illegal arms and ammunition, including one AK-47 rifle, four magazines, five grenades, two thousand live rounds of AK-47 and 1.5 Kilogram of gunpowder, from Debendra Karbari Para under Chawmanu police station in Dhalai district. The recovered arms and ammunition belong to the NLFT.
December 3: NLFT militants belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction abduct a doctor and an employee of the Halaichera tea estate in Kailasahar sub-division of North Tripura district.
December 2: Ten militant outfits operating in India’s North East, including the NLFT, are proscribed under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2004 tabled in the Parliament.
December 1: Two NLFT cadres belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, Bimal Debbarma and Sabar Debbarma, surrender before the police at Korbuk camp under South Tripura district. They deposit one M-20 pistol, two magazines, 12 live rounds and other incriminating documents.
November 29: BSF personnel arrest two NLFT cadres, Tarun Debbarma and Sanjit Debbarma, along with Bangladeshi currency, two copies of Bengali newspapers printed in Bangladesh and "tax" receipts of the NLFT from Bogabil area in West Tripura district.
November 27: A NLFT cadre, Bipin Reang, is killed in an encounter with the BSF personnel at Kinapara under Raisyabari police station in Dhalai district. Other cadres of the outfit abduct a non-tribal trader, Kumud Das, from an unspecified location in the Dhalai district.
November 24: NLFT cadres abduct two tribal youths, Ranju Kumar Debbarma and Bibhisan Debbarma, from Bilascherra Panchayat area of the Dhalai district.
November 23: Two tea garden labourers, abducted by the NLFT from Sarojini Tea Estate in the North Tripura district on November 15, are released at an unspecified place.
November 22: Three NLFT cadres, Kharendra Tripura, Sahadeb Debbarma and Paranjay Debbarma, surrender before the Tripura Police at the Chhawmanu police station in Dhalai district and deposit a carbine, a pistol and some magazines.
November 22: A civilian, identified as Birendra Reang, is killed in a crossfire between the security forces and NLFT militants at Kalapania in the North Tripura district.
November 16: NLFT militants abduct two tea labourers from Sarojini tea garden in the North Tripura district.
November 14: Personnel of the TSR arrest a NLFT collaborator belonging to the Biswamohan Debbarma faction, subsequent to an encounter at a remote village under Kachucherra police station in the Dhalai district.
November 14: Cadres of the All Tripura Tiger Force kill a NLFT collaborator, Sanjib Debbarma, at Subinpara village under Takarjala police station in the West Tripura district.
November 12: NLFT-B militants shot at and injured a former ATTF militant, suspecting him to be a police informer at Amritadaspara village under Champahaor police station in West Tripura district.

November 11: NLFT terrorists abduct two CPI-M workers from a temple at Sripur market in North Tripura district.

November 11: NLFT terrorists abduct two youths from Sonacherra village in Dhalai district.

November 3: Two NLFT terrorists killed in an encounter at Narendra Debbarmapara under Manu police station in Dhalai district

November 2: Nayanbashi Jamatiya faction of the NLFT refuses to continue negotiations with the government unless the former TSR deserter Rahid Mia is released.

October 30: Altogether 25 NLFT surrender before the Director General of Police at Agartala.

October 23: NLFT terrorists kill Gaganjay Tripura, a senior CPM leader and injure a security force personnel at Gandacherra town in Dhalai district.

October 20: NLFT terrorists kill four persons in two incidents at Dabbari and Kucchuchara villages in Dhalai district.

October 18: Former ‘finance minister’ of NLFT identified as Sujalong Jamatia along with his wife, infant daughter and a collaborator is arrested by Border Security Force personnel from Bhangmun area in North Tripura district.

October 16: Tripura State finance minister, Badal Choudhury rejects the demand for chief ministership for Nayanbasi Jamatia as a pre-condition for peace talks with the government.

October 7: A self-styled 'lieutenant' of the NLFT-B, Jaba Mohan Jamatia, along with four associates surrender before security forces near Amarpur in South Tripura district along with two AK series rifles, one carbine, one SLR and one grenade.

October 1: A terrorist of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT, identified as Naresh Debbarma, is killed in an encounter with the police at Ranasinghpara under Champahawar police station.

September 30: Three NLFT terrorists are killed during an encounter with the troops at the remote Idanpur area under Khowai sub-division in West Tripura district.

September 22: One NLFT terrorist is killed during an encounter with the Border Security Force personnel at Chaplingcherra village in South Tripura district.

September 8: Terrorists of the NLFT kill one person, identified as Birendra Paul, after a failed abduction attempt and also shot at another at Chebri in the West Tripura district.

September 7: Four NLFT terrorists, including an ‘area commander’ and a self-styled lieutenant, identified as Jabamohan Jamatia, who carried a cash award of Rupees 1.5 lakh on his head and another terrorist collaborator surrender at the Birganj police station in the South Tripura district.

August 22: Nayanbashi Jamatiya faction of the NLFT threatens to pull out of the agreement if their demands were not met. Addressing a press conference in Agartala, the outfit’s leader Ananta Debbarma says, "We will be forced to take up arms afresh unless the state government fulfils its responsibilities."

August 22: A security force personnel and a NLFT-B terrorist killed in an encounter at Gamanjaypara in West Tripura district.

August 21: NLFT terrorists ambush the vehicle of senior Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) leaders, Rabindra Debbarma and Rajeshwar Debbarma, at Ratannagar in the Dhalai district. Both leaders, however, manage to escape unhurt.

August 16: Four NLFT-B terrorists are arrested from Chakancherra in the West Tripura district.

August 15: An elderly couple is killed by the NLFT at Gourcherra village in South Tripura district for allegedly acting as police informers.

August 11: Rabijoy Jamatia, the abducted TTAADC executive member, is released by the NLFT at an unspecified place in South Tripura district.

August 3: Four non-tribal labourers are abducted by NLFT terrorists from Nabachandrapara under Gandacherra police station jurisdiction in Dhalai district.

August 3: Son of a local CPI-M leader is abducted by the NLFT from Boalkhali area in Dhalai district.

August 2: Security forces arrest five NLFT-B cadres from Chandrakumarpara under Khedacherra police station in North Tripura district.

July 30: Four NLFT-B terrorists are arrested from Tuikrai in the Jampui hills range of North Tripura district.

July 29: NLFT terrorists killed three ATTF cadres and four others sustain injuries in a gun battle at Subal Kobrapara under Champahawr police station limits in West Tripura district.

July 26: 17 traders abducted by the NLFT on June 14 reach Khantlang border outpost in Tripura after being set free by the outfit from an unspecified hideout located in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.

July 22: NLFT releases three of the 24 traders and businessmen held hostage by it since June 14 at an unspecified place in the State.

July 11; NLFT terrorists, including two ‘area commanders’, surrender to the Border Security Force (BSF) authorities at Salbagan near State capital Agartala along with a self-loading rifle, one 51mm mortar, three high explosive bombs and large quantities of Chinese ammunition and other weapons.

July 4: A police personnel is killed during an encounter with NLFT terrorists at Gungrai under Killa police station jurisdiction in South Tripura district.

July 2: Suspected NLFT-B terrorists kill three male members of a family who had been to the forest area in search of firewood at Burburia in South Tripura district.

July 4: A security force personnel is killed during an encounter with cadres of the NLFT at Gungrai under Killa police station jurisdiction in the South Tripura district.

July 2: Suspected NLFT terrorists kidnap a non-tribal schoolgirl from Sudharampara village in the Dhalai district.

July 2: Suspected NLFT-B terrorists kill three male members of a family who had been to the forest area in search of firewood at Burburia in the South Tripura district.

June 30: Suspected NLFT-B terrorists abduct Rabijoy Jamatia, Executive Member of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), from his residence at Hatichara in the South Tripura district.

June 21: NLFT-B demands a ransom amount of Rupees 6 million to release the 24 non-tribal traders.

June 14: NLFT-B terrorists waylay two trucks and abduct 24 traders at Quairi village in the North Tripura district.

June 6: NLFT-B terrorists kill a CPI-M worker at Ramratanpara village in the Dhalai district and abduct the teenage daughter of another CPI-M activist from the same place.

June 4: Three NLFT-B terrorists are arrested from Hare Krishna Para under Champahowar police station limits in the West Tripura district.

May 18: Five NLFT terrorists surrender in the Dhalai and South Tripura districts.

May 18: Security forces arrest six NLFT-N terrorists from a hideout at Gandacherra in the Dhalai district.

May 17: Six Border Security Force personnel, including an Assistant Commandant, are killed in an ambush laid by terrorists of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT at Thalcherra-Gobindabari road in Dhalai district.

May 6: Seventy-two terrorists of the NLFT, including 22 female cadres, led by General Secretary Mantu Koloy surrender before the Tripura Governor Dinesh Nandan Sahay in the capital Agartala. The other top ‘commanders’ who laid down arms include self-styled vice president Kamini Debbarma, ‘finance secretary’ Bishnuprasad Jamatia, ‘assistant finance secretary’ Dhanu Koloy, ‘chief of army staff’ Benoy Debbarma and ‘deputy army chief’ Sanjiv Debbarma.

April 28: Four NLFT cadres are arrested from Singlu in the Jampui hill range of North Tripura district.

April 15: The Nayanbasi Jamatiya faction of NLFT signs a memorandum with representatives of the State and Central Government in New Delhi, agreeing to ‘cessation of hostilities’ for a period of six months beginning April 15. The agreement was signed by the Additional Secretary of Union Home Ministry, Commissioner Tribal Affairs (Tripura), and Nayanbasi Jamatiya.

April 12: NLFT terrorists kill a civilian and loot cash and valuables worth Rupees 10 lakh at Churaibari under Dharmanagar subdivision of North Tripura district.

April 2: Twenty-three NLFT terrorists, including 14 belonging to the Biswamohan faction and nine of the Nayanbasi Jamatiya faction, surrender before the Additional Director General of Police, Pranay Sahay, in the State capital Agartala.

March 26: Two NLFT terrorists are arrested from Karepara under Khowai subdivision in the West Tripura district.

March 20: Five NLFT-N cadres surrender to the police at Dewanbari under Bishalgarh subdivision in the West Tripura district.

March 16: Two NLFT terrorists are killed and another is arrested following an encounter with the Tripura State Rifles personnel at Chiching Chera under Manu police station limits in the Dhalai district.

March 12: A villager is beaten to death and six women are sexually assaulted by a group of NLFT terrorists at Paisyaranpara village under Chhawmanu police station limits in the Dhalai district.

March 7: Two NLFT terrorists surrender along with one Chinese grenade and other explosives before the district administration in South Tripura.

March 2: According to reports, Nayanbasi faction of the NLFT suffers a split as a result of differences over peace negotiations with the Government. A team of fifty cadres led by Joshua Debbarma leaves the outfit.

February 29: Three NLFT terrorists surrender before the Assam Rifles in the capital Agartala.

February 19: Two NLFT terrorists are killed in an encounter with the police that occurred between Sipahibari and Jamadarbari under Champahaor police station limits in the West Tripura district.

February 4: Two NLFT-N terrorists are killed and two other terrorists are injured in an encounter with the security forces’ at Nepaltilla in the Dhalai district.

January 28: Suspected NLFT terrorists abduct four fishermen from the Dumbu Lake in South Tripura district.

January 27: A BSF personnel is killed and two others sustain injuries in an ambush by NLFT terrorists at Chawmanu in the Dhalai district.

January 24: Two NLFT-N terrorists killed by security force personnel during an encounter at Padmabil in the West Tripura district.

January 21: One NLFT-B terrorist is killed by the troops in an encounter at Haridebroypara in West Tripura district.

January 17: Suspected terrorists of the NLFT-N abduct and subsequently kill a collaborator of the rival Biswamohan faction at Takarjala in the West Tripura district.

January 12: Tripura Government seeks approval of the Union Government on negotiating the proposed surrender of NLFT-N cadres.

January 11: Tripura Police arrests two NLFT terrorists from Takarjala under Bishalgarh subdivision in the West Tripura district.

January 10: NLFT-N chief Nayanbasi Jamatiya, in a letter to the Tripura Government, expresses his willingness to enter into negotiations with the Government in order to surrender arms and come over ground.

January 9: Suspected NLFT terrorists abduct a leader of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) from Longtarai Valley subdivision in the Dhalai district.

January 6: Police arrests two NLFT terrorists from an unspecified location under Ambassa police station limits in the Dhalai district.
Three NLFT ‘collaborators’ are arrested at Takarjala in the West Tripura district.

January 5: Four NLFT terrorists surrender before the Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Bishalgarh subdivision in the West Tripura district.

January 3: Five Border Security Force (BSF) personnel are killed and six others sustain injuries in an ambush by the NLFT at Raishabari in South Tripura.

January 1: At least 53 surrendered cadres of the ATTF and NLFT are rehabilitated at the Lachi rehabilitation centre under Shantir Bazar police station limits in the South Tripura district.

January 1: Two NLFT terrorists are killed during separate encounters in the Jamircherra area of Dhalai district and Kunjabiharipara village in West Tripura district.

2003

December 29: NLFT terrorists kill a tribal CPM leader for his alleged efforts to lure tribal workers and supporters of the Indigenous National Party of Tripura (INPT) to join the CPM at Nandalal Para village under Tarkarjala police station limits in West Tripura district.

December 28: NLFT abducts three workers of a rail construction company from Shimulcherra village in the West Tripura district.

December 14: Three NLFT-Biswamohan faction terrorists, including an ‘area commander’, are killed and two other collaborators are arrested during an encounter near Pailabhanga under Takarjala police station limits in the West Tripura district.

November 29: NLFT terrorists abduct three non-tribal carpenters from Atharobula village under Killa police station limits in South Tripura district.

November 26: NLFT abducts six construction workers from a railway project at Sindhukumarpara village under Manu police station limits in Dhalai district.

November 26: Six NLFT (Biswamohan faction) terrorists are arrested from Raisyabari in Dhalai district.

November 22: Two NLFT terrorists of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction are killed in an encounter at Kamala Bagan village in the West Tripura district.

November 20: CPI-M tribal leader, Suresh Debbarma, is killed by NLFT-Biswamohan faction terrorists in Bahuchandra para village under Takarjala police station limits in the West Tripura district.

November 17: Two NLFT-Nayanbasi faction terrorists, including ‘area commander’ Ranglal Borok, are killed at Banstli in the West Tripura district.

November 15: Two NLFT-Nayanbasi faction terrorists, including ‘area commander’ Bhaking Debbarma, are killed in separate encounters at Nonacherra and Kakracherra in the West Tripura district.

November 14: ‘Area commander’ of NLFT-Nayanbasi faction, Sujit Debbarma, is killed in an encounter at Golokpara in the West Tripura district.

November 14: An Assistant Commandant of the BSF and a constable are killed and four BSF personnel are injured in an ambush by NLFT in the Joshitilla area of Dhalai district.

November 14: Two tribal leaders of the ruling CPM are killed by the NLFT in South Tripura district.

November 14: Five cadres of the NLFT-Biswamohan faction surrender at Narshingarh in the West Tripura district.

November 1: NLFT terrorists kill the wife and four children of one of their former surrendered cadre after failed attempts to kill him at Lailakbari village in South Tripura district.

September 30: NLFT kills three CPM cadres at Jirania in the West Tripura district.

September 29: NLFT terrorists kill six CPM supporters at Duraicherra in the Dhalai district.

September 23: NLFT terrorists connive with a Tripura State Rifles (TSR) personnel and kill three TSR personnel at Sharmun range in Dharmanagar subdivision of North Tripura district.
September 11: One NLFT terrorist is killed in the Dhalai district.

September 5: One NLFT terrorist is killed during an encounter at Chakla under Takarjala police station limits in West Tripura district.

August 28: A Tea-estate employee abducted from Assam’s Karimganj district on June 14, 2003, by the NLFT returns home safely.

August 24: Two terrorists of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT surrender before security forces at Bamanchara under Kamalpur police station limits in Dhalai district.

August 22: Three terrorists of the BNCT, a front outfit of the NLFT, surrender before police in Dhalai district.

August 20: Two NLFT conduits are arrested from Bhagwan Thakur Chowmuhuni at Agartala, capital city of Tripura.

August 20: Three NLFT terrorists surrender in Agartala, capital city of Tripura.

August 13: NLFT terrorist Dhananjay Jamatiya is killed in an encounter in the market area of Chaklok, West Tripura district.

Chief Minister Manik Sarkar alleges that factions of the Nagaland-based National Socialist Council of Nagaland– Isak Muivah and Khaplang (NSCN-IM and NSCN-K) are supporting the NLFT and ATTF.

August 12: Suspected NLFT terrorists kill three security force personnel at Taidu in West Tripura district.

August 10: NLFT cadre is killed in an encounter at the Amarendra Nagar market area in West Tripura district.

August 8: Suspected terrorists of the Nayanbasi Jamatiya’s faction of the NLFT open fire on a Border Security Force (BSF) team patrolling the Maguruli village in North Tripura district, allegedly from across the border in Bangladesh.

August 6: Northeast terrorist groups, including the ULFA, NDFB, NLFT and KLO call for the boycott of Independence Day (August 15) celebrations.

July 31: A media report indicates that NLFT has set up camps in the Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi districts in the Barak valley area of Assam.

July 30: NLFT terrorists sexually assault a 15-year-old tribal girl inside her residence in the Karbook area in South Tripura district and later burn her to death.

July 28: NLFT terrorists kill a tribal leader of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) at Ratanpur village in West Tripura district.

During an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation, Nayanbasi Jamatiya, leader of a faction of the NLFT, indicates that "tripartite" talks with the Tripura and Union Governments would be possible only in a third country.

July 27: Three NLFT terrorists affiliated to the Mantu Koloi faction surrender at Khowai in West Tripura district allegedly after killing three cadres of the rival Biswamohan Debbarma faction at the latter’s hideout in Bangladesh.

July 16: NLFT terrorists kill six civilians and separately four activists of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) at Kachucherra in Dhalai district.
July 10: NLFT 'commander' Dinanath Malsum is arrested from Dhancherra village in the Dhalai district.
July 4: Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar alleges that the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT has set up five camps in the neighbouring State of Mizoram.
July 3: A local businessman is injured after NLFT terrorists fire on him in Shibpara village under Manu police station in Dhalai district.
July 2: Media report indicates that the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT may have further split.
June 30: Report indicates that Biswamohan Debbarma was deposed and Mantu Koloi has become leader in his place of the NLFT-faction the former had been heading.
June 24: Two terrorists are killed in an internecine clash between the Biswamohan Debbarma and Nayanbasi Jamatiya factions of the NLFT at Kantapara area under Takarjala police station limits in West Tripura district.
June 21: A combined group of NLFT terrorists and Bangladeshi criminals kill a person and abduct a school teacher in the border village of Baligaon, West Tripura district.

June 20: NLFT terrorists fire indiscriminately on an ambulance carrying a patient on the Assam-Agartala National Highway, NH-44, near Mungiabari under the Teliamura police station-limits, West Tripura district, and kill two persons, including the patient.

NLFT terrorists also kill mother of a senior leader of the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in Kantajala village under Srinagar police station limits of West Tripura district.

June 18: NLFT terrorists abduct a manager of the Pramod Nagar tea estate from Assam’s Karimganj district. The terrorists also demand a ransom of Rupees 10 million to release him and set June 25 as the deadline.

June 17: West Tripura district administration through an order clamps night curfew for a period of three months in areas bordering Bangladesh in the Khowai subdivision (administrative unit) to contain, among other things, the transborder movement of the NLFT and the ATTF terrorists.

June 16: An NLFT terrorist is killed during an encounter at Langtorai Valley in the Dhalai district. Security forces also arrest a female NLFT cadre Tiranbhati Reang from the nearby forests during the subsequent search operations.

Three persons, including an engineer of the Public Works Division, return unhurt from the NLFT captivity after being released at Sidhai village of West Tripura district. They were abducted from the Bara Mokam village in the district on May 19.

June 12: NLFT terrorists abduct four persons from Baganbari in Dhalai district.

June 10: Report indicates that increasing influence of Islamist outfits including Jamaat-e-Islami, Harkat-ul-Jehad and Al Qaeda in Bangladesh is troubling the Christian leaders of the Biswamohan Debbarma faction of the NLFT.

June 7: NLFT terrorists abduct a political activist of the Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPI-M) from Ghagracherra under Longtorai Valley police station in Dhalai district.

June 5: Report indicates that NLFT has recently changed its name to ‘Plungers and Rangers’ to avoid police action.

June 3: A report indicates that ATTF and the Nayanbasi Jamatiya and Biswamohan Debbarma factions of the NLFT attended a meeting, allegedly convened by the Bangladesh’s Directorate General of Field Intelligence (DGFI) in March 2003 in the Chittagong Hill Tracts area. Representatives of the Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) and Al Qaeda were also reportedly present at the meeting.

May 28: Dead body of a petty trader from West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, earlier abducted by the NLFT terrorists on May 24 is recovered from the Tuicharnak area under Takarjala police station limits in West Tripura district.

11 NLFT terrorists and their 13 conduits surrender before the Central Reserve Police force (CRPF) personnel at the CRPF 6^th battalion head quarters near Amarpur sub-division in South Tripura district.

May 26: NLFT terrorists abduct three non-tribal youths from Maracherra in Dhalai district.
May 21: NLFT terrorists kill a non-tribal trader near the Kalibazar market area under Sidhai police station limits, West Tripura district.

May 20: Two NLFT terrorists escaping from police in Bangladesh are arrested by security forces at Akraibari, under Khowai sub-division (administrative unit) in West Tripura district.

May 19: NLFT terrorists abduct four persons, including a Government employee, from Mokambari, Kalyanpur police station in West Tripura district.

NLFT-Nayanbasi Jamatiya terrorists release the remaining five members of a folk theatre group they had abducted on February 2, 2003. Their seven colleagues had been released earlier in April, reportedly after the payment of ransom.

May 18: A report indicates that ATTF and the Nayanbasi Jamatiya faction of the NLFT have joined hands under code name "Operation Roukhala (deportation)" purportedly to ‘drive out’ Bengali immigrants settled in Tripura after October 15, 1949.

May 14: NLFT terrorist killed in an encounter in the south Gokulpur area of West Tripura district.

May 11: Four NLFT terrorists surrender before the police at Khowai, West Tripura district with a rifle, a gun and 65 rounds of live cartridges.

May 7: NLFT terrorists attack the busy Mohorchora market area, under Kalyanpur police station limits, West Tripura district and open indiscriminate fire killing ten persons and injuring six more.

May 6: NLFT terrorists kill two non-tribals at Kumarghat village, North Tripura district.

May 5: Four NLFT terrorists surrender before the security forces at Lichubagan, near Agartala, West Tripura district.

April 27: While speaking in Guwahati, Assam, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar reiterates that the NLFT is linked to the Nagaland-based National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak Muivah (NSCN-IM).

April 23: Six of the eight Government employees abducted by the NLFT from Belbari area, West Tripura district, on April 10 are released, reportedly after payment of a ransom of Rupees 1.5 million.

April 20: NLFT terrorists abduct a civilian from Bir Kumar Roajapara village, West Tripura district and later burn him to death.

April 18: Five of the 12 artists taken hostage by NLFT terrorists, on February 2, in Amrapasha, North Tripura district, return safely reportedly after the terrorists set them free in Behalabari village, West Tripura district.

April 15: NLFT terrorists kill a political activist at Bhomracherra village, South Tripura district.

April 10: Suspected NLFT terrorists abduct eight Government employees at Belbari, Takarjala police station-limits in West Tripura district. They also shoot at and injure two others who try to evade abduction.

April 8: Five persons, including a woman and a child, are killed and eight more injured in an NLFT-attack on a private gathering at Jagabandhpura, Dhalai district.

April 7: Chief Minister Manik Sarkar while speaking at a public meeting in Ramchandra Nagar, West Tripura district asks the kin of NLFT and ATTF terrorists to exert pressure on the latter to shun the path of violence.

April 5: NLFT- Nayanbasi Jamatiya terrorists abduct a Tripura State Rifles (TSR) personnel from Tufaniamura, Takarjala police station limits, West Tripura district.

Police recover dead body of a tribal, killed by NLFT terrorists from Bhati Maidan area, Champahaor police station limits, West Tripura district.

April 4: Police personnel camping at Mathulungbari, Killa police station limits, South Tripura district, repulse an attack by NLFT. Four police personnel sustain injuries in the attack.

NLFT terrorist arrested from Mathulungbari, Killa police station limits, South Tripura district.

Special Police Officer killed and four police personnel are injured in an NLFT laid-ambush at Maithulungbari, South Tripura district.

Three NLFT terrorists surrender to Assam Rifles at Bhangmun, North Tripura

April 1: NLFT terrorists kill a colleague at Jamaraipara village, Kanchanpur subdivision in North Tripura district.

March 31: Dead body of a political activist, abducted by NLFT terrorists, on March 26 is recovered from Ichachara, Champahour, police station-limits, West Tripura.

An SF personnel succumbs to injuries at a Hospital in Kolkata. He was injured on March 26 in an NLFT attack while escorting the Additional Director-General of Police (ADGP) Pranay Sahay, in the Barmura Hills, West Tripura district.

Three persons, abducted by NLFT terrorists on March 12 return home safely at Raghna, North Tripura district.

March 30: Two NLFT terrorists surrender in separate incidents in the West Tripura district.

March 29: Five SF personnel and two civilians are killed in an NLFT laid-ambush at Sindukumarpara, Manu police station limits, Dhalai district.

March 27: Eight cadres of the BNCT, an NLFT offshoot, surrender in Agartala.

March 26: Four NLFT terrorists, including a 'sergeant', along with an ATTF terrorist surrender at Narsingarh in the West Tripura district.

March 24: A girl child is killed in Dhalai district by NLFT terrorists at Champaicherra village.

NLFT terrorists attack Hridaybasti village and set ablaze four huts. A young girl is injured while taking cover from firing by terrorists.

March 25: Chief Minister Manik Sarkar alleges that Pakistan’s external intelligence agency, the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) is providing arms training to terrorists operating in the Northeast region, including NLFT and ATTF in Bangladesh.

March 20: Four railway construction workers are abducted by the NLFT from S K Para area, Manu police station-limits, Dhalai district.

March 19: A front ranking NLFT terrorist Mangal Debbarma, his four female associates and another accomplice are arrested from a place under Teliamura police station-limits, West Tripura district.

March 16: Police arrest an NLFT terrorist from Srirampur and also recover an AK-56 rifle and three magazines from his possession.

March 17: Bishwamoni Debbarma, an NLFT 'commander' surrenders with a self-loading rifle to the security forces.

March 14: Three Borok National Council of Tripura (BNCT) terrorists are arrested from Atharamur hill range, Dhalai district.

March 13: NLFT terrorists abduct and kill a local-level CPI-M leader, in Madhuharipara village of Dhalai district.

March 1: BNCT terrorists at Asharmbari village, in West Tripura, kill two women activists of the CPI-M.

February 26: Five SF personnel and a civilian returning from poll duty are killed in an ambush laid by NLFT terrorists at Snatarampara, West Tripura district. Three more BSF personnel are injured in the attack.

NLFT terrorists attack a SF convoy at Gulsingbari, Champahaor police station-limits, West Tripura injuring four SF personnel.

NLFT terrorists abduct two CPI-M supporters from Shambhucharanpara, Jirania police station limits, West Tripura district.

February 19: NLFT terrorists kill a local level leader of the CPI-M at Kakracherra village, West Tripura.

February 17: BNCT terrorists kill a CPI-M supporter at Dukhiapara village, West Tripura.

February 15: NLFT terrorists kill a local level leader of the CPI-M at Jaydebpara village, Ampi police station limits, South Tripura district.

NLFT terrorists abduct and later kill two CPI-M supporters at Karnasinghpara village, Gandacherra police station limits, Dhalai district.

February 11: NLFT terrorists kill a local level CPI-M leader at Arjun Thakurpara village, West Tripura district.

A civilian abducted by NLFT is later killed at Kachhima, Amarpur police station limits, West Tripura district.

NLFT terrorists kill two terrorists of the rival ATTF at Ekraibari, Kalyanpur police station limits, West Tripura district.

February 10: Nayanabashi Jamatiya faction of NLFT issues poll boycott call.

February 5: NLFT terrorists kill two Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPI-M) activists in Dhalai district.

February 4: NLFT kills CPI-M supporter and his five-year-old grand child at Laksmansardarpara, West Tripura district.

February 2: Suspected BNCT terrorists, an NLFT offshoot, abducts 16 artists from Emrapasha in North Tripura district. While four hostages manage to escape near the Bangladesh border, 12 more continue to remain in captivity.

January 30: Assam Rifles posted in Tripura deny allegations that its official has linkages with NLFT and that he facilitated transfer of arms and ammunition to them.

January 29: Suspected NLFT terrorists abduct three employees of Border Road Task Force from Raishabari in Dhalai.

Government enquiry is initiated into alleged nexus in Tripura between an Assam Rifles personnel and NLFT. The officer allegedly facilitated transfer of at least 6,000 rounds of ammunition and a large number of arms to NLFT.

January 28: A suspect is arrested in connection with the January 26-massacre of 11 persons by the NLFT in West Tripura district.

January 26: 11 persons, including five women, killed by NLFT terrorists at CPM election rally in Mandai village, West Tripura district.

January 23: NLFT terrorists kill local level CPI-M leader at Chamanu in Dhalai district.

January 22: Ruling CPI-M alleges that Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) is NLFT’s 'political front'.

January 21: Suspected NLFT terrorists kill a Tripura resident in Lower New Colony, near Laitumkhrah in Meghalaya's capital Shillong.

January 22: At least 10 Northeast-based terrorist outfits, including NLFT, give Republic Day (January 26) 'boycott call'.

January 19: NLFT terrorists kill two suspected CPM activists in West Tripura district.

January 15: NLFT terrorists kill tribal activist of the ruling CPM in Ekjancherra area, South Tripura district.

January 14: NLFT kills three of a family––a local businessman, his son and daughter in Assam Basti area of North Tripura district.

NLFT terrorists abduct and later kill two CPM activists from Akchhapara village, South Tripura district.

January 13: Tripura State Rifles personnel arrest eight NLFT terrorists from Kanchanpur in North Tripura district.

January 12: NLFT terrorists abduct and later kill a woman at Jamircherra, Dhalai district.

January 6: Two NLFT terrorists killed in encounter with Tripura State Rifles personnel in Dhoopicherra, Dhalai.

January 5: NLFT terrorist killed at Shilpara, Kanchanpur subdivision in North Tripura district.

2002

December 31: NLFT terrorists abduct a local-level Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leader from new Bhomracherra, under Natunbazaar police station-limits, West Tripura district.
December 30: Three terrorists of the NLFT-Biswamohan Debbarma faction are killed in an internecine clash with the rival Nayanbasi Jamatiya group, in Narayanbari, Takarjala police station-limits, West Tripura district.
NLFT-Biswamohan Debbarma and the Jamatiya Hoda faction exchange fire at Arjunthakurpara, Takarjala police station-limits, West Tripura district.
December 28: NLFT terrorists abduct six workers from Kathalbari in Tripura's Dhalai district.
An NLFT- Nayanbasi Jamatiya terrorist and a student are killed during a clash with All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) terrorists in Uddhav Vaishnabpara, in Khowai subdivision, West Tripura district.
December 26: NLFT terrorists kill two civilians, including a woman, in separate incidents in West Tripura and Dhalai districts of Tripura. Three NLFT terrorists are arrested while making an extortion call in R.K. Nagar, under Ranir Bazar police station-limits, Agartala West Tripura district, by a combined force of Tripura police and Tripura State Rifles personnel.
December 19: NLFT terrorists abduct three sons of a local level-Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leader in Machhlimukh village, Manu police station-limits, in Tripura's Dhalai district.

December 13: An NLFT terrorist is killed in an encounter in Krishnajay Reang Para village, Tripura's Dhalai district.

Three NLFT terrorists are arrested from a place in Gandacherra sub-division, Dhalai district.

December 7: Five NLFT terrorists are arrested from Khumulwung village, West Tripura district.

December 5: India asks Bangladesh to hand over two hardcore NLFT terrorists reportedly arrested by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on December 1

November 27: AnNLFT terrorist surrenders at Takarjala police station, West Tripura district.

November 23: NLFT terrorists kill a local level-leader of the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) near his residence in the Amabassa area, West Tripura district.

November 8: Reports say NLFT terrorists have set free six captives near the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura. Terrorists abducted 11 persons on October 2 from Netaji Para village, North Tripura district. Five more continue to remain in the NLFT’s captivity

November 7: NFLT terrorists kill a ruling Communist Party-Marxist (CPM) activist in Champaknaga village of West Tripura.

November 6: NLFT terrorists kill a person in Tuibaklai village, South Tripura district.

November 4: NLFT terrorists abduct a civilian from Rata Roajapara village, in Tripura's Dhalai district.

Police arrest NLFT terrorist Aranyapaja Jamatia from Ambassa village, Dhalai district. Another NLFT terrorist Nagendra Reang is also nabbed from Raisyabari village of the district.

October 21: NLFT terrorists kill two persons, including a security force personnel, in Takarjala, West Tripura district.
October 17: Two NLFT terrorists are arrested from Kangrai and Golakpur villages of North Tripura district, in separate raids.
October 16: Security forces arrest an NLFT terrorist from Kanchancherra village of Dhalai district, under the National Security Act (NSA), and separately three more NLFT terrorists are arrested in Ampura village, West Tripura.
October 11: Media report says the NLFT has warned tribals in Tripura to not intermingle with urban and semi-urban populations during Durga Puja (A 10-day religious festival of Hindus).
October 9: NLFT terrorists kill nine security force personnel in an ambush in Raishabari, in Tripura's Dhalai district.
October 4: Four NLFT terrorists, allegedly trained in Bangladesh, surrender to the district authorities in Tripura's Dhalai district.
September 22: A report says NLFT terrorists abducted a villager from Khedacherra village of North Tripura district. But does not mention the date.
September 20: Two terrorists of the NLFT- Biswamohan faction and another belonging to the rival NLFT-N are killed in an internecine clash in Ghaniamara area, West Tripura district.
Two NLFT terrorists--Rabi Debbarma and Rajesh Debbarma--are arrested from Chikencharra and Chankhola villages respectively, in West Tripura district.
September 13: NLFT terrorists allegedly abduct an assistant teacher of the Kanchancherra senior school in Agartala, West Tripura district.
September 10: Two NLFT terrorists surrender to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel at the latter's Gamaibar camp in West Tripura district.
Police exhume skeletons of three victims abducted and subsequently killed allegedly by NLFT terrorists from Khirodsardarpara village, West Tripura district.
September 9: NLFT-N self-styled 'sergeant' Maya Darlong surrenders at Kailashahar police station, Agartala.
September 7: Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) executive committee member Sridam Debbarma is set free in Dhalai district by NLFT terrorists. He had been abducted on May 3, 2002.
September 5: Suspected NLFT terrorists kill two Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPM) activists in Bhandarima village, Kanchanpur police station limits, North Tripura district.
NLFT terrorists abduct five traders from a local market in Dhumachara village, Manu police station limits, Dhalai district.
September 1: Suspected NLFT terrorists abduct an eight-year old boy from Satkard village, Dhalai district.
August 25: NLFT terrorists set free three State Health Department officials abducted on July 26 from the Lefunga health camp, Sidhai police station limits, West Tripura.
August 24: Police arrest two NLFT terrorists from a hideout in Hirapur village, West Tripura district, in connection with the August 20-massacre of 20 Tripura State Rifles (TSR) personnel.
August 22: Bikram Bahadur Jamatia, head priest of the Jamatia Hoda, a tribal 'Hindu group' in Tripura, alleges that the NLFT forcibly converted approximately 14,000 tribals in the State to Christianity in the past five years.
August 21: The Nayanbasi Jamatiya faction of the NLFT, in a statement by its 'commander' Nayanbashi Jamatia alias Nakbar, owns-up the August 20 -Hirapur massacre of 20 TSR personnel.
August 20: Suspected NLFT terrorists kill 20 Tripura State Rifles (TSR) personnel in an ambush laid in Hirapur, West Tripura district.
August 9: Six NLFT terrorists, three each from the Nayanbasi and Biswamohan factions, and an ATTF terrorist surrender to the Assam Rifles in Agartala.
August 7: Suspected NLFT terrorists kill the chief of the Aidankur village council, near Agartala.
August 6: NLFT terrorists allegedly kill a local-level Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPI-M) activist at Champawhar village of West Tripura district.
August 5: NLFT terrorists allegedly shoot at a moving vehicle and injure two civilians in Shikaribari, Dhalai district, Tripura.
August 3: Suspected NLFT terrorists kill four persons--three members of a family in Birshaipara village--and another in Kuchmanipara village.
August 2: Four CPI-M activists are allegedly killed by NLFT terrorists in Chandipur, Kanchanpur sub-division, North Tripura.
July 31: Reports say NLFT is training its 'armed women's wing' under Lara Darlong in Thouhanthaimaoi, Khagracherri, Bangladesh.
July 27: Suspected NLFT terrorists kill one person in North Tripura district.
July 26: An NLFT ambush at Debendra Sardarpara in West Tripura district kills six security force personnel escorting a group of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) field staff, a civilian driver and an NLFT terrorist.
July 23: Suspected NLFT terrorists kill a surrendered All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) terrorist in Kalyanpur village, Agartala.
July 21: Suspected NLFT terrorists abduct five labourers from Jamir Chara in Dhalai district.
July 17: Suspected NLFT terrorists kill two Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) activists in West Tripura and Dhalai districts in separate incidents.
A group of suspected NLFT terrorists abduct nine CPI-M activists from Mendi village, South Tripura district.
July 13: Suspected NLFT terrorists kill a local-level Tribal Youth Federation (TYF) leader in Burhuria village, South Tripura district. Two other TYF members are also abducted from Lambucherra village in Dhalai district in a separate incident.
July 08: Report says the Biswamohan faction of the NLFT in the February issue of Yok (its mouthpiece) declared it would talk to the State government only if 'sovereignty and independence of the Twipra kingdom' would be included in the talks agenda.
July 06: Three NLFT terrorists surrender with large amount of arms and ammunition in Agartala.
July 02: Suspected NLFT-Nayanbasi terrorists kill a woman activist of the CPI-M in Mungiabari, West Tripura district. ·
July 01: Suspected NLFT terrorists kill a women at Ramkrishna Para village in West Tripura district.
June 23: Two NLFT terrorists arrested in separate raids--one from Salema village in Dhalai district, and another a hideout at Joykrishnapara village, West Tripura.
June 21: An unconfirmed report says NLFT-N terrorists killed nine ATTF cadres in separate attacks at unidentified locations in Bangladesh.
June 15: Dilip Debnath, the Desher Katha journalist abducted by suspected NLFT terrorists on June 8 set free.
June 12: Two NLFT terrorists surrender in Agartala.
June 8 :Suspected NLFT terrorists abduct Dilip Debnath, a journalist of a local daily, Desher Katha, from Chebri in West Tripura district.
June 6: NLFT terrorist killed in an encounter at Radhacharanpara in West Tripura district.
May 29: Four Tripura State Rifles (TSR) personnel killed and ten others injured in an ambush laid allegedly by NLFT terrorists at Ghagracherra in Tripura's Dhalai district.

May 25: NLFT terrorists kill a terrorist from a rival faction and a civilian, besides abducting two youths in West Tripura district.
Three suspected NLFT terrorists, including an ‘area commander’, arrested in West and South Tripura districts.

May 19: Security forces unearth NLFT money racket in West Tripura district and arrested one.
May 14: Suspected NLFT cadres abduct three members of a tribal family in Katalutma, Dhalai district.
Suspected NLFT terrorist killed at Ompi in south Tripura.

May 13: Suspected NLFT terrorists abduct two school students and another in Kamalpur, Dhalai district.
May 11: Suspected NLFT terrorists kill a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) local-level leader at Ramchandraghat, West Tripura.
Two dreaded NLFT terrorists surrender to the Assam Rifles 18^th Battalion in Kanchanpur.

May 10: Suspected NLFT-N terrorists abduct two persons in Chamubasti, Khowai subdivision of Tripura.
May 3: Suspected NLFT terrorists abduct a local leader of the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) from Gurudayalpara in West Tripura district.
NLFT-N terrorist surrenders at the Border Security Force’s Teliamura camp, West Tripura district

April 24: Suspected NLFT terrorists kill four of a family in Nimanjoypara and another in Dayal Sing Para village in West Tripura.

Fourth captive in the Amarendranagar abduction episode also found dead.

April 23: Suspected NLFT terrorists kill three of the four tribals abducted on April 21from Amarendranagar in the Takarjala area of West Tripura district.

April 22: Five persons injured in bomb blast caused by suspected NLFT terrorists at Lalcherra village, West Tripura district.

April 18: NLFT terrorist and two others killed in Kuki Chara village, Dhalai district.

April 16: NLFT terrorist killed in an encounter in a jungle near Shantirbajar village of South Tripura district.

April 12: NLFT terrorists kill two persons in Jirania.

April 13: One person killed by suspected NLFT terrorists in West Tripura district.

April 7: Five NLFT terrorists- four at Ramchandra Ghat , West Tripura, and one at Manu, Dhalai, killed by ATTF cadres in an internecine clash.

April 4: Three NLFT terrorists surrender at Jirania in West Tripura.

April 1:One suspected NLFT terrorist arrested from Krishnanagar area of Agartala.

March 29 :Two non-tribals, abducted on February 8, rescued from an NLFT hideout.

NLFT terrorist arrested elsewhere in the State.

February 9 :Benjamin Hrangkhal, a top terrorist of the NLFT–Nayanbasi Jamatiya faction [NLFT-N] killed in an encounter with security forces.

February 5 : NLFT terrorists kill six tribals belonging to Gana Mukti Parishad at Paschim Nalicherra in Dhalai district.

February 3 :Two NLFT terrorists killed in an encounter at Sibbari in Dhalai district.

January 1 :NLFT terrorists kill two tribal youths near Jamthung village.

January 28 :Six persons injured in an attack by NLFT terrorists at Panboa in Dhalai district.

January 13 :NLFT terrorists kill 16 persons at Singicherra in West Tripura district.

2001

December 13 : NLFT terrorists injure five villagers at Dangabari in North Tripura district.

November 30 :Two NLFT terrorists killed and 10 more injured at Chunagarh in West Tripura district in a clash with the Border Security Force (BSF).

November 24:Three terrorists killed in internecine clashes between NLFT and All Tripura Tiger Force ATTF (ATTF) along the India- Bangladesh border.

November 23: NLFT terrorists kill two persons in West Tripura district.

September 25: NLFT-N kills two senior workers of the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) and abducts another, believed to have been killed later, from Takarjala in West Tripura district.

September 22: NLFT terrorists kill two leaders of the Tripura Upajati Ganamukti Parishad (TUGP), a tribal wing of the ruling Left Front at Manu village in Dhalai district.

September 18: Five NLFT-N terrorists and a civilian killed in internecine conflict between NLFT-N and NLFT at Takarjala in West Tripura district.

September 2: NLFT kills six persons of Jamatiya tribe in South Tripura district, including three Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leaders. Tripura government decides to formulate special measures to tackle killings of CPI-M leaders by NLFT.

August 31: NLFT terrorists kill three ruling CPI-M leaders at Radhacharan Thakurpara in West Tripura district.

August 21: Three NLFT terrorists led by an 'area commander', Amar Sadhan Jamatia, surrender at Jirania in West Tripura district.

August 18: Suspected NLFT terrorists kill Jagadish Debbarma, a CPI-M leader and chairman of Kandaicherra Gaonsabha (village body) in West Tripura district.

August 10: Four NLFT terrorists surrender to the Commandant of the 22nd battalion of Assam Rifles at Dulubari camp in Dhalai district.

August 8: NLFT terrorists kill local-level CPI-M activist and injure his wife, who later dies, at Jampaijala in West Tripura district. NLFT terrorists also kill another CPI-M leader and chairperson of the Block Development Committee at Jampaijala.

August 6: Six employees abducted by NLFT terrorists from two tea gardens in North Tripura district.

July 30: Three divisional committee members of CPI-M killed by NLFT terrorists in the Longthoraivally subdivision of Dhalai district

July 29: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) claims that four of their pracharaks (local leaders) were recently killed by NLFT terrorists at their camps in Bangladesh. They had been abducted by NLFT terrorists from Banabasi Kalyan Ashram at Kanchancherra in Dhalai district, on August 6, 1999.

July 1: 11 NLFT terrorists escape from the Udaipur Central prison in Agartala.

June 11: Nine terrorists of the Nayanbashi Jamatia faction of the NLFT led by 'Corporal' Swapan Debbarma surrender at Agartala.

June 4: Three persons and a child killed and four others injured by NLFT terrorists at Kanakchowmuhani in West Tripura district.

May 16: 14 people injured in an attack by a group of NLFT terrorists on the Bholagiri Ashram, a Hindu religious place on the outskirts of Agartala.

April 1: NLFT 'foreign secretary' Joshua Debbarma alias Jogendra and 'senior commander' Janabir Debbarma quit the mainstream faction of the outfit along with some cadres, and join the breakaway faction of NLFT led by Nayanbasi Jamatya.

March 24: Two security force personnel and three civilians killed in an ambush by suspected NLFT terrorists at Shikaribari in Dhalai district.

March 21: 11 persons, including four Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, killed in an ambush by suspected NLFT terrorists in North Tripura district.

February 21: NLFT terrorists release nine railway workers abducted on January 7, somewhere near Dhamchara in Dhalai district.

February 12: NLFT terrorists kill local-level CPI-M leader in Maharani village, Dhalai district.

February 8: 21 Jamatia tribals, earlier taken hostage by NLFT terrorists, on January 29, set free near Nitya Bazar, South Tripura district.

February 6: Suspected NLFT terrorists abduct six non-tribals from Dataram village, South Tripura district.

January 15: A group of 25 NLFT terrorists assault women and kill a person in Begrambari village.

January 8:NLFT terrorists abduct 14 employees of the Indian Railways and two others in separate incidents in North Tripura and Dhalai districts, on January 7 and January 8.

2000

December 29: Several persons injured as more than 25 NLFT terrorists loot shops and indulge in violence at a hill market in Ramraibari, South Tripura district.

December 26: NLFT terrorists ransack a Buddhist temple in Almara village, South Tripura district, and escape with scriptures and an idol.

December 25: NLFT terrorists kill a Jamatiya leader in Dalak village, South Tripura district, for refusing to embrace Christianity

December 13: At the 410^th Conference of the Jamatia Hoda, tribal leaders resolve not to pay any kind of tax to terrorists in the region.

December 5: Suspected NLFT terrorists ransack a Buddhist temple in Almara village, South Tripura district.

December 4: NLFT terrorists attack yet another hermitage in Jirania Khola.

November 19: 14 persons killed by suspected NLFT terrorists and in the subsequent communal violence in Borahaldi in North Tripura district.

October 27: Five civilians, including a child, killed by suspected NLFT terrorists in Debendra Sarkarpara, West Tripura district.

October 21: Three civilians killed by suspected NLFT terrorists in Dewanbari, South Tripura district.

September 22: Three NLFT terrorists killed in an encounter in Mikrossapara.

September 2: Split occurs in NLFT following the expulsion of Jogendra Debbarma, chairman of the political wing. The expelled chairman establishes the Borok National Council of Tripura (BNCT).

July 9: NLFT terrorists raid the headquarters of the Mizoram-based Bru Naitonal Liberation Front (BNLF) terrorist outfit in the Jampui Hills across Bangladesh and gun down 70 BNLF cadres, including some top leaders.

May 18: NLFT terrorists kill four women and three men, besides injuring five others, in South Tripura district.

May 17-20: Terrorists belonging to NLFT and United Bengali Liberation Front (UBLF) gun down 45 persons in separate incidents in West Tripura district.

April 20: NLFT terrorists gun down eight people in Laxmipur, North Tripura district.

April 15: NLFT terrorists kill 12 people and injure seven others in West Tripura district.

March 29: NLFT terrorists gun down a local CPI-M leader in Tulashikhar, West Tripura district.

March 19: NLFT terrorists abduct 12 workers of the Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) from Gulakathalarpara, West Tripua district.

March 16: NLFT terrorists gun down a local CPI-M leader and abduct three people in South Tripura district.

February 7: Security forces arrest six NLFT terrorists from South Tripura district.

January 16: NLFT terrorists gun down a local CPI-M leader in Alutola, South Tripura district.

1999

December 25: In repeated clashes between NLFT terrorists and agitated mobs, three persons are killed and 100 houses burnt down, in Bishramganj, West Tripura district.

November 22: Eight security force personnel killed, five others seriously injured in an ambush laid by NLFT terrorists in Banduar, South Tripura district.

November 5: Union Home Ministry extends ban on NLFT.

September 6: NLFT terrorists abduct 16 State government officials from Manu, Dhalai district.

August 12: NLFT terrorists gun down six persons in Manu, Dhalai district.

August 6: NLFT terrorists abduct four senior Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders in Dhalai district.

March 10: Eight NLFT terrorists killed in an encounter with security forces in Khedachara, North Tripura district.

March 2: Security forces arrest five NLFT terrorists from South Tripura district.

February 2: NLFT terrorists kill eight people in North Tripura district.

1998

October 10: NLFT militants gun down eight people in West Tripura district.

March 31: NLFT terrorists assassinate the Sate Health Minister, Bimal Sinha, in an ambush in Abhanga, Dhalai district. The Minister's brother is also killed in the incident.

February 12: NLFT cadres ambush a security patrol at Champraipara in Dhalai district killing six Tripura State Rifles (TSR) personnel.

1997

November 7: Nine security force personnel, 11 others killed in a bomb blast allegedly set off by NLFT terrorists, in Dhalai district.

1995

September 15: NLFT terrorists lay an ambush in South Tripura district and kill three security force personnel.

1993

September 20: Seven security force personnel killed and nine more injured in an attack by NLFT terrorists on a police station in North Tripura district.

1992

October 11: 14 NLFT terrorists killed in raids on two terrorist hideouts in Chakakujra

1989

National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) established under the leadership of Dhanjoy Reang. Demands the creation of a sovereign Tripura

Rot -- there are Christians in other parts of India -- in Goa which is 30% Christian and in Southern India which has up to 5% or more Christians -- where you have Christians dating back to the time of St. Thomas the Apostle and you have tons of Catholic and Orthodox Christians who are free to preach, build churchs, live and worship.

The north-eastern problem is due to remoteness -- they are separated from mainland India by Bangaladesh and China. India is made up of tons of ethnicities and no, there is no throdding down on the NAgas -- if they became independent they would be swallowed up by Bangaladesh and their culture obliterated. In India, you have NAgas and others who do well in delhi, bangalore etc.

And Don't make this a Christian-Hindu fight, that's ROT, India has George Fernandes, AK Antony etc. who are leading politicians, they have Indians in business, the armed forces etc. who face no persecution except by extremist idiots -- you talk about Graham Steines murder -- do you know that India as a whole was disgusted by the act and condemned it strongly? Did you know that the murdered was condemned to DEATH -- a really strong sentence in India which did not even hand out death to terrorists who planned a bombattack on India's parliament???

The NAga problem is a problem of remoteness from the mainstream and yes, poverty and ethnic differences. India does not smash down on ethnicities like China or Burma or Bangaladesh, Nagas are better off in the Indian federation

Nagaland has never been part of India-- they are a Mongol people, physically, ethnically and culturally distinct from India

That shows how LITTLE you know and understand of India -- India has Aryans, Dravidians (another Caucasian branch), Mongoloids, some Negroids (Siddhi fighters from Somalia), Turkic peoples and even Australoids (tribals like the Andamanese. India also has 800 dialects and 20+ regional languages --> each with it's own script. India has all the known religions in the world -- 800 million Hindus, 150 million Muslims, 30 to 45 million Christians, then Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains and India is home to the largest numbers of Zoroastrians (religion of Cyrus the great of Persia) after they fled the slamic conquest of Persia, India had a significant Jewish community -- the only Jewish community in the world that was not persecuted. Add to this that India has a wide disparity in economic class and you should realise that India is a land of contrasts with no ONE entity pre-dominant --> it's not like Japan, one ethnicity, it's not like the USA, a melting pot. It's rather like a salad with different ethnicities free to maintain their identity

You think Indian Hindus are one monolithic group? No, they'd then separate into Maharashtrians and Biharis? What about Bihari Hindus? No, they separate out by caste? Then, they'd separate out by class, then by social status.

Wow, an anti-Naga propaganda dump. I’m truly impressed.

If majority Hindu-Muslim India is so open and tolerant toward Naga Christians and other minorities, as you claim, then tell me, why were 25,000 Sikhs butchered in India in 1984? If the Sikhs and other minorities are so safe within kumbayah multicultural India like you claim, why was Operation Bluestar launched specifically against the Sikhs in that year, with a mass murder of so many Sikh civilians?

Contrary to your claims of a tolerant multicultural nation where different faiths and ethnicities are tolerated and flourish, ethnic hatred periodically leads to bloody massacres throughout India, most notably the Golden Temple violence and the other bloody attacks perpetrated against the Sikhs.

And your lame attempt to knock the Nagas is just laugh-inducing, honestly.

Did you stop to think about specifically why there’s been so much unrest within Nagaland and the Northeast? Because the Nagas have been fighting for their freedom since they were betrayed by India in 1948, that’s why. Even Gandhi himself wanted the Nagas to have full self-determination and freedom for their own state before 1948, a right that was denied the Nagas where the rubber met the road, and after Gandhi had been conveniently assassinated, of course.

Nagaland has never been at peace because it has never been a part of India, ever, and only the violent occupation of Indian troops from elsewhere has maintained Nagalim within the Indian state, where the Naga voice is virtually drowned out. The Nagas have been doing nothing more than fighting in their own self-defense since 1948, to fulfill the promises that Gandhi and others gave them for their own right to self-determination.

As for your laughable claim about “toleration” for other Christians in India, if that’s the case, then why the frenzy to pass “anti-conversion laws” that refuse to even recognize Christians in e.g. Tamil Nadu if they themselves declare that they are Christian? It’s one thing to hate Christians there, it’s quite another to tell a Christian to her face, that she’s not Christian because the government says she’s not. (Many of these laws passed by the BJP in those states, hardly an emblem of “multicultural tolerance” to say the least.)

And to top off that whopper of a post you put up, you say that the Nagas shouldn’t receive their promised right to self-determination because... Bangladesh would swallow them up? BANGLADESH???? ROTFLMAO!! You mean, that “powerful, aggressive nation” of Bangladesh that’s perpetually in a state of overwhelming squalor? That’s virtually buried under monsoon rains every year?

I have sympathy for the Bangladeshi people as individuals, but as a state actor itself, your claim about Bangladesh as a military threat is just truly hilarious. Bangladesh itself is an Exhibit A— for the incompetence of the governments in Muslim-majority states and the serial disasters that inevitably befall Muslim lands, due to gross corruption and mind-boggling mismanagement. Bangladesh has its hands full trying to prevent starvation and to make sure its cities don’t get deluged by the latest monsoon to hit its shores, and it’s fully dependent on foreign aid to make sure its people don’t starve.

Bangladesh is in no position to launch military operations against anybody, least of all against a newly independent state like Nagaland that was promised its freedom and self-determination in the first place before that promise was broken. Any such attack by Bangladesh would provoke the wrath of the international community and lead to the cut-off of food and other aid to Bangladesh, without which Bangladesh would perish as a nation. You’ve launched some quite hilarious arguments here, but fear-mongering about Bangladesh truly tops the list.

The only things I know about Nagaland I learned from my old friend who has actually been there, so I'm in no position to judge who is exaggerating what. However, even I know that Christians can have a rough time of it in many parts of India.

It looks like the persecution of Christian Nagaland continues even on FreeRepublic.

Nagas have been fighting Nagas and other tribes in the North-East longer than they have been fighting the Union army.

The US too had its civil war, at an intensity that would make light joke of the Naga/Khasi tribal warfare. SO, do you advocate independence for the Confederacy? What is your position on the Hispanic-majority regions of the US?

25,000 Sikhs butchered? I can only laugh. Who was Bhindranwale? Why did he convert the Golden Temple into a cache for arms and grenades? Operation Bluestar was launched specifically against militant Sikhs, induced into fighting a meaningless war against their own nation, by Pakistan, and the operation conducted largely by fellow Sikhs themselves. Ever heard of KPS Gill? Your attempt at cleaving Sikhs is in itself humerous, and displays your ignorance on the particularities of that community- characteristics that give strong clues on why the “separatist” movement failed. A large proportion of Sikh families have Hindu members within the families themselves, and Sikhs are spread around India, with their lives entrenched in local businesses wherever they have settled. These Sikhs don’t advocate an independent state. The majority of the rest don’t do, either.

To top it all, India’s army was headed by a Sikh, the Prime-Minister is Sikh, and the Election Commissioner was from the North-East.

I will ask you this: Just as eager as you are that Nagaland gain independence, are you equally supportive of the natives of North America evicting the foreign settlers and their descendents that have overwhelmingly occupied the lands? Nagaland has not had that sort of a phenomenon taking place. India has not swamped it with inhabitants from elsewhere, but people like you give them good reason to explore that avenue, also.

Nagas are one of the tribes that occupy the region. What about the rest? What about the non-convert Nagas against whom your fellow Christian Nagas have been waging war for so long?

As for the rest of your post, I’ll reply when there is time.

However, even I know that Christians can have a rough time of it in many parts of India.

Not to the extent natives and Hindus and others who have refused to accept forced conversion, have been persecuted- largely by Naga militant fundamentalists.

Monday, 28 August, 2000, 08:10 GMT 09:10 UK

Hindu preacher killed by Tripura rebels

A tribal Hindu spiritual leader has been killed by separatist rebels in the northeastern Indian state of Tripura.

Police say about ten guerrillas belonging to the outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura ,the NLFT, broke into a temple near the town of Jirania on Sunday night and shot dead Shanti Tripura, a popular Hindu preacher popularly known as Shanti Kali.

The separatist group says it wants to convert all tribespeople in the state to Christianity.

The BBC correspondent in the region says the killing has created tension between the majority of tribals, who are Hindu or Buddhist, and the small number of Christian converts.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/899422.stm

Wednesday, 27 December, 2000, 14:31 GMT

Tripura tribal leader killed

Police in the northeastern Indian state of Tripura say a leading Hindu religious leader, who was kidnapped by suspected separatist rebels on Monday, has been found dead.

Police say the body of the man, Labh Kumar Jamatia, was discovered in a forest in Dalak village in southern Tripura.

He was the leader of the state's second largest Hindu group.

According to police, rebels from the National Liberation Front of Tripura wanted Mr Jamatia to convert to Christianity - but he refused.

The spritual chief of his tribe Bikram Bhadur Jamatia has called on the Indian police to provide protection for Hindu tribal leaders in Tripura.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1089578.stm

Monday, 2 October, 2000, 13:13 GMT 14:13 UK

Separatist group bans Hindu festivities

The leading separatist group in the north-east Indian state of Tripura has ordered indigenous tribespeople to stay away from celebrations of the Hindu festival Durga Puja.

The outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura warned that any tribal members seen taking part in the festival would be killed.

In a statement, the NLFT said it wanted all tribespeople in Tripura to become Christians because the practice of Hinduism has led to them being marginalised by people of Bengali origin living in the state.

The Durga Puja is the biggest festival to be celebrated by Hindus from Bengal.

But Hindu tribal leaders have said they will defy the ban and take part in the celebrations.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/953200.stm

Is that an anti-Naga piece? No, I'm NOT anti-Naga. They have a right to maintaining their culture and religion. What I am saying is that in India they CAN DO THAT -- there are examples you can see of Christians thriving in India --> yes, there are examples of riots against Christians, but those are NOT the norm: if one goes by that example, then the few idiotic KKK members in the US would paint the US in a similar bad light: the KKK does not represent the vast majority of Americans, nor does the violent section of Hindu extremist groups represent all Hindus

What proof do I have for that statement: I gave you that -- Christians in India are freely allowed to build Churches, to preach -- BY THE LAW. You have Christians who are in various strata of society and you can see that for a fact. Secondly, I told you that Graham Steines murder was condemned by all of Hindu society and the murderer was sentenced to death by Hanging -- that in a country that doesn't use the death penalty even for terrorists

Why are Naga's fighting? Yes, they are a ethnically separate group, but is their culture being obliterated in INdia? No, show proof of that. If Naga culture was being obliterated, then India's myriad other cultures would also be affected: India has NO dominant culture throughout the land, unlike China, so all cultures get along -- yes there are fights at the edges, but Indians have so many overlying layers of themselves, if they start to divide, they can balkanise down to states of 10 - 12 people! Again, I repeat, look at what China is doing to Tibet and in contrast, tell me that Parsis in India (Persian Zoroatrians) or Jews or Christians (in Goa, in Karnataka, in the N-E) or Dravidians, or Rajasthanis have their cultures being threatened in the same way

To your points, the Sikhs riots were disgusting, but the figures you quote are incorrect -- there were deaths, but not 25,000, so check more impartial websites for accurate numbers

Operation Bluestar: look it up, was done BEFORE The riots. How did they start? Sikh separatists wanted a separate nation for Sikhs -- this was pushed by Pakistan as retribution for India having helped the Bangaladeshi's with their independence in 1971 (and read up on those massacres before commenting on a tit-for-tat). Were most Sikhs supportive of that? I doubt it -- why? Because Sikhs were and are, livign and working all over India and are very successful whereever they go. EVen now you have many Sikh businessmen outside the Punjab and the prime minister is a Sikh while many army men are Sikhs. Anyway, back to Blue-star: The separatists holed themselves up in the Sikh holy place -- the Golden Temple in Amritsar with weapons. Indira Gandhi made the decision to attack this and during the attack the temple was damaged. Was this a stupid decision on her part? Debatable as it removed out armed separatists, BUT it antagonised Sikhs worldwide -- and any one of us would be angry if our holy places were the scene of fighting. That caused her two body guards (who were Sikh, considering how highly respected Sikhs are in India for their martial prowess) to kill her. This triggered off the riots.

There was NO State-sponsored pogrom, remember that, the army came out to stop the 3 days of rioting.

Ethnic hatred does periodically lead to bloody massacres, yes, but are Indians better off as one federation rather than a thousand little nations? Yes, because there is no one dominant community over the entire country. Sikhs were attacked in 84, they also fought back and now recently Sikhs attacked memebers of another sect, the Dara somethings. Ditto for Hindus, Muslims, etc.

Even Nagas -- and you've got proof of that, do attack other tribals and other religions.

There are differences and as per the law different faiths and ethnicities are tolerated and flourish -- do they do so in reality: by and large yes. I gave you the examples of Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, Jews etc. in India. Ditto for ethnicities: you have Tamils who lead India, you have Punjabis who do well in business, ditto Gujaratis etc. You also have Chinese-indians who have set up businesses in Bombay (they are 4th / 5th generation Chinese).

"Knock the Nagas"? Where did I do that in my previous post. Even in this I tell you that they have the freedom of their culture and of their religion in India. They probably do have some persecution and do they persecute on their own part.

What do you suggest should be done for Nagas? Have a separate country? It's not viable, it would be gobbled up by Burma or Bangladesh or china would take over all of India's north-east. And have you seen what those countries that DO have dominant communities do to their minorities? No, Nagas are better off in India. Is Naga culture being obliterated? I say no, and I point out TAmil culture, Rajasthani, Bengali, Punjabi etc. cultures -- are THEY being obliterated in India? No. Furthermore, there are Nagas who are in Southern India as software professionals, as business men etc. -- what do you suggest, should they leave india which has a lot of business opportunities and go back to the hills in Nagaland?

"Betrayal in the North-East of India"? What proof do you have about any "promise" being made by the Brits?? Is a Naga independent state even possible before it gets swallowed up by China / Bangaladesh / burma? Do you want THAT for the NAga people? "Nagaland has never been at peace because it has never been a part of India, ever" -- and by what do you mean 'a part of India'? India never existed as a state until 1947. But, India was mooted as a federated state to hold the peoples of the sub-continent -- Nagas, Punjabis, Maharasthrians, Tamils etc. Furthermore, Nagaland WAS part of British India, so your statement, even in the narrow context of the British colony, is wrong.

Your other statement about Nagaland never being at peace is also wrong: there has been a cease-fire since 1997 and Nagas are getting more involved in mainstream India

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Toleration of Christians -- yes, look up AK Antony, George Fernandes, Margaret Alva as Christian Indians. The frenzy to pass anti-conversion laws is no more than political demagoguery and has hardly any reality to it -- I'll just ask you to go on to any social networking site and look up Indians who are Christian. I don't even have to quote numbers at you -- talk to the people on the ground.

Yes, Bangaladesh could swallow up Nagaland -- look at this map

Read up on the number of Bangaladeshi Muslims that are moving into NE India. Read up on the terrorism brought by those jihadis into India. Could Bangaladesh take over the NE of India? If your plan of breaking India down into it's constituent parts (like

works, then yes, all these tiny states would be prey to larger neighbors -- oh, and all those large states you see in the map above, they also have smaller elements or sub-states within them

You also completely ignore my statement saying that if Nagaland was an independent country it could be swallowed up by Bangaladesh or China or Burma. As an independent country, it would be tiny and deeply influenced by neighbors and would be swallowed up by one -- look at what happened to Tibet. A tiny state in that area is not viable -- even Bhutan has big brother india looking after it protecting it from China.

Jim, you seem like a reasonable guy with your statement: The only things I know about Nagaland I learned from my old friend who has actually been there, so I'm in no position to judge who is exaggerating what.

That's true: all I'm saying is look up more details: go to orkut for example and find Christian Indians or Indians from NE india and ask them, get it straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak. Basing your opinion purely on the hearsay of one person is not correct.

However, even I know that Christians can have a rough time of it in many parts of India. Again, don't believe me, or news of sporadic violence. Just go to orkut and search for Indian christians and ask them, or google: Margaret Alva, John Abraham, Amul Cherian, George Fernandes, kerala christians, marthomites, goan christians, goan churches, tamil christians, dara Singh (the last is the scum who killed Steines and was sentenced to death) -- read up for yourself and make your own decision)

It looks like the persecution of Christian Nagaland continues even on FreeRepublic

Sheesh -- I AM Christian and I'm telling you that the stories of persecution are not correct -- it was a separatist movement that had violence on both sides, but now, since 1997 there has been peace and Nagas are doing well in other parts of India. the NE of india as a whole hasn't done as economically well as,say, south india, but it has improved (and has done better than central indian states like bihar)

sometimes attend in DC is sponsoring a family living in Nagaland. A church there invited them to assist the community primarily in education, Christian, english language and other

NOte that that family would be white -- and, in a region which had a separatist movement, outsiders would be looked at suspiciously for fostering separatist sentiment --> just as we'd look suspiciously at American Irish in NOrthern Ireland during the troubles.