United National Liberation Front

This article is about a separatist group in Manipur, India. For the Paraguayan resistance group, see United National Liberation Front (Paraguay).
Not to be confused with Unitary National Liberation Front, a World War II political organization from the former Yugoslavia.

United National Liberation Front of Manipur
AbbreviationUNLF
Founded24 November 1964; 59 years ago (1964-11-24)
FounderArambam Somorendra[1]
TypeArmed Independence Group
Legal statusBanned by the Government of India
PurposeSovereignty of Manipur
HeadquartersManipur
Membership
2,000 armed cadres (2005) 10,000 Armed cadres 2023
Chairperson
Arambam Somorendra †
(1964-2000)
RK Meghen
(2000-2010)
Lanjingba Khundongbam
(2010-2023)
Main organ
Ningtam Meira (journal)

The United National Liberation Front (UNLF), also known as the United National Liberation Front of Manipur,[2][3][4] is a separatist insurgent group active in the state of Manipur in Northeast India which aims at establishing a sovereign and socialist Manipur.

  1. ^ Arambam, Lokendra (2000). "Arambam Somorendra (12 July 1935—10 June 2000)". Indian Literature. 44 (4 (198)): 102–105. ISSN 0019-5804. JSTOR 23343284.
  2. ^ Prabhakara, M. S. (2007). "Separatist Movements in the North-East: Rhetoric and Reality". Economic and Political Weekly. 42 (9): 728–730. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 4419298. Perhaps the oldest of this kind engaged in armed struggle in Manipur is the United National Liberation Front, though similar aspirations for the restoration or winning back through armed struggle of Manipur's lost sovereignty("the undemocratic and inequitable Merger agreement of October 15, 1949")..
  3. ^ Nitin A. Gokhale (1 October 2005). "A life roughed–out in the jungle". Hong Kong: Tehelka. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Explained: Historic Manipur Peace Deal With UNLF, Oldest Valley Armed Group". NDTV. Retrieved 1 December 2023.