United Liberation Front of Assam is a separatist group from Assam, among many other such groups in North-East India. It seeks to establish a sovereign Assam via an armed struggle in the Assam conflict. The government of India banned the organisation in 1990 citing it as a terrorist organisation, while the United States Department of State lists it under "other groups of concern."
ULFA claims to have been founded at the site of Rang Ghar on April 7, 1979, a historic structure from the Ahom kingdom. According to Sunil Nath, the ULFA established its relationships with Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) in 1983 and with KIA, operating in Burma, in 1987. It initiated major violent activities in 1990. Military operations against it by the Indian Army that began in 1990 continue until present. In the past two decades some 18,000 people have died in the clash between the rebels and the security forces. On December 5, 2009, the Chairman and the deputy commander-in-chief of ULFA fell into Indian custody.
There has recently been a large ULFA crackdown in Bangladesh, which has significantly assisted the government of India in bringing ULFA leaders to talks. In January 2010, ULFA softened its stand and dropped the demand for independence as a condition for talks with the Government of India.
On 3 September 2011, a tripartite agreement for Suspension of Operations (SoO) against ULFA was signed between Indian Government, Assam government and ULFA.
Read more about United Liberation Front Of Assam: Top Leaders, History, ULFA According To Itself, ULFA According To Government of India, Links To China, Surrenders, Secret Killings of ULFA Family Members, Negotiations/talks, Renewed Peace Initiative
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