Tripuri Society - Tripuri Nationalism, National Liberation Front of Tripura, Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra, Ranjit Debbarma (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Tripuri Nationalism, National Liberation Front of Tripura, Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra, Ranjit Debbarma, Biswamohan Debbarma, All Tripura Tiger Force, Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl, Indigenous People's Front of Tripura, National Socialist Party of Tripura, Tripura National Volunteers, Tripura Hill People's Party, Twipra Students Federation. Excerpt: The National Liberation Front of Tripura (or NLFT) is a Tripuri nationalist militant organization based in Tripura, India. The NLFT seeks to secede from India and establish an independent Tripuri state, and has actively participated in the Tripura Rebellion. The NLFT is currently proscribed as a terrorist organization in India. Investigations revealed that the NLFT produced pornographic films of kidnapped tribal men and women at gunpoint in order to finance its activities. NLFT leaders were also accused of sexually abusing female prisoners. The NLFT reportedly issued a ban on Durga Puja and Saraswati Puja. Nagmanlal Halam, secretary of the Noapara Baptist Church in Tripura, was arrested for and confessed to providing munitions and financial aid to the NLFT from 1998 until 2000. According to the Institute for Conflict Management, approximately 90% of the NLFT's administration are Christians. Since 2000, several hundred militants have surrendered to the Indian Security Forces. In the wake of the expulsion of Biswamohan Debbarma and Nayanbasi Jamatiya, the NLFT divided into two factions in February 2001. Cited causes of internal conflicts include the reluctance of Biswamohan Debbarma's Central Executive Committee to nominate Joshua Debbarma as the King of Tripura Kingdom; misappropriation of funds by senior leaders; lavish lifestyles led by the senior leadership; and forcible conversion of triba... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=642175