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India
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = India-Myanmar Border Insurgency
| partof =
| image = Burma Indian map.png
| image_size = 300px
| caption = Map of the [[India-Myanmar border]]
| date = 1954–present <br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|year=1954}})
| place = [[India-Myanmar border]] ([[Arunachal Pradesh]], [[Nagaland]], [[Manipur]], and [[Assam]] in [[India]]; [[Kachin State]], [[Sagaing Region]], and [[Chin State]] in [[Myanmar]])
| status = Continued rebel presence on the border despite several Indian and Burmese operations
| combatant1 = '''{{flag|India}}'''
* [[File:Indian_Armed_Forces.svg|20px]] [[Indian Armed Forces]]
* [[File:CRPF Flag.svg|22px|Flag of Central Reserve Police Forces]] [[Central Reserve Police Force|CRPF]]
* [[File:BSF Flag.svg|22px]] [[Border Security Force]]
{{flag|Myanmar}}
* {{armed forces|MYA}}
** {{army|MYA|name=Army}}
** {{air force|MYA|name=Air Force}}
** {{flagicon image|Flag of the Myanmar Police Force.svg}} [[Myanmar Police Force|Police]]
*** {{flagicon image|Myanmar Police Emblem.png}} [[Border Guard Police|Border Police]]
* {{flagicon image|Burmese buddhist flag.svg}} [[Pyusawhti militias]]
'''Supported by:'''
* [[SULFA]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Zomi Re-unification Organisation.svg}} [[Zomi Revolutionary Army]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Shanni Nationalities Army.png}} [[Shanni Nationalities Army]]
| combatant2 = '''India-based:'''
*[[United National Liberation Front of Western South East Asia|UNLFW]]
**{{flagicon image|Front Nacional Democratic Bodoland.svg}} [[National Democratic Front of Bodoland|NDFB]] (1986–2020)
**{{flagicon image|Unofficial flag of Nagaland.svg}} [[National Socialist Council of Nagaland|NSCN]]
**{{Flagicon image|Flag of United Liberation Front of Asom.svg}} [[United Liberation Front of Assam|ULFA-I]]
**{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation.png}} [[Kamtapur Liberation Organisation|KLO]]
*CorCom
**{{flagicon image|Bandera UNLF.svg}} [[United National Liberation Front|UNLF]] (1964-2023)
**{{flagicon image|Bandera FPRM Manipur.png}} [[People's Liberation Army of Manipur|PLA-M]]
**{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} [[Kangleipak Communist Party|KCP]]
**[[People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak|PREPAK]]
**[[Jaintia Rajya Movement of India|JRMI]]
**[[Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup|KYKL]]
*AMULFA
**{{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} [[Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam|MULTA]]
*{{flagicon image|South Asian Communist Banner.svg}} [[Maoist Communist Party of Manipur|MCPM]]
*{{flagicon image|Flag of Zomi Re-unification Organisation.svg}} [[Zomi Revolutionary Army|ZRA]]
*{{flagicon image|Flag of the National Liberation Front of Tripura.png}} [[National Liberation Front of Tripura|NLFT]] (1989–2015)
*{{flagicon image|In tpdf.gif}} [[All Tripura Tiger Force|ATTF]] (1990–2015)
*{{flagicon image|Flag of Karbi Longri N.C. Hills Liberation Front.svg}} [[Karbi Longri N.C. Hills Liberation Front|KLNLF]] (2004–21)
*{{flagicon image|Flag of Bnei Menashe.svg}} [[Kuki National Army|KNA]] (1988–2005)
*{{flagicon image|Flag of the Bodo Liberation Tigers Force.png}} [[Bodo Liberation Tigers Force|BLTF]] (1996-03)
{{Collapsible list
| title = '''Other:''' |
*[[Garo National Liberation Army|GNLA]] (2009–18)
*[[Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council|HNLC]] (2000–10)
*[[People’s Democratic Council of Karbi Longri|PDCK]] (2016–21)
*[[Adivasi Cobra Force|ACF]] (1996–2012)
*[[Mizo National Front|MNF]] (1954–86)
*[[Tripura National Volunteers|TNV]] (1978–88)
*[[Dima Halam Daogah|DHD]] (2009–13)
*[[United People's Democratic Solidarity|UPDS]] (1999–2014)
}}

{{collapsible list
| title = '''Supported by:'''
|{{flag|China}} (claimed by India)<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Indian Express]]|title=Chinese agencies helping North East militants in Myanmar|date=10 January 2017|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/chinese-agencies-helping-north-east-militants-in-myanmar-4468384/|access-date=4 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905004311/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/chinese-agencies-helping-north-east-militants-in-myanmar-4468384/|archive-date=5 September 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}(until 1976)</ref>
|{{flag|Myanmar}} (until 2018)<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Times of India]]|title=Myanmar support gives NE rebels a shot in the arm|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Myanmar-support-gives-NE-rebels-a-shot-in-the-arm/articleshow/47547895.cms|date=5 June 2015|access-date=4 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013192009/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Myanmar-support-gives-NE-rebels-a-shot-in-the-arm/articleshow/47547895.cms|archive-date=13 October 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|{{flag|Bhutan}} (until 2003)<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|title=Did Bhutan offer Rs. 200cr to ULFA for shifting base?|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/did-bhutan-offer-rs-200cr-to-ulfa-for-shifting-base/story-WoixgwjxBdSMCH1p0zO93M.html|date=14 June 2014}}</ref>
|{{flagicon image|South_Asian_Communist_Banner.svg}} [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)|CPI (Maoist)]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Armed Conflict, Peace Audit and Early Warning 2014|first=D|last=Suba Chandran|publisher=SAGE Publishing|year=2015|quote=Maoists, in turn, are said to be providing explosives (ammonium nitrate) and funds to the northeast groups.}}</ref>
|{{flagicon image|Flag of AQIS.jpg}} [[al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent|AQIS]] (only MULTA)<ref name="TimesISI">{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ISI-al-Qaeda-assisting-Assam-militants/articleshow/46675883.cms |title=ISI, al-Qaeda assisting Assam militants |website=[[The Times of India]] |date=17 May 2003 |access-date=14 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730223855/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ISI-al-Qaeda-assisting-Assam-militants/articleshow/46675883.cms |archive-date=30 July 2018 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
}}
| commander1 = {{plainlist |
* {{flagicon|India}} [[Droupadi Murmu]]<br />([[President of India|President]])
* {{flagicon|India}} [[Narendra Modi]]<br />([[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]])
* {{flagicon|India|22px}} [[Amit Shah]]<br />([[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]])
* {{flagicon|India|22px}} [[S. Jaishankar|Subrahmanyam Jaishankar]]<br />([[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]])
* {{flagicon image|CRPF Flag.svg}} Dr.Sujoy Lal Thaosen<br />([[Director General]])
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Chief of Defence Staff (India).svg}} [[Anil Chauhan]]<br />([[Chief of Defence Staff (India)|Chief of Defence Staff]])
* {{flagicon image|Flag COAS.svg}} [[Manoj Pande]]<br />([[Chief of the Army Staff (India)|Chief of the Army Staff]])
* {{flagicon image|Naval Ensign_of India.svg}} [[R. Hari Kumar]]<br />([[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff]])
* {{air force|India}} [[Vivek Ram Chaudhari]]<br />([[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]])
* {{flagicon image|BSF Flag.svg}} Nitin Agarwal <br />([[Border Security Force|Director general of police]])
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ministry of Defence of India.svg}} [[Rajnath Singh]]<br />([[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]])
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Ministry of Defence of India.svg}} [[Giridhar Aramane]]<br />([[Defence Secretary (India)|Defence Secretary]])
----
* {{flagicon|Bhutan}} [[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck]] ([[King of Bhutan|King]])
* {{flagicon|Bhutan}} [[Lotay Tshering]] ([[List of prime ministers of Bhutan|Prime Minister]])
* {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[Shahabuddin Chuppu]] ([[President of Bangladesh|President]])
* {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[Sheikh Hasina]] ([[Prime Minister of Bangladesh|Prime Minister]])
* {{flagicon|Burma}} [[Myint Swe]] ([[President of Myanmar|President]])
* {{flagicon|Burma}} [[Min Aung Hlaing]] ([[Prime Minister of Myanmar|Prime Minister]])
}}
{{Collapsible list
}}
| commander2 = {{Flagicon image|Front Nacional Democratic Bodoland.svg}} [[G Bidai]] <br /> {{Flagicon image|Flag of United Liberation Front of Asom.svg}} [[Arabinda Rajkhowa]]{{POW}}<br />{{Flagicon image|Flag of United Liberation Front of Asom.svg}} [[Paresh Baruah]]<br />{{Flagicon image|Flag of United Liberation Front of Asom.svg}} [[Anup Chetia]]{{POW}}<br />{{flagicon image|Bandera UNLF.svg}} [[Kalalung Kamei]]<br />{{flagicon image|Bandera UNLF.svg}} [[Arambam Samerendra]]{{KIA}}<br />{{nowrap|{{flagicon image|Unofficial flag of Nagaland.svg}} [[Angami Zapu Phizo]]{{KIA}}}}<br />[[Laldenga]]{{KIA}}<br />{{flagicon image|Flag_of_Karbi_Longri_N.C._Hills_Liberation_Front.svg}}[[I. K. Songbijit]]{{Surrender}}<br />{{Flagicon image|Flag of the National Liberation Front of Tripura.png}} [[Biswamohan Debbarma]]{{POW}}<br /> Durga Minz{{Surrender}}<br />Xabrias Khakha{{Surrender}}<br />{{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_Bodo_Liberation_Tigers_Force.png}} [[Prem Singh Brahma|Prem Brahma]]{{Surrender}}<br />{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation.png}} [[Milton Burman]]{{POW}}<br />{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation.png}} [[Tom Adhikary]]{{POW}}<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of Karbi Longri N.C. Hills Liberation Front.svg}} [[Men Sing Takbi]]{{KIA}}<br />{{flagicon image|Flag of Karbi Longri N.C. Hills Liberation Front.svg}} [[Pradip Terang]]{{Surrender}} <br />{{Flagicon image|In tpdf.gif}} [[Ranjit Debbarma]]{{POW}}
| units2 =
| strength1 = {{Flagicon|India}} 200,000 in Nagaland (1995)<ref name=Code>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120121112118/http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~ksg/data/eacd_notes.pdf Uppsala conflict data expansion. Non-state actor information. Codebook] pp. 81–82; 176; 227; 249–250; 272–273; 291–294</ref><br />{{Flagicon|Bangladesh}} 70,000 (1992)<ref name= Code /><br />{{Flagicon|Bhutan}} 8,634 (2008)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freedomhouse.org/report/countries-crossroads/2011/bhutan |title=Countries at the Crossroads: Bhutan |work=[[Freedom House]] |year=2011 |access-date=9 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307224119/http://www.freedomhouse.org/report/countries-crossroads/2011/bhutan |archive-date=7 March 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }} and [http://www.raonline.ch/pages/story/bt/btstmilitia01.html "Bhutan's Militia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305173525/http://raonline.ch/pages/story/bt/btstmilitia01.html |date=5 March 2016 }}. ''Kuensel''. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 4 October 2014.</ref><br />{{Flagicon|Myanmar}} Unknown
| strength2 = {{flagicon image|Front Nacional Democratic Bodoland.svg}} 1,500 (2010)<ref name="Andrew2010">{{cite book | author=Andrew T .H. Tan | title=Politics of Terrorism: A Survey | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qXerAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA190 | date=18 October 2010 | publisher=Routledge | isbn=978-1-136-83336-6 | page=190 | access-date=8 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706202448/http://books.google.com/books?id=qXerAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA190 | archive-date=6 July 2014 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />{{flagicon image|Bandera UNLF.svg}} 2,000 (2005)<ref name="T–Nitin">{{cite magazine |title=A life roughed–out in the jungle |url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main14.asp?filename=Ne100105A_life_roughed.asp |author=Nitin A. Gokhale |magazine=[[Tehelka]] |location=Hong Kong |date=1 October 2005 |access-date=22 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001603/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main14.asp?filename=Ne100105A_life_roughed.asp |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />{{flagicon image|Unofficial flag of Nagaland.svg}} 4,500 (2007)<ref name="Diplomat">{{cite magazine | url=https://thediplomat.com/2011/03/22/is-china-backing-indian-insurgents/2/ | title=Is China Backing Indian Insurgents? | magazine=The Diplomat | date=22 March 2011 | access-date=27 April 2011 | author=Lyle Morris | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505053754/https://thediplomat.com/2011/03/22/is-china-backing-indian-insurgents/2/ | archive-date=5 May 2011 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />{{flagicon image|Flag of Karbi Longri N.C. Hills Liberation Front.svg}} 225 (2008)<ref>[http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/08july19/national.htm ''DailyExcelsior'']{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref><br />
{{Flagicon image|Flag of United Liberation Front of Asom.svg}} 200 (2024)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/will-assam-agreement-end-insurgency-2855290 |title=Will Assam agreement end insurgency? |website=deccanherald.com |date=2024-01-19 |access-date=2024-01-26}}</ref><br />
{{Flagicon image|Flag of the National Liberation Front of Tripura.png}} 850 (2004)<ref name='nps'>{{cite web |url=http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/research/theses/Latimer04.pdf |title=What can the United States learn from India to counter terrorism? |access-date=2009-03-01 |last=Latimer |first=William |date=March 2004 |publisher=[[Naval Postgraduate School]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070716051523/http://www.ccc.nps.navy.mil/research/theses/Latimer04.pdf |archive-date=2007-07-16 }}</ref><br />ACF: 350 (2005)<ref name="MIPT">[http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=4635 Adivasi Cobra Force (ACF)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930034433/http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=4635 |date=30 September 2007 }} — MIPT</ref><br />{{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} Unknown
| casualties1 = {{flagdeco|India}} ''Since 1992'': 2,762 killed<ref name="satp.prg">{{cite web|url=http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/database/fatalitiesnorteast2006.htm|title=Fatalities in Terrorist Violence in India's Northeast ::South Asia Terrorism portal|publisher=Satp.org|access-date=17 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219002012/http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/database/fatalitiesnorteast2006.htm|archive-date=19 December 2016|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />{{flagdeco|Bhutan}} 13–36 killed, 43–68 injured{{efn|At least 39 Bhutanese soldiers, 4 Bhutanese police officers}}<ref name="Kuensel Online">{{cite web |title=A nation pays tribute |url=http://www.kuenselonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4394 |website=Kuensel Online |access-date=17 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610231908/http://www.kuenselonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4394 |archive-date=10 June 2011 |language=en |date=15 August 2004}}</ref><ref name="The Tribune">{{cite web |title=124 killed in Bhutan operation |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031217/main3.htm |website=The Tribune |access-date=17 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040103072311/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031217/main3.htm |archive-date=3 January 2004 |language=en |date=17 December 2003}}</ref><ref name="Tshering Tobgay">{{cite web |last1=Tobgay |first1=Tshering |title=Thanking our armed forces |url=http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/monarchy/2011/thanking-our-armed-forces.html |website=Tshering Tobgay |access-date=17 December 2019 |language=en |date=16 December 2011 |archive-date=6 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006141931/http://www.tsheringtobgay.com/monarchy/2011/thanking-our-armed-forces.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="The Times of India">{{cite web |title=NDFB militants strike in Bhutan |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/NDFB-militants-strike-in-Bhutan/articleshow/7535965.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=17 December 2019 |language=en |date=20 February 2011}}</ref>{{excessive citations inline|date=December 2022}}
| casualties2 = ''Since 1992'': 8,554 killed in India<ref name="satp.prg"/><br />485–650 killed or captured in Bhutan<ref name="Kuensel Online"/><ref name="IPCS">{{cite web |last1=Banerjee |first1=Dipankar |last2=Laishram |first2=Bidhan S |title=Bhutan's "Operation All Clear": Implications for insurgency and security cooperation |url=http://www.ipcs.org/issue_briefs/issue_brief_pdf/IB18-OperationAllClear.pdf |website=IPCS |access-date=17 December 2019 |language=en |date=5 January 2004}}</ref>
| casualties3 = 40,000 civilians killed overall<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ploughshares.ca/pl_armedconflict/india-northeast-1979-first-combat-deaths/|title=India – Northeast (1979 – first combat deaths)|publisher=Ploug shares|access-date=26 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026205303/http://ploughshares.ca/pl_armedconflict/india-northeast-1979-first-combat-deaths/|archive-date=26 October 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
}}

Revision as of 19:35, 27 April 2024

India-Myanmar Border Insurgency

Map of the India-Myanmar border
Date1954–present
(70 years)
Location
Status Continued rebel presence on the border despite several Indian and Burmese operations
Belligerents

 India

 Myanmar

Supported by:

India-based:

Other:
Supported by:
Commanders and leaders
G Bidai
Arabinda Rajkhowa (POW)
Paresh Baruah
Anup Chetia (POW)
Kalalung Kamei
Arambam Samerendra 
Angami Zapu Phizo 
Laldenga 
I. K. Songbijit Surrendered
Biswamohan Debbarma (POW)
Durga Minz Surrendered
Xabrias Khakha Surrendered
Prem Brahma Surrendered
Milton Burman (POW)
Tom Adhikary (POW)
Men Sing Takbi 
Pradip Terang Surrendered
Ranjit Debbarma (POW)
Strength
India 200,000 in Nagaland (1995)[6]
Bangladesh 70,000 (1992)[6]
Bhutan 8,634 (2008)[7]
Myanmar Unknown

1,500 (2010)[8]
2,000 (2005)[9]
4,500 (2007)[10]
225 (2008)[11]
200 (2024)[12]

850 (2004)[13]
ACF: 350 (2005)[14]
Unknown
Casualties and losses
Since 1992: 2,762 killed[15]
13–36 killed, 43–68 injured[a][16][17][18][19][excessive citations]
Since 1992: 8,554 killed in India[15]
485–650 killed or captured in Bhutan[16][20]
40,000 civilians killed overall[21]
  1. ^ "Chinese agencies helping North East militants in Myanmar". Indian Express. 10 January 2017. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.(until 1976)
  2. ^ "Myanmar support gives NE rebels a shot in the arm". Times of India. 5 June 2015. Archived from the original on 13 October 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Did Bhutan offer Rs. 200cr to ULFA for shifting base?". Hindustan Times. 14 June 2014.
  4. ^ Suba Chandran, D (2015). Armed Conflict, Peace Audit and Early Warning 2014. SAGE Publishing. Maoists, in turn, are said to be providing explosives (ammonium nitrate) and funds to the northeast groups.
  5. ^ "ISI, al-Qaeda assisting Assam militants". The Times of India. 17 May 2003. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  6. ^ a b Uppsala conflict data expansion. Non-state actor information. Codebook pp. 81–82; 176; 227; 249–250; 272–273; 291–294
  7. ^ "Countries at the Crossroads: Bhutan". Freedom House. 2011. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2016. and "Bhutan's Militia" Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Kuensel. 15 September 2003. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  8. ^ Andrew T .H. Tan (18 October 2010). Politics of Terrorism: A Survey. Routledge. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-136-83336-6. Archived from the original on 6 July 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  9. ^ Nitin A. Gokhale (1 October 2005). "A life roughed–out in the jungle". Tehelka. Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  10. ^ Lyle Morris (22 March 2011). "Is China Backing Indian Insurgents?". The Diplomat. Archived from the original on 5 May 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  11. ^ DailyExcelsior[permanent dead link].
  12. ^ "Will Assam agreement end insurgency?". deccanherald.com. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  13. ^ Latimer, William (March 2004). "What can the United States learn from India to counter terrorism?" (PDF). Naval Postgraduate School. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
  14. ^ Adivasi Cobra Force (ACF) Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine — MIPT
  15. ^ a b "Fatalities in Terrorist Violence in India's Northeast ::South Asia Terrorism portal". Satp.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  16. ^ a b "A nation pays tribute". Kuensel Online. 15 August 2004. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  17. ^ "124 killed in Bhutan operation". The Tribune. 17 December 2003. Archived from the original on 3 January 2004. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  18. ^ Tobgay, Tshering (16 December 2011). "Thanking our armed forces". Tshering Tobgay. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  19. ^ "NDFB militants strike in Bhutan". The Times of India. 20 February 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  20. ^ Banerjee, Dipankar; Laishram, Bidhan S (5 January 2004). "Bhutan's "Operation All Clear": Implications for insurgency and security cooperation" (PDF). IPCS. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  21. ^ "India – Northeast (1979 – first combat deaths)". Ploug shares. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.


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