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Peoples Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA)

Called Naxalites

Present in every state in India.

Sangam village militia

Weapons include hunting rifles, shotguns, INSAS assault rifles, bow and arrows, AK-47 assault rifles, explosives, improvised guns (tapancha), improvised rockets, Lee Enfield rifles, 1A SLR (FAL copy)

Equipment captured have included bullet proof vests, thermal image devices , radios, and night vision equipment.

Roadside bombs

Around 8 Maoist groups operating in the state of Jharkhand

Marxist Communist Center (MCC)

Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC)

Jharkhand Prastuti Committee (JPC)

Peoples Liberation Front of India (PLFI)

Jharkhand Liberation Tigers (JLT)

Jan Sangharsh Mukti Morcha (JSMM)

Jharki and Jan Mukti Parishad (JJMP)

Peoples War Group

Splinter group of the CPI-ML

In the State of Manipur

Kuki National Army (KNA)- Military wing of KNO

Zomi Revolutionary Organization (ZRO)

Zomi Revolutionary Army (ZRA)

Seeks to unite the ethnic Zomi people in Myanmar(Chin state), in India (in Manipur and Mizoram), and in Bangladesh (Chittagong Hill area).

With the stated objective of defending and protecting the interests of the Zomi (Chin and Kuki) people.

AK-47 style assault rifles

M-16 style assault rifles

9mm pistols

United Kuki Liberation Front (UKLF)
Kuki Army
Weapons include M-16 assault rifles, AK-47 assault rifles, M-79 grenade launchers, M-203 grenade launchers.










Revolutionary Peoples Front (RPF)
Peoples Liberation Army (PLA)

Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF)

In the State of Assam

United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)

or Sanjukta Mukti Fouj (SMF)

About 2,500 personnel in 3 battalions (7th, 28th, and the 709th)

AK-47 assault rifles, pistols, explosives

National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)

Bodoland Army

About 3,500 personnel

Many trained in secret camps in Bangladesh.

AK-47 assault rifles, M-16 assault rifles, explosives, grenades, RPG-7 rocket launchers, light machine guns.

National Democratic Front of Bodoland- Progressive (NDFB-P)

Bodo Liberation Tiger Force (surrendered in 2003)

Dima Halam Daogah- Jewel (DHD-J)

Composed of members of the ethnic Dimasa people. Seek a separate land for the Dimasa people.

Over 300 members surrendered in 2009.

RPG-7 rocket launchers, AK-47 style assault rifles, M-16 style assault rifles, pistols, hand grenades, explosives,

Dima Halam Daogah- Nunisa (DHD-N)

"Black Widow" splinter group of the DHD

In Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir have an Islamic majority. Most militants in Jammu and Kashmir are fighting for a separate Islamic nation.

Many Islamic militant groups operating in the Jammu and Kashmir region have training camps in Pakistan. Some are believed to be armed, trained and equipped by Pakistani intelligence. From the largest to the smallest, the Islamic groups operating  in Jammu and Kashmir enjoy a decent variety of Russian, Chinese, Pakistani and Indian small arms.

Hizb ul Mujahideen

Weapons include sniper rifles, RDX explosives, AK-74 assault rifles, RPG-7 rocket launchers, Type 56 assault rifles, hand grenades, pistols, under barrel grenade launchers, radios

Harkat ul Mujahideen (HuM)

Lashkar-e-Taiba

Also spelled Lashkar-e-Taiba or Lashkar-e-Tayyaba

Lashkar-e-Taiba is the armed wing of the Markaz al Dawa wal Irshad

Markaz al Dawa wal Irshad runs Islamic schools in Pakistan
Launches cross border attacks into India.

Lashkar-e-Taiba has training camps in Pakistan

Jaish-e-Mohammed

Al Badr

On December 13, 2001 five gunmen attack the Indian parliament building in New Delhi, killing

On November 26, 2008 gunmen rampage through the Indian city of Mumbai, killing

United Naga Peoples Council (UNPC)

In Punjab

Most militant groups in the Punjab region are Sikh nationalists who seek a separate seek homeland called Khalistan.

Khalistan means �Land of the Pure�.

Singh means lion. Many Sikh men have Singh or Lion in their name.

Babar Khalsa

Khalistan Commando Force (KCF)

Khalistan National Army

Khalistan Liberation Army (KLA)

Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF)

Dal Khalsa

Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF)

Dashmesh Regiment (No longer active)

19 Indian military siege of the Golden Temple

June 22 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182 by Sikh militants.

Sikh militants

In Tripura

Tripura Peoples Democratic Front (TPDF)
All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF)- Armed wing of the TPDF

About 600 members

Seek to expel all Bengali speaking immigrant settlers who entered Tripura after 1956. Seek a restoration of tribal lands.

National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT)

In Mizoram

Bru National Liberation Front

Made up of the Bru (or Reang) ethnic group

Negotiating with the local Mizoram government?

Weapons include AK-47 assault rifles, hand grenades, bombs

Hmar Peoples Convention-Democracy

Seek a separate Hmar nation called Hmar Ram.

Weapons include AK-47 assault rifles, hunting rifles, explosives

Hmar National Army

United Peoples Front

In Meghalaya

Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC)

A'chik National Volunteer Council (ANVC)

Seek a separate state for the Achik (or Garo) people

Peoples Liberation Front of Meghalaya (PLF-M)

Seek a separate state for the Achik (or Garo) people

Hajong United Liberation Army (HULA)

Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA)
Operate in Garo Hills

In Arunachal Pradesh

Arunachal Dragon Force (ADF)

National Liberation Front of Arunachal

In West Bengal