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  1. The Insurgency in Northeast India involves multiple separatist militant groups operating in some of India 's northeastern states, which are connected to the rest of India by the Siliguri Corridor, a strip of land as narrow as 14.29 miles (23.00 km) wide. Northeastern India consists of seven states (also known as the Seven Sister States ): Assam ...

  2. From a peak of 1,165 fatalities in 2003, the Northeast region recorded a low of 21 fatalities in 2022. For five consecutive years between, 2018 and 2022, fatalities across the region remained well under a hundred. In 2023, the rest of the region recorded just 17 fatalities, while Manipur alone saw 163 insurgency-linked fatalities.

  3. Apr 16, 2021 · Supporters of Naxalite People’s War Group wait for leaders to address a public meeting in India’s Guntur district on Oct. 11, 2004. Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images. Insurgencies, whether on ...

    • Root Cause of Insurgency
    • Historical Reasons For Insurgency
    • Reasons For Decline in Violence in Last Few Years
    • Way Forward
    • Conclusion
    There are over a hundred of ethnic groups in the Northeast. It is populated with people who have very strong ethnicity. There is a strong sense of identity in each of these different communities.
    There have been several groups which have distinct identity in the region emphasizing their uniqueness. They want to retain this uniqueness in their political and social and orientations as well. I...
    Most of the states except Plains of Assam were deliberately excluded from mainstream government administration of Britishers and categorised as excluded areas in Government of India Act 1935 and th...
    British deliberately made them believe that they were a British Crown Colony and not part of any province in India.
    A sentiment was always propagated that more or less they are independent so after independence the groups nursed the ambition of becoming an independent state. Nagaland National Council was first t...
    Cutting off external support:Earlier the insurgents groups used to take refuge in countries adjoining the NorthEast states. The insurgents cannot survive and cannot function effectively until and u...
    Engagement in talks:A lot of insurgent groups were engaged in talks due to which the violent incidents declined over the last few years. For example Naga talks were going on from 1997 however in 20...
    Fatigue Factor: The fatigue of continuous engagement of insurgents in conflicts has been building for years and thus the moments lost its intensity gradually. Local population got fed up with the v...
    Disagreements among insurgent groups:Government forces and its intelligence units have been able to play one group against the other and dismantle the unity of insurgent groups. Splintered groups a...
    Enhancing Connectivity: Comprehensive geographical connectivity is key to the development of NorthEast states. For this transit arrangement to connect to Indian mainland through Bangladesh and Indi...
    Continuing vigilance: India should not lower its guard thinking insurgency has ended it should continue to be vigilant. There have been instances where violent acts have been committed after a very...
    Addressing people's aspirations: The conflict in NorthEast is the physical manifestation of the aspiration of people. Thus there is a need to address the aspirations of the people by establishing c...
    Ending corrupt nexus: Identifying stakeholders and addressing their issues is needed to permanently resolve the issues. Election results in NorthEast have often been determined by which groups the...
    It is only the end of one cycle where one generation involved in the moment has become substantially older. However the local population still feels for the moment and are emotionally attached to t...
    The sense that political aspirations could be achieved through violence has to be continuously discouraged. For this the political empowerment of the Northeast States has to be done and the good go...
    Care should be taken that the aspirations of people should be fulfilled bringing overall development of the region.
  4. May 9, 2022 · India’s Northeast, once wracked by multiple insurgencies, is witnessing a marked decline in insurgency-related incidents. According to the Ministry of Home Affairs’ Annual Report 2020-2021 ...

  5. Dec 23, 2014 · The history of counter-insurgency in North East is as old as insurgencies themselves. India’s oldest paramilitary force Assam Rifles was set up to conduct counter-insurgency operations in the north-eastern region and other areas, where deemed necessary, under the control of the Army. North East India is highly militarised since the Second ...

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  7. Oct 18, 2016 · Meghalaya is perhaps the least affected by insurgency in the north-east region. Problems in Meghalaya arise from the divide among various tribes as well as the divide between tribal and non tribal settlers, identity issues and growing corruption, besides the sharp changes in demography due to Bangladeshi infiltrators.