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	==Factions==		==Factions==
	The NLFT was originally started by Dhananjoy Reang in March of 1989. Reang was removed from his position by a coup in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/tripura/terrorist_outfits/nlft.htm\|title=National Liberation Front of Tripura, India, South Asia Terrorism Porta\|website=www.satp.org\|access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> After the coup, the group was briefly led by Nayanbasi Jamatiya, and then Biswamohan Debbarma took command, but some continued to follow Nayanbasi.		The NLFT was originally started by Dhananjoy Reang in March 1989. Reang was removed from his position by a coup in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/tripura/terrorist_outfits/nlft.htm\|title=National Liberation Front of Tripura, India, South Asia Terrorism Porta\|website=www.satp.org\|access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> After the coup, the group was briefly led by Nayanbasi Jamatiya, and then Biswamohan Debbarma took command, but some continued to follow Nayanbasi.

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	==Location==		==Location==
	The group has been banned from the Indian government since the Unlawful Activities Act of 1967. Therefore, the group operates from its headquarters in Khagrachari, a district in Bangladesh around 45 km from Simanapur.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/nlft.htm\|title=National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) (NDFB)\|website=www.globalsecurity.org\|access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> The National Liberation Front of Tripura has the ability to utilize this 856 km of the border that is unfenced and susceptible to invasion.<ref>{{cite thesis \|id={{ProQuest\|1287104045}} \|last1=Corigliano \|first1=Kelly Marie \|title=Self-worth theory goes to elementary school: An integrative approach to reading motivation \|year=2007 }}</ref>		The group has been banned from the Indian government since the Unlawful Activities Act of 1967. Therefore, the group operates from its headquarters in Khagrachari, a district in Bangladesh around 45 km from Simanapur.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/nlft.htm\|title=National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) (NDFB)\|website=www.globalsecurity.org\|access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> The National Liberation Front of Tripura has the ability to utilize this 856 km of the border that is unfenced and susceptible to invasion.<ref>{{cite thesis \|id={{ProQuest\|1287104045}} \|last1=Corigliano \|first1=Kelly Marie \|title=Self-worth theory goes to elementary school: An integrative approach to reading motivation \|year=2007 }}</ref>

	==Attacks==		==Attacks==
	The National Liberation Front of Tripura has conducted 81 attacks on various locations in South Asia and specifically in Tripura.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/Results.aspx?charttype=pie&chart=weapon&search=NLFT\|title=GTD Search Results\|website=www.start.umd.edu\|access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref> Of these 81 attacks, handguns and firearms have been the most common weapon.		The National Liberation Front of Tripura has conducted 81 attacks on various locations in South Asia and specifically in Tripura.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/Results.aspx?charttype=pie&chart=weapon&search=NLFT\|title=GTD Search Results\|website=www.start.umd.edu\|access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref> Of these 81 attacks, handguns and firearms have been the most common weapon.

	During the period 1992–2001 total of 764 civilians and 184 members of the security forces were killed in NLFT attacks, which also demanded lives of 124 members of the organization.<ref>[https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/tripura/data_sheets/nlft/casualties.htm Casualties in violence by National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT)] South Asia Terrorism Portal / Institute for Conflict Management. Retrieved 25 May 2021. </ref> Later, during the period 2005–2015, NLFT has been responsible for 317 incidents in which 28 security forces and 62 civilians lost their lives. <ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/national-liberation-front-of-tripura-signs-peace-pact-to-join-mainstream/articleshow/70621676.cms National Liberation Front of Tripura signs peace pact to join mainstream] Times of India. Retrieved 25 May 2021. </ref>		During the period 1992–2001 total of 764 civilians and 184 members of the security forces were killed in NLFT attacks, which also demanded lives of 124 members of the organization.<ref>[https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/tripura/data_sheets/nlft/casualties.htm Casualties in violence by National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT)] South Asia Terrorism Portal / Institute for Conflict Management. Retrieved 25 May 2021.</ref> Later, during the period 2005–2015, NLFT has been responsible for 317 incidents in which 28 security forces and 62 civilians lost their lives.<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/national-liberation-front-of-tripura-signs-peace-pact-to-join-mainstream/articleshow/70621676.cms National Liberation Front of Tripura signs peace pact to join mainstream] Times of India. Retrieved 25 May 2021.</ref>

	There has not been any attacks since 2016. <ref>[https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/tripura/tripuras-nlft-faction-surrenders-arms-biplab-deb-rebel-outfit-5902455/ ‘No regrets… did what we had to,’ Tripura’s NLFT faction surrenders arms for a new beginning] The Indian Express. Retrieved 25 May 2021. </ref>		There has not been any attacks since 2016.<ref>[https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/tripura/tripuras-nlft-faction-surrenders-arms-biplab-deb-rebel-outfit-5902455/ ‘No regrets… did what we had to,’ Tripura’s NLFT faction surrenders arms for a new beginning] The Indian Express. Retrieved 25 May 2021.</ref>

	==Objectives/Ideologies==		==Objectives/Ideologies==
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	== Peace Accord ==		== Peace Accord ==
	[[Tripura Peace Accord]] is the tripartite accord signed-in on 10 August 2019 by the [[Government of India]], [[Government of Tripura]] and the [[National Liberation Front of Tripura]] (NLFT) to end the insurgency.		[[Tripura Peace Accord]] is the tripartite accord signed-in on 10 August 2019 by the [[Government of India]], [[Government of Tripura]] and the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) to end the insurgency.

	The tripartite memorandum of understanding was signed by Satyendra Garg, Joint Secretary (Northeast) of Ministry of Home Affairs, Kumar Alok, Additional Chief Secretary (Home), Tripura and Sabir Kumar Debbarma and Kajal Debbarma of NLFT.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Peace pact signed with Tripura insurgent group \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/peace-pact-signed-with-tripura-insurgent-group/articleshow/70617421.cms \|work=The Times of India \|agency=PTI \|date=10 August 2019 }}</ref>		The tripartite memorandum of understanding was signed by Satyendra Garg, Joint Secretary (Northeast) of Ministry of Home Affairs, Kumar Alok, Additional Chief Secretary (Home), Tripura and Sabir Kumar Debbarma and Kajal Debbarma of NLFT.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Peace pact signed with Tripura insurgent group \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/peace-pact-signed-with-tripura-insurgent-group/articleshow/70617421.cms \|work=The Times of India \|agency=PTI \|date=10 August 2019 }}</ref>

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{{Infobox War Faction
| name = National Liberation Front of Tripura
| war = the [[Insurgency in Northeast India]]
| image = Flag of the National Liberation Front of Tripura.svg
| caption = Flag of the National Liberation Front of Tripura
| leaders = [[Biswamohan Debbarma]]{{POW}} Utpanna Tripura{{KIA}} Mukul Debbarma{{KIA}} Nayanbashi Jamatia{{POW}}
| clans =
| ideology = [[Tripuri nationalism]] [[Separatism]]
| motive(s) = Independence of [[Tripura]]
| active = 1989 – 2019 ({{age in years, months, weeks and days|year1=1989|year2=2019}})
| status = 1996 - 2010 ({{age in years, months, weeks and days|year1=1996|year2=2010}})
|headquarters = [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]] (former)
| area = [[Tripura]], [[India]]
| split_to = National Liberation Front of Tripura - Biswamohan, National Liberation Front of Tripura - Nayanbasi
| size = 550 (Biswamohan faction) 250 (Nayanbasi faction)
| predecessor =
| allies =
| international =
| opponents = [[Government of Tripura]]
| designated_as_terror_group_by = [[Government of India]], [[Government of Tripura]], [[Interpol]]
}}

The '''National Liberation Front of Tripura''' ([[Abbreviation|abbreviated]] '''NLFT''') is a [[Tripuri nationalism|Tripuri nationalist]] militant organisation based in [[Tripura]], [[India]]. It has an estimated 550 to 850 members.

The NLFT seeks to [[secede]] from India and establish an independent [[Tripuri people|Tripuri]] state, and is an active participant in the [[Insurgency in Northeast India]].

The NLFT is currently designated as a [[terrorist organisation]] in India.<ref name=act>{{cite web|url=http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/document/actandordinances/POTA.htm|title=The Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002|year=2002|work=Republic of India|publisher=South Asia Terrorism Portal}}</ref><ref name=satp>{{cite web|url=http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/tripura/terrorist_outfits/nlft.htm|title=National Liberation Front of Tripura|work=South Asia Terrorism Portal}}</ref>

== History ==
The [[Baptist Church of Tripura]] was initially set up by missionaries from [[New Zealand]] in the 1940s. Despite their efforts, even until the 1980s, only a few thousand people in Tripura had converted to Christianity. In the aftermath of one of the worst ethnic riots, the NLFT was born in 1989 with the backing of the [[Baptist Church of Tripura]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite news|last=Bhaumik|first=Subir|date=18 April 2000|title=Church backing Tripura rebels|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/717775.stm}}</ref> Since then, the NLFT has been advancing its cause through armed rebellion. In its constitution, the organisation claims to represent the indigenous population which it claims has been marginalised by "the subjugation policy of imperialist Hindustani (India)"; its constitution makes no mention of any specific religion and claims to extend membership to "any person irrespective of caste, sex or creed".<ref name="nlft">{{cite web|url=http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/tripura/documents/papers/nlft_const.htm|title=Constitution of The National Liberation Front Of Tripura|work=South Asia Terrorism Portal}}</ref> However, some people who have left the NLFT, including former area commander [[Nayanbashi Jamatia]], include Hindus and animists who are opposed to the leadership interfering with personal religions and faiths.<ref>{{cite book|author=Subir Bhaumik|title=Ethnicity, Ideology and Religion: Separatist movements in India's Northeast|url=https://apcss.org/Publications/Edited%20Volumes/ReligiousRadicalism/PagesfromReligiousRadicalismandSecurityinSouthAsiach10.pdf|year=2004|publisher=Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies|pp=236}}</ref>

The NLFT has been described as engaging in terrorist violence motivated by their Christian beliefs.<ref name=father>{{cite journal |last1=Adam |first1=Jeroen |last2=De Cordier |first2=Bruno |last3=Titeca |first3=Kristof |last4=Vlassenroot |first4=Koen |s2cid=145364791 |title=In the Name of the Father? Christian Militantism in Tripura, Northern Uganda, and Ambon |journal=Studies in Conflict & Terrorism |date=16 October 2007 |volume=30 |issue=11 |pages=963–983 |doi=10.1080/10576100701611288 }}</ref> The NLFT is listed as a terrorist organisation in the [[Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002]].<ref name='act'/> The state government contends that the Baptist Church of Tripura supplies arms and gives financial support to the NLFT.<ref name=satp/> In April 2000, according to the state government, the secretary of the Noapara Baptist Church in Tripura, Nagmanlal Halam, was arrested with explosives and confessed that for two years he had been buying explosives for the NLFT.<ref name=BBC/> In 2000, the NLFT threatened to kill Hindus celebrating the religious festival of [[Durga Puja]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/953200.stm|work=BBC News|title=Separatist group bans Hindu festivities|date=2 October 2000}}</ref> At least 20 Hindus in Tripura have been killed by the NLFT in two years for resisting forced conversion to Christianity.<ref name=Tripura/> A leader of the Jamatia tribe, Rampada Jamatia, said that armed NLFT militants were forcibly converting tribal villagers to Christianity, which he said was a serious threat to Hinduism.<ref name=Tripura/><ref name=Tripura>{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/aug/02trip.htm|website=rediff.com|title=Tribals unite against conversions in Tripura|date=2 August 2001}}</ref> These forcible conversions to Christianity, sometimes including the use of "rape as a means of intimidation," were noted by academics outside of India in 2007.<ref name=father/>

In accordance with its stated goal of turning Tripura into the "land of Christ", the NLFT has told tribal communities to "convert to Christianity as a whole". This has caused the Hindu Jamatia tribesmen and the predominantly animist Reangs to oppose the NLFT.<ref>{{cite book|author=Subir Bhaumik|title=Ethnicity, Ideology and Religion: Separatist movements in India's Northeast|url=https://apcss.org/Publications/Edited%20Volumes/ReligiousRadicalism/PagesfromReligiousRadicalismandSecurityinSouthAsiach10.pdf|year=2004|publisher=Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies|pp=236}}</ref>

On August 7, 1998, 4 senior leaders of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were kidnapped by the NLFT, and all 4 of them are now said to be dead.<ref>{{cite book|author=Subir Bhaumik|title=Ethnicity, Ideology and Religion: Separatist movements in India's Northeast|url=https://apcss.org/Publications/Edited%20Volumes/ReligiousRadicalism/PagesfromReligiousRadicalismandSecurityinSouthAsiach10.pdf|year=2004|publisher=Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies|pp=236}}</ref>

In early 2000, 16 [[Bengali Hindus]] were killed by the NLFT at Gourangatilla. On 20 May 2000, the NLFT killed 25 Bengali Hindus at the [[Bagber massacre|Bagber refugee camp]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/19-killed-in-tripura-massacre-rerun/cid/897630|title=19 killed in Tripura massacre rerun|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=21 May 2000}}</ref> In August 2000, a tribal Hindu spiritual leader, [[Shanti Kali]], was shot dead by about ten NLFT guerrillas who said it wanted to convert all people in the state to Christianity.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/899422.stm|work=BBC News|title=Hindu preacher killed by Tripura rebels|date=28 August 2000}}</ref> In December 2000, Labh Kumar Jamatia, a religious leader of the state's second largest Hindu group, was kidnapped by the NLFT, and found dead in a forest in Dalak village in southern Tripura. According to police, rebels from the NLFT wanted Jamatia to convert to Christianity, but he refused.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1089578.stm|work=BBC News|title=Tripura tribal leader killed|date=27 December 2000}}</ref> A local [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Marxist]] tribal leader, Kishore Debbarma, was clubbed to death in Tripura's Sadar by militants from the Biswamohan faction of the NLFT in May 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050517/asp/northeast/story_4747409.asp|work=Telegraph India| title=Rebels kill Tripura CPM leader|date=17 May 2005}}</ref>

In 2001, there were 826 reported terrorist attacks in [[Tripura]], in which 405 people lost their lives and 481 kidnappings were made by the NLFT and related organisations such as the Christian All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTP).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=72&page=33|title=Conversions with foreign fund|website=organiser.in|date=10 April 2005|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20050503110053/http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=72&page=33|archivedate=3 May 2005}}</ref> Nagmanlal Halam, secretary of the Noapara Baptist Church in Tripura, was arrested for and confessed, under torture from police, to providing [[munitions]] and financial aid to the NLFT from 1998 until 2000.<ref name=BBC/>

The BBC reported in 2005 that independent investigations as well as confessions from surrendered members showed that the NLFT had been making and selling pornography to finance their activities. This includes [[DVD]]s of pornographic films made by the group with tribal men and women kidnapped and forced to participate in sex acts while being filmed. The movies are dubbed into various languages and sold illegally throughout the region for a profit. Statements from former members and one report state that the NLFT has a history of sexually abusing tribal women.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bhaumik|first=Subir|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4190570.stm|title=India rebels 'making porn films'|work=BBC News|date=27 August 2005}}</ref>

According to the Institute for Conflict Management, approximately 90% of the NLFT's administration are Christians.<ref name=satp/> The NLFT has the support of the Tripura Baptist Christian Union (TBCU).<ref>{{cite book|author=Subir Bhaumik|title=Ethnicity, Ideology and Religion: Separatist movements in India's Northeast|url=https://apcss.org/Publications/Edited%20Volumes/ReligiousRadicalism/PagesfromReligiousRadicalismandSecurityinSouthAsiach10.pdf|year=2004|publisher=Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies|pp=236}}</ref>

==Factions==
The NLFT was originally started by Dhananjoy Reang in March of 1989. Reang was removed from his position by a coup in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/tripura/terrorist_outfits/nlft.htm|title=National Liberation Front of Tripura, India, South Asia Terrorism Porta|website=www.satp.org|access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> After the coup, the group was briefly led by Nayanbasi Jamatiya, and then Biswamohan Debbarma took command, but some continued to follow Nayanbasi.

Cited causes of internal conflicts<ref name=satp/> 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 [[Forced conversion|forcible conversion]] of tribal cadres/civilians to [[Christianity]].

Other leaders of the original NLFT included ‘Vice President’ Kamini Debbarma, ‘Publicity Secretary’ Binoy Debbarma, ‘Chief of Army’ Dhanu Koloi, and ‘Finance Secretary’ Bishnu Prasad Jamatiya.

===Biswamohan faction===
The Biswamohan faction (NLFT/BM) is earlier headed by [[Biswamohan Debbarma]]. In May 2017 In a meeting at an undisclosed location, selected Subir Debbarma alias Yamorok (45), as the new 'president' of the organization renaming it as the NLFT SD. It later signed a memorandum of Settlement with [[Government of India]] to abide by [[The Constitution of India]] & join the mainstream on 10 August 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/centre-signs-peace-pact-with-tripura-insurgent-outfit-nlft-5895406/|title=Centre signs peace pact with Tripura insurgent outfit NLFT|website=www.indianexpress.com|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref>

Upon the surrender of Mantu Koloi, second in command, he requested that Biswamohan Debbarma and [[Ranjit Debbarma]] engage in talks with the [[Government of India]] to resolve the crisis. This was sparked by the Bangladeshi government’s crackdown on hostile groups. The government there were able to do this by extensively searching the Sacherri jungles where the organization had many of its hideouts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/north-east/nlft-faction-seeks-talks/cid/1528550|title=NLFT faction seeks talks|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref>
However, both leaders vowed to fight on.<ref>{{cite news|first=Subir|last=Bhaumik|title=Tripura rebels surrender|date=6 May 2004|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3689925.stm|work=BBC News}}</ref>

===Nayanbasi faction===
The Nayanbasi faction has approximately 50 sophisticated weapons, 50 persons in collaboration with the group, and 150 cadres in active duty.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/NLFT-faction-willing-for-talks-with-govt/articleshow/416685.cms |title=NLFT faction willing for talks with govt |work=The Times of India }}</ref> In January 2004, the Nayanbasi faction group sent a message to the Additional Director of General Police (ADG) with the intention to start peace talks. These meetings ultimately were not successful. Later that year it peacefully entered into a Memorandum of Settlement with India.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=47616|title=Policy for Solving Insurgency Problem in NE|publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]]|date=18 February 2009}}</ref>

==Location==
The group has been banned from the Indian government since the Unlawful Activities Act of 1967. Therefore, the group operates from its headquarters in Khagrachari, a district in Bangladesh around 45 km from Simanapur.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/nlft.htm|title=National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) (NDFB)|website=www.globalsecurity.org|access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> The National Liberation Front of Tripura has the ability to utilize this 856 km of the border that is unfenced and susceptible to invasion.<ref>{{cite thesis |id={{ProQuest|1287104045}} |last1=Corigliano |first1=Kelly Marie |title=Self-worth theory goes to elementary school: An integrative approach to reading motivation |year=2007 }}</ref>

==Attacks==
The National Liberation Front of Tripura has conducted 81 attacks on various locations in South Asia and specifically in Tripura.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/Results.aspx?charttype=pie&chart=weapon&search=NLFT|title=GTD Search Results|website=www.start.umd.edu|access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref> Of these 81 attacks, handguns and firearms have been the most common weapon.

During the period 1992–2001 total of 764 civilians and 184 members of the security forces were killed in NLFT attacks, which also demanded lives of 124 members of the organization.<ref>[https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/tripura/data_sheets/nlft/casualties.htm Casualties in violence by National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT)] South Asia Terrorism Portal / Institute for Conflict Management. Retrieved 25 May 2021. </ref> Later, during the period 2005–2015, NLFT has been responsible for 317 incidents in which 28 security forces and 62 civilians lost their lives. <ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/national-liberation-front-of-tripura-signs-peace-pact-to-join-mainstream/articleshow/70621676.cms National Liberation Front of Tripura signs peace pact to join mainstream] Times of India. Retrieved 25 May 2021. </ref>

There has not been any attacks since 2016. <ref>[https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/tripura/tripuras-nlft-faction-surrenders-arms-biplab-deb-rebel-outfit-5902455/ ‘No regrets… did what we had to,’ Tripura’s NLFT faction surrenders arms for a new beginning] The Indian Express. Retrieved 25 May 2021. </ref>

==Objectives/Ideologies==
A common ideology within the NLFT is Tripuri Nationalism. This has two components: a Tripura state that is for only the native citizens, and the Bengalis that inhabit Tripura have no political rights or power. Among the leadership and followers of the NLFT, there are a few common objectives that come to the surface when doing analysis on this group.

# To liberate Tripura from the union of India
# To deport all foreigners who entered into Tripura after 1956.
# To restore alienated tribal lands<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/tripura/documents/papers/nlft_const.htm|title=Constitution of National Liberation Front Of Tripura|website=www.satp.org|access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref>

== Peace Accord ==
[[Tripura Peace Accord]] is the tripartite accord signed-in on 10 August 2019 by the [[Government of India]], [[Government of Tripura]] and the [[National Liberation Front of Tripura]] (NLFT) to end the insurgency.

The tripartite memorandum of understanding was signed by Satyendra Garg, Joint Secretary (Northeast) of Ministry of Home Affairs, Kumar Alok, Additional Chief Secretary (Home), Tripura and Sabir Kumar Debbarma and Kajal Debbarma of NLFT.<ref>{{cite news |title=Peace pact signed with Tripura insurgent group |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/peace-pact-signed-with-tripura-insurgent-group/articleshow/70617421.cms |work=The Times of India |agency=PTI |date=10 August 2019 }}</ref>

==Flag==
The NLFT has its own flag which consists of three colors: green, white, and red. The green portion of the flag symbolizes sovereignty over Tripura, the land to which they lay claim. The white portion of the flag signifies the peace they desire to. The color red represents the revolution and the blood that has been shed in the name of their revolution. The final part of the flag is the star which acts as the guiding light for the Borok during this struggle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/in-tri.html|title=Tripura (India)|website=www.crwflags.com|access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh|Bengali Tiger Force]]
* [[Insurgency in Northeast India]]
* [[Separatist movements of India]]
* [[Insurgent groups in Northeast India]]
* [[Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura]]

==References==
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