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{{Infobox Indian Political Party
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
| party_name    = Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League/All India Gorkha League  
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
| colorcode         = {{Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League/meta/color}}  
{{Infobox political party
| Leader =
| name            = Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League/All India Gorkha League
| president = Smt. Mina Subba
| colorcode       = {{party color|Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League}}
| vice_president    = Shri. Bikram Bangdel Rai/>Shri. Am Prasad Acharya
| founder         = [[Damber Singh Gurung]]
| General Secretary = Shri. S.P Sharma
| foundation       = {{start date and age|df=yes|p=y|1943|05|15}}
| Asst. Secretary  = Shri.Wangchuk Bhutia
| ideology        = Creation of the state of [[Gorkhaland]], Gorkhali nationalism
| founder           = [[Damber Singh Gurung]]
| headquarters    = Mahabir Building, Ladenla Road, [[Darjeeling]] - 734101
| foundation     = {{start date and age|df=yes|p=y|1943|05|15}}
| flag            = All India Gorkha League.png
| alliance =
| leader          = Pratap Khati
| eci = Registered unrecognized Party<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Political Parties and Symbols (Notification) |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=18 January 2013}}</ref> 
| country          = India
| ideology =
| abbreviation    = ABGL/AIGL/IGL
| publication =
}}
| headquarters    =   Mahabir Building, Ladenla Road, [[Darjeeling]] - 734101
| website =  
|party_logo=}}
'''Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League''' (ABGL) (also called All India Gorkha League (AIGL/IGL)) is a political party working amongst the [[Nepali language|Nepali]]-speaking population in [[Darjeeling District]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. The party was founded in 1943 by [[Damber Singh Gurung]]. The current President is Smt. Mina Subba, Working President  Shri Pratap Khati, General Secretary Shri. SP Sharma.


Ahead of the 1999 [[DGHC]] elections, ABGL was part of the United Front, an alliance consisting of [[Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists]], ABGL, [[Indian National Congress]], [[Bharatiya Gorkha Janashakti]], [[Communist Party of India]], [[All India Trinamool Congress]], Bharatiya Nepali Bir Gorkha and Sikkim Rashtriya Mukti Morcha.
'''Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League''' ({{small|abbreviated as}} '''ABGL''') (also called All India Gorkha League (AIGL/IGL)) is a political party working amongst the [[Nepali language|Nepali]]-speaking [[Indian Gorkha|Gorkha]] population in [[Darjeeling District]] and [[Kalimpong District]] of [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. The party was founded in 1943 by [[Damber Singh Gurung]].


ABGL was later a part of the People's Democratic Front (PDF), a six-party alliance led by the CPRM and including Indian National Congress (Hills), [[Gorkha National Liberation Front (C.K. Pradhan)]], ABGL, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and Gorkha Democratic Front (a party that was formed by Madan Tamang before his return to ABGL). PDF stood for Gorkha autonomy but was opposed to the [[Gorkha National Liberation Front]] (GNLF) led by [[Subhash Ghisingh]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1031201/asp/siliguri/story_2629520.asp |title=Opp. split boon for GNLF |date=1 December 2003 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=North Bengal & Sikkim}}</ref>
ABGL is currently part of an alliance of BJP, GNLF, CPRM and other parties with Pratap Khati as its convenor. ABGL stands for peaceful democracy in the Darjeeling hills. It advocates for a full-fledged state of [[Gorkhaland]].


ABGL is currently part of the Democratic Front, an alliance of the CPRM, BJP and other parties headed by Shri Pratap Khati as its Convenor. ABGL opposes the [[Gorkha Janmukti Morcha]] (GJM) and stands for peaceful democracy in the Darjeeling hills. It is opposed to the setting up of an Interim Authority in Darjeeling in place of a full-fledged state of [[Gorkhaland]].
Ahead of the 1999 [[DGHC]] elections, ABGL was part of the United Front, an alliance consisting of [[Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists]], ABGL, [[Indian National Congress]], [[Bharatiya Gorkha Janashakti]], [[Communist Party of India]], [[Trinamool Congress]], Bharatiya Nepali Bir Gorkha and Sikkim Rashtriya Mukti Morcha.
 
ABGL was later a part of the People's Democratic Front (PDF), a six-party alliance led by CPRM and including [[Indian National Congress]] (Hills), [[Gorkha National Liberation Front (C.K. Pradhan)]], ABGL, [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and Gorkha Democratic Front (a party that was formed by Madan Tamang before his return to ABGL). PDF stood for Gorkha autonomy but was opposed to the [[Gorkha National Liberation Front]] (GNLF) led by [[Subhash Ghisingh]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1031201/asp/siliguri/story_2629520.asp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203123112/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1031201/asp/siliguri/story_2629520.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2013 |title=Opp. split boon for GNLF |date=1 December 2003 |newspaper=The Telegraph |location=North Bengal & Sikkim}}</ref>


On 21 May 2010, ABGL president [[Madan Tamang]] was stabbed to death (allegedly by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporters) in [[Darjeeling]], which led to a spontaneous shutdown in the three Darjeeling hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling, [[Kalimpong]] and [[Kurseong]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Gorkha-leader-Madan-Tamang-killed-Darjeeling-tense/articleshow/5957127.cms |title=Gorkha leader Madan Tamang killed, Darjeeling tense |date=21 May 2010 |newspaper=The Times of India |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201002938/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Gorkha-leader-Madan-Tamang-killed-Darjeeling-tense/articleshow/5957127.cms |archivedate=1 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Gorkha-leader-Madan-Tamang-hacked-in-public/articleshow/5960365.cms |title=Gorkha leader Madan Tamang hacked in public |date=21 May 2010 |newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref> Subsequently his wife Bharati Tamang was elected as the ABGL president.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Tamangs-murder-threatens-to-derail-Gorkhaland-talks/articleshow/5974887.cms |title=Tamang's murder threatens to derail Gorkhaland talks |date=26 May 2010 |newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref>
On 21 May 2010, ABGL president [[Madan Tamang]] was stabbed to death (allegedly by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporters) in [[Darjeeling]], which led to a spontaneous shutdown in the three Darjeeling hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling, [[Kalimpong]] and [[Kurseong]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Gorkha-leader-Madan-Tamang-killed-Darjeeling-tense/articleshow/5957127.cms |title=Gorkha leader Madan Tamang killed, Darjeeling tense |date=21 May 2010 |newspaper=The Times of India |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201002938/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Gorkha-leader-Madan-Tamang-killed-Darjeeling-tense/articleshow/5957127.cms |archivedate=1 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Gorkha-leader-Madan-Tamang-hacked-in-public/articleshow/5960365.cms |title=Gorkha leader Madan Tamang hacked in public |date=21 May 2010 |newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref> Subsequently his wife Bharati Tamang was elected as the ABGL president.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Tamangs-murder-threatens-to-derail-Gorkhaland-talks/articleshow/5974887.cms |title=Tamang's murder threatens to derail Gorkhaland talks |date=26 May 2010 |newspaper=The Times of India}}</ref>


ABGL contested the West Bengal legislative assembly elections held on 18 April 2011 from three constituencies in the Darjeeling hills. The three candidates Bharati Tamang from [[Darjeeling (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling]], Tribhuwan Rai from [[Kalimpong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalimpong]] and Shiva Kumar Pradhan from [[Kurseong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kurseong]]constituency)|Darjeeling]] all lost the elections.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/election2011/candidatelist.php?name=west_bengal |title=West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections 2011 Candidate List |publisher=IBN |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015105107/http://ibnlive.in.com/election2011/candidatelist.php?name=west_bengal |archivedate=15 October 2012}}</ref>Smt. Bharati Tamang and Laxman Pradhan were  expelled from the Party on 18.Oct.2017 for opposing Gorkhaland and supporting [[All India Trinamool Congress|TMC]]. SK Pradhan has also been expelled from the party recently for supporting TMC. Presently ABGL is alliance with BJP and supported BJP candidate [[Raju Bista]] to win from Darjeeling Parliamentary seat.
ABGL contested the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|West Bengal legislative assembly]] elections held on 18 April 2011 from three constituencies in the Darjeeling hills. The three candidates Bharati Tamang from [[Darjeeling (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling]], Tribhuwan Rai from [[Kalimpong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalimpong]] and Shiva Kumar Pradhan from [[Kurseong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kurseong]] all lost the elections.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/election2011/candidatelist.php?name=west_bengal |title=West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections 2011 Candidate List |publisher=IBN |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015105107/http://ibnlive.in.com/election2011/candidatelist.php?name=west_bengal |archivedate=15 October 2012}}</ref>
 
Due to internal fights, ABGL broke up into three factions, headed by Bharati Tamang, Pratap Khati and Laxman Pradhan, respectively. After the merger of the factions of Pratap Khati and Laxman Pradhan and the dissolution of the Bharati Tamang faction, only one ABGL headed by Pratap Khati exists today.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/hunger-strike-heat-on-bjp-in-darjeeling/cid/1824988 |title=Hunger strike heat on BJP in Darjeeling |date=8 March 2022|publisher=The Telegraph}}</ref>
 
The flag of the ABGL consists of two equal horizontal stripes. The upper is light green and has an image of a white lotus; the lower is red with two crossed traditional Gorkha knives, called Khurkuri.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gorkhaland |url=https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/in-gurka.html |access-date=2022-12-16 |website=www.crwflags.com}}</ref>


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Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League/All India Gorkha League
AbbreviationABGL/AIGL/IGL
LeaderPratap Khati
FounderDamber Singh Gurung
Founded15 May 1943 (83 years ago) (1943-05-15)
HeadquartersMahabir Building, Ladenla Road, Darjeeling - 734101
IdeologyCreation of the state of Gorkhaland, Gorkhali nationalism
Party flag
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Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (abbreviated as ABGL) (also called All India Gorkha League (AIGL/IGL)) is a political party working amongst the Nepali-speaking Gorkha population in Darjeeling District and Kalimpong District of West Bengal, India. The party was founded in 1943 by Damber Singh Gurung.

ABGL is currently part of an alliance of BJP, GNLF, CPRM and other parties with Pratap Khati as its convenor. ABGL stands for peaceful democracy in the Darjeeling hills. It advocates for a full-fledged state of Gorkhaland.

Ahead of the 1999 DGHC elections, ABGL was part of the United Front, an alliance consisting of Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists, ABGL, Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Gorkha Janashakti, Communist Party of India, Trinamool Congress, Bharatiya Nepali Bir Gorkha and Sikkim Rashtriya Mukti Morcha.

ABGL was later a part of the People's Democratic Front (PDF), a six-party alliance led by CPRM and including Indian National Congress (Hills), Gorkha National Liberation Front (C.K. Pradhan), ABGL, Bharatiya Janata Party and Gorkha Democratic Front (a party that was formed by Madan Tamang before his return to ABGL). PDF stood for Gorkha autonomy but was opposed to the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) led by Subhash Ghisingh.[1]

On 21 May 2010, ABGL president Madan Tamang was stabbed to death (allegedly by Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) supporters) in Darjeeling, which led to a spontaneous shutdown in the three Darjeeling hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong.[2][3] Subsequently his wife Bharati Tamang was elected as the ABGL president.[4]

ABGL contested the West Bengal legislative assembly elections held on 18 April 2011 from three constituencies in the Darjeeling hills. The three candidates Bharati Tamang from Darjeeling, Tribhuwan Rai from Kalimpong and Shiva Kumar Pradhan from Kurseong all lost the elections.[5]

Due to internal fights, ABGL broke up into three factions, headed by Bharati Tamang, Pratap Khati and Laxman Pradhan, respectively. After the merger of the factions of Pratap Khati and Laxman Pradhan and the dissolution of the Bharati Tamang faction, only one ABGL headed by Pratap Khati exists today.[6]

The flag of the ABGL consists of two equal horizontal stripes. The upper is light green and has an image of a white lotus; the lower is red with two crossed traditional Gorkha knives, called Khurkuri.[7]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Opp. split boon for GNLF". The Telegraph. North Bengal & Sikkim. 1 December 2003.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ "Gorkha leader Madan Tamang killed, Darjeeling tense". The Times of India. 21 May 2010. Archived from the original on 1 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "Gorkha leader Madan Tamang hacked in public". The Times of India. 21 May 2010.
  4. ↑ "Tamang's murder threatens to derail Gorkhaland talks". The Times of India. 26 May 2010.
  5. ↑ "West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections 2011 Candidate List". IBN. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "Hunger strike heat on BJP in Darjeeling". The Telegraph. 8 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "Gorkhaland". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
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