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January 7
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Suspected National Socialist Council of Nagaland
(NSCN) militants kill two village leaders in the Ukhrul district.
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January 26
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The All Manipur Students Union (AMSU) calls for
a general strike and boycott of the Republic Day celebrations
in protest against the non-inclusion of Manipuri language in the
8th Schedule of the Constitution.
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January 27
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Lungshim Shaiza, a Janata Dal candidate for the
Legislative Assembly election scheduled for February 12 and younger
brother of former Manipur Chief Minister, Yangmaso Shaiza, is
killed by NSCN insurgents in Ukhrul district.
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February 23
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Raj Kumar Ranbir Singh, leader of the six-party
United Legislature Front (ULF), is sworn in as the Chief Minister
of Manipur.
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February 25
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Manipur Chief Minister R.K. Ranbir Singh announces
that his Government would grant amnesty to all militants provided
the leaders express their readiness for a ‘political dialogue’
to end insurgency in the State.
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March 25
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Union Home Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, says
Union Government will initiate a dialogue process with the underground
organisations after they eschew violence.
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March 27
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A suspected NSCN insurgent, identified as Thuiwjapao,
is arrested from Khongsang village in the Tamenglong district.
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April 5
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Security forces arrest a United National Liberation
Front (UNLF) terrorist
from Lamlai in the Imphal East district.
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April 10
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Two NSCN militants loot an amount of Rs.1.30
lakhs from the office of District Industrial Centre in Senapati
district.
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April 12
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Security forces arrest two UNLF terrorists trained
in the camps of Kachin Independence Army (KIA) at Upper Burma.
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April 29
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PLA terrorists kill Father Mathew Manianchira,
Principal of the Catholic School, at Canchipur in the Imphal West
district for alleged involvement in drug trafficking.
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May 11
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Acting ‘Commander-in-Chief’ of the PLA, Rajee
Mangang, is killed by the outfit’s cadres in Singjamei area in
Imphal West district. According to reports, the killing was a
result of a growing factional feud within the PLA.
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May 22
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Some of the militant groups operating in Assam,
Nagaland, Manipur and Myanmar (Burma) –United Liberation Front
of Asom (ULFA),
National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K),
UNLF and Kuki National Organisation (KNO)
jointly launch Indo-Burma Revolutionary Front (IBRF) to "wage
a united struggle for the independence of Indo-Burma."
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May 23
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Six PLA terrorists, arrested by village guards
near Noklak in Nagaland while trying to cross over to Kachin area
in Burma on March 4, are sentenced to 42 days of rigorous imprisonment
and a fine of Rs. 500 each by the Additional Deputy Commissioner
(Judicial) of Tuensang in Nagaland.
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June 29
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Suspected PLA militants attack two security forces’
vehicles injuring eight civilians, including two women and three
policemen.
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June 30
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PLA terrorists attack the Singjamei police station
in Imphal East district.
Another attack is made by unidentified terrorists
on a police outpost located at Hiyangthang in the Imphal East
district.
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July 8
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Three PLA militants are arrested from Chandkhira,
about 10 km from the Indo-Bangladesh border, in Karimganj district
of Assam.
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August 8
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A new insurgent outfit, North Eastern Region
Liberation Organisation, is formed by Manipuri youths.
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October 9
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Four PLA militants attack the Principal of St.
George School, Fr. Mathew Vellilakatt, at his residence in Wangkhei,
Imphal East district, for not paying an extortion amount of Rs.
50,000 to the outfit.
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October 20
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The PLA turns down the Government’s proposal
for peace talks and instead announces its decisions to form a
united front of all the ‘revolutionary organisations’ for the
liberation of the Indo-Burma region.
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November 15
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Imphal district police arrests a PLA terrorist,
Okram Victor, involved in looting Rs. 1.5 lakhs from Manipur Urban
Co-operative Bank on October 18, 1988 and Rs. 5 lakhs from the
Executive Engineer of Thoubal Dam Project.
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November 16
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People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK)
‘Commander-in-Chief’, Soraisem Wanglen alias Ibomcha, is arrested
at Langthabal in Imphal district.
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December 4
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Security forces attack a PLA camp at Sisila,
20 km south of Sugnu in Chandel district. A security force personnel
is killed and five others are injured while two senior members
of the outfit are injured and two others are arrested.
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December 13
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The ‘Department of Propaganda and Education’
of the UNLF, in a media release, warns cinema hall owners, businessmen
and teachers to ‘safeguard the prestige and status of the people
of the state by not exhibiting soft pornographic films’. It also
asks shop owners to stop selling goods at inflated rates and warns
college teachers with dire consequences if they do not pay attention
to ‘teaching properly’ in the schools and colleges.
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December 18
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Unidentified militants shot at and injure a civilian
at Pallel Maha Leikai in the Thoubal district.
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December 19
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Suspected militants shot at and injure two liquor
sellers at Ukhongsang village in the Thoubal district.
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December 21
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The People’s Movement Committee announces a ‘people’s
war’ against the ‘occupation’ of the Kangla fort by Assam Rifles
from January 1, 1991.
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