Insurgency in Arunachal Pradesh

Insurgency in Arunachal Pradesh
Part of Insurgency in Northeast India

Arunachal Pradesh
Date1954–present
(71 years)
Location
Status Ongoing (low level insurgency)
Government-Insurgents

 India


Supported by:
 Myanmar

 Bhutan

Separatist groups:

  • NSCN
  • ULFA
  • NSCT
  • USCA (Inactive)
  • TDS (Inactive)
  • NLFA (Inactive)
  • TKLF (Inactive)
  • TSSF (Inactive)
  • ADF (Inactive)
  • APDPF (Inactive)
  • ANLF (Inactive)
Commanders and leaders

Droupadi Murmu
(President)
Narendra Modi
(Prime Minister)
Amit Shah
(Minister of Home Affairs)
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
(Ministry of External Affairs)
Dr.Sujoy Lal Thaosen
(Director General)
Anil Chauhan
(Chief of Defence Staff)
Manoj Pande
(Chief of the Army Staff)
R. Hari Kumar
(Chief of the Naval Staff)
Vivek Ram Chaudhari
(Chief of the Air Staff)
Rajnath Singh
(Minister of Defence)
Giridhar Aramane
(Defence Secretary)

Former
Gangte Tugung (USCA) (POW)
Qhehezu Tuccu (NSCN)
Casualties and losses
2000–2024:
38 killed
2000–2024:
175 killed
212 Surrendered
741 Arrested
2000–2024: 31 civilians killed

The Insurgency in Arunachal Pradesh is a part of the larger Northeast India insurgency involving multiple groups trying to separate from or destabilize the province. Because Arunachal Pradesh is a border state, militants sometimes conduct cross border operations to facilitate their activities. In addition to the non-state groups operating in the region, since its recapture in the 1962 War, there has been incursions from the Chinese Army in the region further escalating the conflict. The conflict has cooled since police arrest of major insurgent leaders. The insurgency has seen many minor actors in conflict with each other due to ethnic and religious differences.