Insurgency in Tripura

Insurgency in Tripura
Part of Insurgency in Northeast India

Location of Tripura in the map of India
Date1989 – 2024
(34 years)
Location
Status

Indian Government victory

Territorial
changes
Indian government recaptures the territory seized by rebels and withdraws AFSPA from Tripura in 2015.
Belligerents
 India TNV (until 1988)
NLFT (until 2024)
ATTF (until 2024)
BNCT (until 2008)
Commanders and leaders
Ramaswamy Venkataraman
Shankar Dayal Sharma
Kocheril Raman Narayanan
APJ Abdul Kalam
Pratibha Patil
Pranab Mukherjee
Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl  
Biswamohan Debbarma  (POW)
Nayanbasi Jamatia  (POW)
Ranjit Debbarma  (POW)
Dhananjoy Reang  
Strength
28,031 Police Personnel 850-1,500 (NLFT)
200-400 (ATTF)
Casualties and losses
2000–2024:
214 killed
2000–2024:
355 killed
1,106 Arrested
3,824 Surrendered
2000–2024: 704 civilians killed
1997: Dhananjoy Reang surrendered.
2008: Nayanbasi Jamatia arrested in Bangladesh.
2012: Biswamohan Debbarma and Ranjit Debbarma arrested in Bangladesh.
2013: Nayanbasi Jamatia handed over to the Indian government.
2017: Biswamohan Debbarma and Ranjit Debbarma handed over to the Indian government.

The insurgency in Tripura was an armed conflict which took place in the state of Tripura between India and several separatist rebel organisations. It was a part of the wider insurgency in Northeast India and was fueled by Tripuris.