Arunachal Dragon Force
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The Arunachal Dragon Force (ADF), also known as the East India Liberation Front, is a violent secessionist movement in the eastern India
n state of Arunachal Pradesh
. The ADF seeks to create an independent state
resembling the pre-British
Teola Country consisting of area currently in Arunachal Pradesh as well as neighboring Assam
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It is also alleged that these people are sponsored by some tainted politicians of Arunachal Pradesh. The self styled "commander-in-chief" of this group was beaten up in some local jail in Arunachal Pradesh back in late 1990s and thereafter nothing has been heard about the group. Today a few remnants of the ADF live on ransom (whose calls remain mostly unanswered).
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state of Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh is a state of India, located in the far northeast. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south, and shares international borders with Burma in the east, Bhutan in the west, and the People's Republic of China in the north. The majority of the territory is claimed by...
. The ADF seeks to create an independent state
Sovereign state
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resembling the pre-British
United Kingdom
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Teola Country consisting of area currently in Arunachal Pradesh as well as neighboring Assam
Assam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
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It is also alleged that these people are sponsored by some tainted politicians of Arunachal Pradesh. The self styled "commander-in-chief" of this group was beaten up in some local jail in Arunachal Pradesh back in late 1990s and thereafter nothing has been heard about the group. Today a few remnants of the ADF live on ransom (whose calls remain mostly unanswered).
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