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GNLF Gorkhaland agitation, 1986-1988
A violent agitation for a separate Gorkhaland state was resolved through the creation of an autonomous hill council.
What happened
Subhash Ghising founded the GNLF in 1980 and coined the term "Gorkhaland"; the GNLF launched a major agitation from 1986 to 1988, reported by one estimate to have killed more than 1,200 people, including 13 killed and 38 wounded in a 27 July 1986 police firing at Kalimpong.[1]
On 22 August 1988, the GNLF, West Bengal and the Indian government signed the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council Accord, creating the DGHC in exchange for the GNLF abandoning its statehood demand.[2]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: Subhash Ghising founded the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) in 1980 and coined the term "Gorkhaland" for a proposed separate Indian state for ethnic Gorkhas in the Darjeeling hills; the GNLF launched a major agitation from 1986 to 1988, reported by one estimate to have killed more than 1,200 people, including 13 people killed and 38 wounded when police opened fire on a GNLF gathering at Kalimpong on 27 July 1986. This bundle presents these casualty figures as reported, not independently verified.
- Gorkhaland movement (Wikipedia) link, GNLF founding and 1986-1988 agitation sections. Source record
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Claim: On 22 August 1988, the GNLF, the West Bengal state government and the Indian central government signed the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council Accord, creating the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) with authority over finance, education, health, agriculture and economic development in its jurisdiction, in exchange for the GNLF abandoning its demand for a separate Gorkhaland state; Ghising chaired the DGHC from 1988 to 2008.
- Gorkhaland Issue - Everything You Need to Know (ClearIAS) link, DGHC Accord section. Source record