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Founding of the Kachin Independence Army, 1961
The KIA formed in response to a military coup seeking to consolidate central control over Burma's ethnic periphery.
What happened
The KIA was formed on 5 February 1961, seeking an autonomous, sovereign Kachin state, and fought government forces from 1961 to 1994.[1]
Sources for this page
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Claim: The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) was formed on 5 February 1961, with its political wing the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO), in response to a 1962 military coup in Burma led by General Ne Win that sought to consolidate central control over the country's ethnic periphery; the KIA's stated initial goal was an autonomous, sovereign state for the Kachin people, and it waged an inconclusive guerrilla war against government forces from 1961 until 1994.
- Kachin conflict (Wikipedia) link, Formation and Early Conflict section. Source record