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20 published cases matching South Asia.
Independence movements
From ULFA's 1979 founding and its campaign for an independent, sovereign Assam, through decades of insurgency, to the 2023 peace accord with the movement's pro-talks faction and the continued rejectionism of its hardline successor.
Independence movements
From the disputed 1947-1948 Khanate of Kalat accession, through the Balochistan Liberation Army's ongoing insurgency in Pakistan, to the distinct, sectarian-inflected Jaish al-Adl insurgency in Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan province.
Historical independence
Bangladesh's path from a declaration of independence amid Pakistani military crackdown in March 1971, through the Bangladesh Liberation War, to a UN admission process delayed nearly three years by a Chinese veto.
Independence movements
From the 1987 launch of the ABSU-led movement for a separate Bodoland state, through the 1993 and 2003 Bodo Accords, to the comprehensive 2020 Bodo Peace Accord, characterized by the Assam government as ending the separate-statehood demand.
Independence movements
From the 1977-1997 Jumma insurgency against Bangladeshi state settlement policy and demands for autonomy, through the 1997 Peace Accord establishing a devolved Regional Council, to the more recent, distinct emergence of the Kuki-Chin National Front.
Political status and decolonisation
From the disputed 1947 transfer of administrative control, through decades of constitutional limbo, to the autonomy-focused GBUM and the more fully secessionist Balawaristan National Front and its factional split.
Independence movements
From the 1986-1988 GNLF agitation and the resulting Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council, through the 2011-2012 formation of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, to the renewed 2017 agitation over language policy.
Historical independence
India's independence from British rule on 15 August 1947, under the Indian Independence Act, 1947 — notable for having already been a founding, if not yet independent, member of the United Nations since 1945.
Independence movements
From the 1995-1996 founding of the KLO and KPP to campaign for a separate Kamtapur state, through the 2003-2004 destruction of the KLO's Bhutanese camps, to the 2023 ceasefire and ongoing peace process.
Political status and decolonisation
From the disputed 1947 accession and UN Security Council Resolution 47's never-held plebiscite, through the 2019 abrogation of Article 370, to the distinct independence and pro-Pakistan-accession strands of Kashmiri political organising.
Independence movements
From the 1973 Anandpur Sahib Resolution and 1984 Operation Blue Star, through the 1980s-90s Punjab insurgency, to the unresolved 2023-2026 India-Canada diplomatic crisis over the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
From the 2019 reconstitution of Ladakh as a legislature-less Union Territory, through the Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance's statehood and Sixth Schedule campaign, to the fatal September 2025 Leh violence and inconclusive subsequent negotiations.
Independence movements
From the disputed 1949 Manipur Merger Agreement, through the founding of the United National Liberation Front, to its November 2023 Suspension of Operations agreement with the Indian government.
Independence movements
From the 1966 Mizo National Front uprising and declaration of independence, through the controversial Bombing of Aizawl, to the 1986 Peace Accord and Mizoram's 1987 statehood.
Independence movements
From the 1947 declaration of independence and the disputed 1951 plebiscite, through the 1997 ceasefire, to the 2015 Framework Agreement and the still-unfinished final settlement process.
Historical independence
Pakistan's emergence as an independent dominion under the Indian Independence Act, 1947, and its UN admission the following month.
Independence movements
From the 1893 Durand Line and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan's 1947 Bannu Declaration, through Afghanistan's continued rejection of the border, to the distinct, contemporary Pashtun Tahafuz Movement and its 2024 banning.
Independence movements
From G.M. Syed's 1972 founding of the Jeay Sindh Mahaz and his advocacy for an independent Sindhudesh, through the movement's post-1995 fragmentation, to the JSMM's continued exile-based advocacy following its 2013 ban.
Historical independence
From the 1976 Vaddukoddai Resolution and the founding of the LTTE, through the 26-year Sri Lankan Civil War and its contested final phase, to the post-war Tamil National Alliance's campaign for devolution.
Independence movements
From the contested 1949 merger of the princely state of Tripura into India, through successive armed Tripuri nationalist movements (TNV, NLFT), to the 2024 peace accord ending the insurgency and the ongoing political demand for a "Greater Tipraland."