The United Liberation Front of Asom is a militant group from Assam, among many other such groups in North-East India. It seeks to establish a sovereign Assam via an armed struggle. The Government of India had banned the organization in 1990 and classifies it as a terrorist group, while the US State Department lists it under "Other groups of concern".
ULFA claims to have been founded at the site of Rang Ghar on April 7, 1979, a historic structure from the Ahom kingdom. According to Sunil Nath, the ULFA established relationships with Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) in 1983 and with KIA, operating in Myanmar, in 1987. It was permitted to establish camps in Bangladesh in 1989 and initiated major violent activities in 1990. Military operations against it by the Indian Army that began in 1990 continues till present.
The major leaders of the organisation are:
