Sunil Nath (
Assamese: সুনীল নাথ), alias Siddhartha Phukan, is
SULFA
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leader, and was a former Central Publicity Secretary and spokesman of
ULFA
The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) is an armed separatist insurgent organisation, that operates in the Indian state of Assam. It seeks to establish an independent sovereign nation state of Assam for the indigenous Assamese people thro ...
.
He had been holding the post to 1992 after the death of Uddipta Hazarika when the ULFA was at its peak.
The charge was later taken over by
Mithinga Daimary
Mithinga Daimary (alias Deepak Das) was the Central Publicity Secretary of the banned outfit ULFA since the previous publicity secretary Siddhartha Phukan's surrender in 1992. He was born in the Barama village in Nalbari district of Assam on 17 ...
. Now he is a columnist and the editor of the Assamese daily
Asomiya Khabar
( Assamese: অসমীয়া খবৰ) (or ''Oxomiya Khobor'') is an Assamese daily newspaper published simultaneously from Guwahati and Jorhat
Jorhat ( /) is a major city in Upper Assam division, Upper Assam and among the fastest g ...
and e-journal Voice of Assam. He writes on insurgency and development issues related to Assam in several newspapers and academic journal within and outside the state.
Surrender
On March 31, 1992, Nath came overground and surrendered to then chief minister of Assam
Hiteswar Saikia
Hiteswar Saikia (3 October 1934 – 22 April 1996) was an Indian politician who served as the 10th chief minister of Assam for two terms, firstly from 28 February 1983 to 23 December 1985 and then from 30 June 1991 to 22 April 1996. He was th ...
. He led the first batch of the outfit to surrender.
See also
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People's Consultative Group
The People's Consultative Group (PCG) was a citizen's group in Assam, India, comprising 11 members and established by the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) on September 8, 2005. Its objective was to initiate the peace talk process as mediat ...
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List of top leaders of ULFA
This is a list of top United Liberation Front of Assam leaders. Some of them are founder members and 16 are from the Central Committee, the supreme authority of decision-making of the outfit.
Political wing
Military Wing
See also
*ULFA
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Sanjukta Mukti Fouj
Sanjukta Mukti Fouj (SMF) ( Assamese: সংযুক্ত মুক্তি ফৌজ) is the military wing of the banned outfit ULFA in Assam, India. It was formed on March 16, 1996 and it has three full-fledged battalions – the 7th, 28th a ...
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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