Turmoil in Manipur. ~Preet Recently, the Centre Government stated that it is willing to engage in conversation with insurgent groups in Manipur in order to bring about long-term peace in the region. Insurgency first appeared in Manipur in 1964, with the founding of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), which is now one of the most dangerous militant organisations. The growth of separatist insurgency in Manipur is mostly linked to perceived dissatisfaction with Manipur's claimed "forced" merger with the Union of India, as well as the following delay in granting it full-fledged sovereignty. While the former Kingdom of Manipur was amalgamated with India on October 15, 1949, it did not become a state until 1972. The People's Liberation Army (PLA), People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK), Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP), and Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), among others, were created in the latter years. These valley-based organisations have bee