Rolpa District (during insurgency)

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Rolpa District (during insurgency) was a key Maoist stronghold in western Nepal that served as the main base of operations for the People’s Liberation Army during the Nepalese Civil War.

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Rolpa District (during insurgency) canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf conflict zone ⓘ
historical geopolitical entity ⓘ
associatedWithIdeology Maoism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
conflictType rural insurgency ⓘ
controlledBy Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
endTime 2006 ⓘ
experienced counter-insurgency operations ⓘ
human rights violations ⓘ
intense armed clashes ⓘ
internal displacement of civilians ⓘ
governedDeFactoBy Maoist parallel administration ⓘ
hadMilitaryInfrastructure PLA training camps ⓘ
logistics bases ⓘ
weapons storage sites ⓘ
impactOnPopulation economic disruption ⓘ
militarization of local society ⓘ
impactOnState weakening of monarchical authority in the region ⓘ
knownFor early Maoist mobilization ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
political radicalization ⓘ
legacy association with the origins of Nepal’s republican movement ⓘ
strong Maoist political influence after the war ⓘ
linkedEvent launch of the People’s War in 1996 ⓘ
locatedIn Lumbini Province ⓘ
Mid-Western Development Region, Nepal ⓘ
linked to: mid-western Nepal

Rolpa District ⓘ
opposedTo Kingdom of Nepal ⓘ
Nepal Police ⓘ
Royal Nepalese Army ⓘ
partOfConflict Nepalese Civil War ⓘ
linked to: Nepalese civil war
partOfRegion western hills of Nepal ⓘ
roleInConflict Maoist stronghold ⓘ
main base of operations for the People’s Liberation Army (Maoist) ⓘ
significance birthplace of the Maoist insurgency in Nepal ⓘ
core area of Maoist rural base areas ⓘ
symbolic center of anti-monarchy resistance ⓘ
socialBase ethnic minorities ⓘ
marginalized rural communities ⓘ
peasant population ⓘ
startTime 1996 ⓘ
strategicFeature difficult road access ⓘ
limited state presence ⓘ
remote hill terrain ⓘ
timePeriod 1996–2006 ⓘ
usedBy People’s Liberation Army (Maoist) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

People’s Liberation Army (Nepal) → headquarters → Rolpa District (during insurgency) ⓘ