People’s Liberation Army (Nepal)

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The People’s Liberation Army (Nepal) was the military force of the Maoist insurgents during Nepal’s civil war, fighting to overthrow the monarchy and establish a republican state.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed wing of political party ⓘ
guerrilla army ⓘ
non-state armed group ⓘ
alignment far-left politics ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Maoist People’s Liberation Army ⓘ
PLA (Nepal) ⓘ
ceasefireAgreement 2006 ceasefire between CPN (Maoist) and Government of Nepal ⓘ
commandStructure Central Military Commission of CPN (Maoist) ⓘ
conflict Nepalese Civil War ⓘ
country Nepal ⓘ
disarmamentFramework Comprehensive Peace Accord (Nepal) ⓘ
disarmamentProcess Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) ⓘ
disbanded 2012 ⓘ
endTime 2012 ⓘ
goal establish a republican state in Nepal ⓘ
overthrow the Nepalese monarchy ⓘ
radical socio-economic transformation in Nepal ⓘ
headquarters Rolpa District (during insurgency) ⓘ
ideology Maoism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
involvedIn Jana Yuddha (People’s War) ⓘ
monitoringBody United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) ⓘ
notableLeader Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) ⓘ
linked to: Pushpa Kamal Dahal

Ram Bahadur Thapa (Badal) ⓘ
operationalArea mid-western Nepal ⓘ
rural Nepal ⓘ
western Nepal ⓘ
partOf Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) ⓘ
peaceProcessRole party to the Comprehensive Peace Accord 2006 ⓘ
politicalWing Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) ⓘ
postWarArrangement integration of some combatants into Nepal Army ⓘ
rehabilitation of ex-combatants into civilian life ⓘ
primaryOpponents Government of Nepal security forces ⓘ
Royal Nepalese Army ⓘ
recruitmentBase ethnic minorities in Nepal ⓘ
lower caste groups in Nepal ⓘ
rural peasants ⓘ
resultOfConflict abolition of the monarchy in Nepal ⓘ
establishment of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ⓘ
startTime 1996 ⓘ
statusAfterPeaceAccord confined to cantonments under UN monitoring ⓘ
symbol red flag with hammer and sickle (via CPN Maoist) ⓘ
tactics ambushes ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ
hit-and-run attacks ⓘ
sabotage of infrastructure ⓘ
trainingStyle political-military training ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Nepalese Maoist movement → armedWing → People’s Liberation Army (Nepal) ⓘ
People’s Liberation Army (Nepal) → alsoKnownAs → PLA (Nepal) ⓘ
linked to: People’s Liberation Army (Nepal)
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) → armedWing → People's Liberation Army (Nepal) ⓘ
linked to: People’s Liberation Army (Nepal)
Central Military Commission of CPN (Maoist) → oversaw → People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of CPN (Maoist) ⓘ
linked to: People’s Liberation Army (Nepal)
Central Military Commission of CPN (Maoist) → armedWing → People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Nepal ⓘ
linked to: People’s Liberation Army (Nepal)