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{{Short description|Militant group in India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox war faction
| name = Kamtapur Liberation Organisation
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| war = [[Insurgency in Northeast India]]
| image = Flag of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation.svg
| caption = Flag of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation
| active = 1995–2023
| ideology = [[Kamtapur]]i [[nationalism]] [[Separatism]] [[Socialism]]
| crimes = [[Bombings]]
| clans =
| leaders = Jibon Singha{{Surrendered}} Milton Burman{{POW}} Tom Adhikary{{POW}}
| headquarters =
| area = [[Northeast India]] and [[West Bengal]]
| size =
| predecessor =
| motives = Establish an independent state of [[Kamtapur]]
| successor =
| allies =
| allegiance = [[United National Liberation Front of Western South East Asia]]
| opponents = {{flag|India}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nia.gov.in/banned_org.aspx|access-date=10 September 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322081157/http://www.nia.gov.in/banned_org.aspx|archive-date=22 March 2015|title=Banned Terrorist Organisations}}</ref> {{flag|Bangladesh}} {{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} [[Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam]] (1996–2016) {{flagicon image|Flag of AQIS.jpg}} [[al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent]] (2016–present)
| designated_as_terror_group_by = {{Flag|India}}
| battles =
| url =
| status = Disbanded
}}

The '''Kamtapur Liberation Organisation''' ({{small|[[Abbreviation|abbr.]]}} '''KLO''') is a militant organisation based in [[Northeast India]] whose objective is to separate the [[Kamtapur]] nation from [[West Bengal]] and [[Assam]]. The proposed state is to comprise all districts in [[West Bengal]] and four contiguous districts of [[Assam]] which are [[Cooch Behar district|Cooch Behar]], [[Darjeeling district|Darjeeling]], [[Jalpaiguri district|Jalpaiguri]], North and South [[West Dinajpur district|Dinajpur]] and [[Malda district|Malda]], [[Kokrajhar district|Kokrajhar]], [[Bongaigaon district|Bongaigoan]], [[Dhubri district|Dhubri]] and [[Goalpara district| Goalpara]], [[Kishanganj district|Kishanganj]] districts in Bihar, and [[Jhapa District]] in [[Nepal]]. The KLO was formed to address problems of the [[Koch Rajbongshi people]] such as large-scale unemployment, land alienation, perceived neglect of [[Rangpuri language|Kamtapuri language]], identity, and grievances of economic deprivation.<ref>[http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/assam/terrorist_outfits/klo.htm South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP) on KLO]. ''satp.org''.</ref>

==History==
The beginning of the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) can be traced to the attempts of certain members of the [[Koch Rajbongshi people]] belonging to the [[All Kamtapur Students Union]] (AKSU) to organise an armed struggle for a separate [[Kamtapur]] nation. For this purpose, they approached the [[United Liberation Front of Asom]] (ULFA). The KLO came into existence on 28 December 1993.{{fact|date=July 2024}}

On 26 December 2013, a bomb blast took place in [[Jalpaiguri district]] of [[West Bengal]] that killed five persons and injured five others. Militants of KLO are suspected to have been behind the bombing, which occurred two days ahead of the 28 December 1996 foundation day of KLO.<ref name="dna26122013">{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-four-killed-six-injured-in-bomb-explosion-near-jalpaiguri-town-1941000|title=Five killed in blast in Bengal's Jalpaiguri|date=26 December 2013|work=Daily News and Analysis|accessdate=26 December 2013}}</ref>

==Leadership and organisation==
Tamir Das alias Jibon Singha is the chairman of the KLO. He was arrested in October 1999 but regained control over the outfit after he was released by the [[Assam Police]] in a bid to make the other KLO cadres surrender. Milton Burman alias Mihir Das is the second in command of the outfit.{{fact|date=July 2024}}

==Peace process==
In 2023, the leader Jibon Singha announced a formal ceasefire and the start of a peace process with the government with all the cadres staying in government provided camps or rehabilitation centres. The group is ready to disband after the peace agreement will be signed.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Kamtapur Liberation Organisation: History, Goals, and the Ongoing Peace Process|url=https://innercall.in/kamtapur-liberation-organisation-klo/|access-date=2025-08-31|website=Innercall}}</ref> After the peace deal was signed, a faction known as the KLO-KN, led by Wangchu and Karang Koch, broke away and continued armed insurgency.<ref>{{cite news |title=North Bengal minister Udayan Guha gets letter from terror outfit KLO demanding Rs 5 crore |work=The Telegraph (India) |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/north-bengal-minister-udayan-guha-gets-letter-from-kamtapur-liberation-organisation-demanding-rs-5-crore/cid/2015663 |date=25 April 2024}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Insurgency in Northeast India]]
*[[Kamata Kingdom]]
*[[Cooch Behar State|Koch Bihar]]
*[[Koch dynasty]]
*[[Koch Hajo]]
*[[Koch Rajbongshi people]]
*[[Uttar Bango Tapsili Jati O Adibasi Sangathan]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/assam/terrorist_outfits/klo.htm About KLO at SATP]
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