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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed wing of political party
guerrilla army
non-state armed group
alignment far-left politics
alsoKnownAs Maoist People’s Liberation Army
People’s Liberation Army (Nepal)
surface form: PLA (Nepal)
ceasefireAgreement 2006 ceasefire between CPN (Maoist) and Government of Nepal
commandStructure Central Military Commission of CPN (Maoist)
conflict Nepalese Maoist movement
surface form: Nepalese Civil War
country Nepal
disarmamentFramework Comprehensive Peace Accord of Nepal
surface form: 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
surface form: Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda)

Ram Bahadur Thapa (Badal)
operationalArea mid-western Nepal
rural Nepal
western Nepal
partOf Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
surface form: Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
peaceProcessRole party to the Comprehensive Peace Accord 2006
politicalWing Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
surface form: Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
postWarArrangement integration of some combatants into Nepal Army
rehabilitation of ex-combatants into civilian life
primaryOpponents Nepalese security forces
surface form: 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

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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 People’s Liberation Army (Nepal)
this entity surface form: PLA (Nepal)
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) armedWing People’s Liberation Army (Nepal)
this entity surface form: People's Liberation Army (Nepal)