Subhash Ghisingh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian Nationalist for Gorkhaland
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Place of Birth: Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
About Subhash Ghisingh
- Subash Ghisingh was the leader of Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) which he founded in 1980.
- He was the chairman of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council in West Bengal, India from 1988 to 2008.
- He spearheaded the Gorkhaland movement in the 1980s. The Gorkhaland movement grew from the demand of ethnic Gorkha (Nepali) living in Darjeeling District of West Bengal for a separate state.
- The Gorkhaland National Liberation Front led the movement, which disrupted the district with massive violence between 1986 and 1988, leading to the deaths of many who were involved.
- The issue was resolved, at least temporarily, in 1988 with the establishment of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council within West Bengal.
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