The outfit was founded on 24 November 1964[3] with the following key personalities as its central committee members: UNLF have nothing to demand from the Government of India but instead it is fighting to regain the lost sovereignty [of Manipur].

E. N. Rammohan, the former Director-General of the Border Security Force, once wrote, "Of the five major (Imphal) valley underground groups, the UNLF's ideology is by and large intact.

[citation needed] They have several organized training camps within the northeast sector of India and the neighbouring countries of Myanmar and Bangladesh.

"[11] The Indian government ploy in the so called peace process in 'Western South East Asia' (WESIA) [Indian northeast region] is aimed at transforming the conflict between the peoples of the region with the government of India into a conflict between the peoples on ethnic lines.Drawing inspiration from the "charged political atmosphere" during the "Naxalbari uprising", he had dropped out of the higher studies at the Jadavpur University in Kolkata, and "picked up a gun and vanished into the forest" about 4 decades ago; and had remained underground since then.

[3] Civil rights activist Babloo Loitongbom, said that "there was an allegation that certain members of the UNLF had raped 20 women.