Rohingya Patriotic Front
| Rohingya Patriotic Front | |
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| Participant in the Rohingya conflict | |
Emblem of the Rohingya Patriotic Front
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| Active | 1974–1982 |
| Ideology |
Rohingya nationalism Islamism |
| Leaders | Muhammad Jafar Habib Muhammad Yunus Nurul Islam |
| Headquarters | Buthidaung, Rakhine State |
| Area of operations | Rakhine State |
| Size | 70 |
| Originated as | Rohingya Liberation Party |
| Became | Rohingya Solidarity Organization |
| Opponents |
 Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
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| Battles and wars | |
The Rohingya Patriotic Front (abbreviated RPF) was a Rohingya insurgent group in Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). The group consisted of fighters led by Muhammad Jafar Habib, who was the former Secretary of the Rohingya Liberation Party (RLP).
In 1974, Muhammad Jafar Habib, the former Secretary of the RLP, founded the Rohingya Patriotic Front (RPF), after the failure and dissolution of the RLP. The RPF had around 70 fighters, and had Muhammad Jafar Habib as self-appointed Chairman, Nurul Islam, a Yangon-educated lawyer, as Vice-Chairman, and the Muhammad Yunus, a medical doctor, as Secretary General.
In March 1978, government forces launched a military operation named Operation King Dragon in northern Rakhine State, with the focus of expelling Rohingya insurgents in the area. As the operation extended farther into Rakhine State, tens of thousands of Rohingyas crossed the border, resulting in a large number of them seeking refuge around the border with Bangladesh.
In the early 1980s, more radical elements broke away from the Rohingya Patriotic Front, and formed the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO). The RPF ceased activity by the late 1980s.
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