Bulletin 2026-08UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.8Changes in the data

ConflictStats

Events and deaths in organized violence, as UCDP records them

Search

India: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 10 eventsP of organized violence in India in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 16P. The low estimate is 13 and the high estimate is 18P. UCDP counts 8P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 6 eventsP.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. India, August 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Arunachal Pradesh state10
Manipur state512
Punjab state22
Tripura state11
West Bengal state11

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Figure 1. Events in India, August 2026. The map shows 10 events with 16 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of India has each event.

Table 2. India, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
7 Aug 2026Ludhiana district, Punjab stateActor not identified by UCDP; Actor not identified by UCDPNon-state111
8 Aug 2026Unakoti district, Tripura stateGovernment of India; CiviliansOne-sided111
8 Aug 2026Amritsar district, Punjab stateGovernment of India; Kashmir insurgentsState-based111
14 Aug 2026Kangpokpi district, Manipur stateKuki; NagaNon-state212
14 Aug 2026Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh stateGovernment of India; NSCN-KState-based002
23 Aug 2026South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal stateSupporters of BJP; Supporters of TMCNon-state111
27 Aug 2026Kangpokpi district, Manipur stateUPF; CiviliansOne-sided545
28 Aug 2026Noney district, Manipur stateZUF; ZUF-KNon-state111
29 Aug 2026Noney district, Manipur stateZUF; ZUF-KNon-state111
31 Aug 2026Kangpokpi district, Manipur stateNSCN-IM; CiviliansOne-sided323

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. India: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP1P1P
Government of India3P2P
Kashmir insurgents1P1P
Kuki1P2P
Naga1P2P
NSCN-IM1P3P
NSCN-K1P0P
Supporters of BJP1P1P
Supporters of TMC1P1P
UPF1P5P
ZUF2P2P
ZUF-K2P2P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. India: events by type of violence, August 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict2P20%
Non-state conflict5P50%
One-sided violence against civilians3P30%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of India, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 202610P16PCandidate Events
July 20266P8PCandidate Events
June 20269P13PCandidate Events
May 202614P25PCandidate Events
April 202614P32PCandidate Events
March 202613P20PCandidate Events
February 202616P32PCandidate Events
January 202622P75PCandidate Events
December 2025835GED
November 2025841GED
October 20251315GED
September 20252552GED
August 20251724GED
July 20251227GED
June 20251835GED
May 202535114GED
April 20252682GED
March 20251467GED
February 20251769GED
January 20251662GED
December 20241533GED
November 20241737GED
October 20242379GED
September 20241643GED
August 20241722GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.

India: all figures

Cite this page

ConflictStats. India: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/india/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

The address of this page does not change. UCDP asks for a citation of its publications: Data sources and licences has it.