Nagaland conflict

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The ethnic conflict in Nagaland , a state in northeast India , has been a conflict between the Nagas and Kukis ethnic groups that has been going on since 1993 .

history

Immediately after the withdrawal of the British colonial troops in 1947, the Nagaland mountain peoples, who live in northeast India , demanded their own federal state. As a result of a first guerrilla war that began in 1954 and lasted until 1963, this requirement was met.

The first uprisings occurred in the early 1950s: The conflict initially began in Manipur between the Thankhuls , who wanted to overthrow and expel the Kukis who live in the Ukhrul district of Manipur, and the Kukis. The various groups involved in this conflict belong to several rebel groups, including the "National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah)" with the aim of creating a religious state based on Maoism , the "National Socialist" Nagaland Council (Khaplang) "with the aim of establishing an independent" Greater Nagaland "and the" Naga National Council (Adino) ".

After a brief armistice, war broke out again in 1969 and the Naga National Council ( NNC ) declared complete separation from India its goal. In 1975 the war ended, but the splinter groups of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland ( NSCN ) have continued the armed conflict ever since.

The uprising subsided in the early 1980s. In 1993 violence broke out again between the Nagas and the Kukis.

Organizations

  1. Naga National Council ( Naga National Council , NNC ): A political organization that was active in late 1940s and early 1950s. Under the leadership of Angami Zaapu Phizo , it became a separatist and, after Phizo went into exile in London, lost much of its importance
  2. " National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) ": Formed on January 31, 1980 by Isak Chishi Swu , Thuingaleng Muivah and SS Khaplang . They aim to create a "Greater Nagaland" ("Nagalim" or the "People's Republic of Nagaland") based on Mao Tse Tung 's approach.
  3. " National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) ": Formed April 30, 1988 due to the differences among the Naga peoples. His goal is to establish a "larger Nagaland" consisting of the Naga-dominated areas in India and neighboring areas in Myanmar.
  4. Naga National Council (Adinno) - "NNC-Adino": Successor organization to the NNC, now led by Phizos daughter Adinno
  5. Naga Federal Government : Separatist movement active in Nagaland during the 1970s . After their leader was captured and their headquarters destroyed, their activities plummeted.
  6. Federal Naga Army : Separatist guerrilla organization active in the 1970s. Several hundred members of the group, according to official reports, are trained in the People's Republic of China.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Uni Hamburg: The Nagas Conflict ( Memento from October 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ BMLV; Towards autonomy and secession in Northeast India (PDF; 181 kB)
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