Nagaland: Political history - Revision history

Jyoti: /* Dog meat */

2025-01-06T18:38:08Z

‎Dog meat

Jyoti: /* 1975-2015 */

2024-11-27T09:48:31Z

‎1975-2015

Pdewan: /* Naga peace accords: 1975-2015 */

2024-11-14T08:20:03Z

‎Naga peace accords: 1975-2015

Jyoti: /* Manipur: relations with */

2024-07-23T13:43:24Z

‎Manipur: relations with

Jyoti: /* BJP in Nagaland’s politics, elections */

2023-07-07T07:20:05Z

‎BJP in Nagaland’s politics, elections

Jyoti: /* National Socialist Council of Nagaland, Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM) */

2023-03-17T17:32:29Z

‎National Socialist Council of Nagaland, Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM)

Jyoti: /* 1816- 2021 Sept */

2023-03-12T16:18:04Z

‎1816- 2021 Sept

Pdewan: /* The position in 2022 Dec */

2023-02-22T10:17:32Z

‎The position in 2022 Dec

Pdewan: /* 2018: Naga women fail to break 54-yr jinx */

2023-02-22T10:15:40Z

‎2018: Naga women fail to break 54-yr jinx

Jyoti: /* 2022 */

2022-06-24T10:50:22Z

‎2022

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	According to the HC, such a ban by the executive, in the absence of any law on trade and consumption of dog meat, is liable to be set aside, even though the order itself was said to have been issued in accordance with a cabinet nod.		According to the HC, such a ban by the executive, in the absence of any law on trade and consumption of dog meat, is liable to be set aside, even though the order itself was said to have been issued in accordance with a cabinet nod.
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		+	=Eastern Nagaland=
		+	==2024: Autonomy offer==
		+	[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=18_12_2024_020_004_cap_TOI Dec 18, 2024: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Dimapur : A Naga group demanding statehood for six eastern districts of Nagaland announced that it had “temporarily” accepted Union govt’s offer to devise a mechanism for executive, legislative and financial autonomy, reports Bhadra Gogoi.
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		+	The offer was made at a tripartite meeting in Delhi involving Centre, the Nagaland govt and Eastern Nagaland People’s Organisation (ENPO), whose call for a boycott of Lok Sabha polls this year led to less than 1% of the electorate voting in Kiphire, Longleng, Mon, Noklak, Shamator and Tuensang districts.
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		+	The Dec 13 meeting was a follow-up to preliminary talks in Guwahati on Aug 13 at Union home minister Amit Shah’s initiative, sources said.
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		+	ENPO president Chingmak Chang and general secretary M Honang Konyak clarified that acceptance of the proposal didn’t mean giving up eastern Nagaland’s demand for “a separate state of Frontier Nagaland”. Chang said ENPO decided to settle for the proposed autonomy mechanism for now given the “difficulties” outlined by Union govt in carving a separate state out of the six districts.
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		+	The next tripartite meeting is scheduled for the second week of Jan to discuss what the Naga organisation said were “unresolved issues”.
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		+	ENPO said it was confident Amit Shah and Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio would honour the commitments made in Mon town on Feb 20, 2023, and in Tuensang the next day on behalf of NDPP-BJP coalition.

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 [http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=From-Shillong-to-Delhi-Muivah-came-full-circle-06082015020043 ''The Times of India''], Aug 06 2015
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 The attack on the Indian army was not by Muivah's faction, but by Khaplang's, and that gentleman is based in Myanmar. The source of his power extends across the border to Indian Konyak Nagas, particularly in Nagaland's Mon district. Khaplang abrogated his group's ceasefire with the Indian government earlier in 2015 and has thrown his lot in with the United Liberation Front of Western Southeast Asia (UNLFWSEA).It is unlikely that this new umbrella group will be kindly disposed to Muivah's new deal, nor will it stay any operations it undertakes, whether in Indian territory or in Myanmar.
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+[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=14_11_2024_026_010_cap_TOI Jayanta Kalita, Nov 14, 2024: ''The Times of India'']
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	“But now with the change here in Manipur, we believe the era is already over, not only in Nagaland and Manipur, but the whole Northeast. We should have that understanding because our needs are almost the same in every way ,“ he said. “We must now realize that when we have peace we can bring about development, but when there is no peace, as we have seen in the past, there is no development,“ he added.		“But now with the change here in Manipur, we believe the era is already over, not only in Nagaland and Manipur, but the whole Northeast. We should have that understanding because our needs are almost the same in every way ,“ he said. “We must now realize that when we have peace we can bring about development, but when there is no peace, as we have seen in the past, there is no development,“ he added.
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		+	=Mon district/ Konyak issues=
		+	==KSU asks immigrants without a valid ILP leave Mon district/ 2024==
		+	[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/leave-mon-district-student-body-to-immigrants-sans-nagaland-ilp/articleshow/111741397.cms Bhadra Gogoi, July 15, 2024: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	DIMAPUR: Konyak Students’ Union (KSU) has asked all immigrants without a valid inner line permit (ILP) to leave Nagaland’s Mon district immediately.
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		+	In a statement issued on Sunday, the KSU said non-compliance with the directive will invite “necessary action”.
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		+	It said the presence of unauthorised people poses a significant threat to the social and cultural fabric of “our community” while affirming its resolution to uphold the rule of law and protect the interests of Konyak people.
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		+	Expressing concern over increasing number of immigrants entering the district without ILP, it urged law enforcement agencies to conduct regular ILP checks at Namsa and Naginimora check gates with immediate effect.
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		+	It said blatant disregard for ILP regulations is unacceptable and undermines the legal framework meant to regulate and monitor the entry of nonresidents into “our district”. The union said it is imperative to enforce stringent measures to ensure that immigrants without valid ILP are not allowed into the district.
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		+	It urged respective villages and town students unions and law enforcement agencies to take the matter seriously and promptly address the issue.
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	= NSCN=		= NSCN=

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	No matter what their leadership say about reviving the alliance with BJP, many in NPF feel that the statement of the Church on Hindutva forces may help their party in the long run. “The Church has made our job easier. We don’t have to educate the people about BJP,” says NPF secretary Sebastian Zumvu. Describing the Church’s stand as ‘unfortunate’, Lhoungu says, “We don’t want to revolt against the Church. We want to ask the Church why it was quiet all these years when BJP was growing by the day.”		No matter what their leadership say about reviving the alliance with BJP, many in NPF feel that the statement of the Church on Hindutva forces may help their party in the long run. “The Church has made our job easier. We don’t have to educate the people about BJP,” says NPF secretary Sebastian Zumvu. Describing the Church’s stand as ‘unfortunate’, Lhoungu says, “We don’t want to revolt against the Church. We want to ask the Church why it was quiet all these years when BJP was growing by the day.”
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		+	=Dog meat=
		+	==2023: HC quashes ban on dog meat trade==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/article-share?article=07_06_2023_012_008_cap_TOI Mukut Das, June 7, 2023: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Guwahati : The Gauhati HC’s Kohima bench has quashed a Nagaland government ban on commercial import, trading of dogs and sale of dog meat in markets and dine-in restaurants, saying it “appears an accepted norm and food among people of Nagaland, even in modern times”.
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		+	The HC had earlier stayed the ban in November 2020 after three such traders licensed under the Kohima Municipal Council challenged the July 2020 curbs.
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		+	While emphasising dog meat as “acceptable food among the Nagas”, Justice Marli Vankung pointed out in her June 2 order that the “petitioners (the traders) are also able to earn their livelihood”. Justice Vankung noted that “canines and dogs have not been mentioned” under the definition of “animals” in theFood Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulation of 2011. The judge pointed out that such exclusion was “not surprising” as the “very idea of consuming dog meat is alien” to the country, barring some parts of the North-east.
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		+	“Dog meat is not considered the standard of food for human consumption and excluded in the definition of animals safe for human consumption. The thought of adding canine/dogs as an animal for human consumption under regulation 2. 5. 1(a) would beinconceivable, since consumption of dog meat would be considered unthinkable,” the HC said.
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		+	The HC said it does not find any grounds “not to accept” the account of dog meat being consumed by different tribes in Nagaland and “a belief” that it also has “medicinal value”.  The prohibition was clamped through an order issued by the Nagaland chief secretary. Justice Vankung held that “the chief secretary was not the appropriate authority to do so when the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 provides for appointment of a commissioner in a state for efficient implementation of the law.
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		+	According to the HC, such a ban by the executive, in the absence of any law on trade and consumption of dog meat, is liable to be set aside, even though the order itself was said to have been issued in accordance with a cabinet nod.
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	=Inner Line Permit (ILP)=		=Inner Line Permit (ILP)=

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	The spokesperson added that the government, in the `framework agreement' has recognized the Nagas' sove reignty and has also accepted that the Nagas are unique people with a separate entity and sovereign rights. “India has recognized the uniqueness of Naga history and culture. The Nagas were independent before the arrival of the British. Only a part of Nagalim was conquered by the British. There is no merger agreement between the Nagas and India. India invaded Nagalim and set up arbitrary boundaries “ the spokesperson further said.		The spokesperson added that the government, in the `framework agreement' has recognized the Nagas' sove reignty and has also accepted that the Nagas are unique people with a separate entity and sovereign rights. “India has recognized the uniqueness of Naga history and culture. The Nagas were independent before the arrival of the British. Only a part of Nagalim was conquered by the British. There is no merger agreement between the Nagas and India. India invaded Nagalim and set up arbitrary boundaries “ the spokesperson further said.
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		+	=Opposition parties=
		+	==2021, 2023: there were no opposition parties==
		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/article-share?article=10_03_2023_016_002_cap_TOI Prabin Kalita, March 10, 2023: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Guwahati : There will be no opposition in the Nagaland assembly for a second time as all political parties have offered their support to CM Neiphiu Rio, but it’s not clear whether they will be included in the government or considered “outside support” until a decision by the NDPPBJP alliance, according to Nagaland deputy CM YPatton of BJP.
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		+	Nagaland was “opposition-less” in 2021 too and was governed by an all-party government after renaming the People’s Democratic Alliance government of NDPP-BJP as the United Democratic Alliance (UDA). The sole party in the opposition then — NPF with 26 MLAs — joined the government along with an independent.
		+	The state took the same path after the February 27 polls, with NDPP-BJP winning 37 seats in the 60-member assembly. “Since the MLAs of most parties have submitted their letters of support to the government, who knowswhen we will have an opposition-less government. When the elected members give outside support, we will have to discuss and only after discussion will we take a decision. At present, we are comfortable with 37 seats,” Patton said.
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		+	As many as eight parties, four of them from outside the Northeast, have won in the just-concluded polls. Sharad Pawar’s NCP, which is the third largest party with seven MLAs after BJP’s 20, has extended support to the Rio government. So have NPP with three MLAs, and Lok Janshakti Party-Ram Vilas and Ramdas Athawale-led Republican Party of India, with two each, which are with NDA. The lone JD(U) MLA has also backed the government.
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		+	Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said all parties in the Northeast will eventually have to support the “country’s tallest leader” PM Narendra Modi. Sarma, however, declined comments when asked if Nitish Kumar will re-return to the NDA.
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	Also the NSCN (IM) is mainly dominated by Tangkhul Nagas of Ukhrul, Manipur, (to which Muivah belongs) and the Sema tribe (from which Isak hailed) of Nagaland. Both these tribes would not be very keen to be seen as backing down to the Centre after the government had already signed an agreement with the Naga National Political Group.		Also the NSCN (IM) is mainly dominated by Tangkhul Nagas of Ukhrul, Manipur, (to which Muivah belongs) and the Sema tribe (from which Isak hailed) of Nagaland. Both these tribes would not be very keen to be seen as backing down to the Centre after the government had already signed an agreement with the Naga National Political Group.
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		+	==1962-63> 1964: the first Assembly election==
		+	[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/northeast-diary-how-nagaland-elected-its-first-government/articleshow/98226156.cms Jayanta Kalita, February 25, 2023: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	Nagaland, which goes to polls on February 27, was carved out of Assam in the 1960s. The history of the first assembly election in this tribal state is replete with interesting facts and fascinating anecdotes.
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		+	The erstwhile Naga Hills was a district of Assam with just three assembly seats. It became a separate state on December 1, 1963, with the enactment of the State of Nagaland Act, 1962, by Parliament. It was P Shilu Ao, a bureaucrat-turned-politician, who played a key role in persuading the Centre to accord statehood on Nagaland.
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		+	Those were turbulent times as the Naga National Council (NNC) led by A Z Phizo just started a separatist movement calling for Naga independence. NNC is the parent organisation of various Naga rebel factions, including the NSCN (I-M), which is currently engaged in a peace process with the Government of India.
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		+	Nagaland, which goes to polls on February 27, was carved out of Assam in the 1960s. The history of the first assembly election in this tribal state is replete with interesting facts and fascinating anecdotes.
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		+	The erstwhile Naga Hills was a district of Assam with just three assembly seats. It became a separate state on December 1, 1963, with the enactment of the State of Nagaland Act, 1962, by Parliament. It was P Shilu Ao, a bureaucrat-turned-politician, who played a key role in persuading the Centre to accord statehood on Nagaland.
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		+	Those were turbulent times as the Naga National Council (NNC) led by A Z Phizo just started a separatist movement calling for Naga independence. NNC is the parent organisation of various Naga rebel factions, including the NSCN (I-M), which is currently engaged in a peace process with the Government of India.
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		+	The first-ever election to elect 40 members was a long-drawn process probably due to poor infrastructure and connectivity issues in the state. The polling was spread over seven days starting from January 10 to January 21, 1964. The counting of votes was taken up from January 17 to 19 and a Gazette notification of the results was issued on January 31. The first legislative assembly was formed on February 11, 1964.
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		+	The total number valid votes was 62,175 out of 62,720 polled in the first election. The state recorded 76.57 percent of polling. P Shilu Ao, who was elected from Impur assembly constituency, became the first chief minister of the state. Ao and five other ministers were sworn in by then governor Vishnu Sahay.
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		+	The state election office also documented what it called some “interesting incidents” related to the first election:
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		+	Just before the notification for election on December 9, 1963, a candidate enquired whether a person with two wives would be eligible for election.
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		+	After submission of the account of election expenses, some candidates approached the returning officers and chief electoral officer to ascertain the date by which their poll expenses would be reimbursed.
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		+	On the polling day, the presiding officer of a booth saw an elderly person trying to open the ballot box, but in vain, by holding it in between his knees. He apparently did so to insert the ballot paper. Needless to say, many people in remote areas of the state were not accustomed to the election process in those times.
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		+	In the Northern Angami (I) constituency, Z Vikrulie, a candidate whose symbol was mithun, canvassed with a black bull with ‘Vote for Vikrulie’ inscribed on its body. The bull was later seen roaming around Kohima town.
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 out of the 10 assembly elections, women voters
 outnumbered the men, showed a study
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	Nagaland’s 54-year wait for a woman MLA continues despite seeing the largest number of women candidates — that too just five — in the fray. NDPP’s Awan Konyak briefly looked like she would make history as she took the lead in Aboi. But the 39-yearold daughter of a former state minister lost by 905 votes. The state, which has more women voters than male electors, has never had a woman MLA and just one woman MP — Rano M Shaiza in 1977.		Nagaland’s 54-year wait for a woman MLA continues despite seeing the largest number of women candidates — that too just five — in the fray. NDPP’s Awan Konyak briefly looked like she would make history as she took the lead in Aboi. But the 39-yearold daughter of a former state minister lost by 905 votes. The state, which has more women voters than male electors, has never had a woman MLA and just one woman MP — Rano M Shaiza in 1977.
		+	==The position in 2022 Dec==
		+	[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/will-nagaland-elect-its-first-woman-mla/articleshow/98116760.cms Jayanta Kalita, Why Nagaland has more women voters but no women MLAs, Feb 21, 2023,''India Times- The Times of India'' ]
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		+	Nagaland has not elected a single woman MLA since it got statehood in 1963.
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		+	Nagaland has not elected any women legislators to
		+	the 60-member House since it got statehood in 1963.
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		+	[2022], S Phangnon Konyak (Rajya Sabha member)
		+	made history when she became the first woman
		+	Member of Parliament (MP) from this northeastern
		+	state in more than four decades.
		+
		+	Konyak is the second MP after Rano M Shaiza, who
		+	was elected from the state to the Lok Sabha in 1977.
		+	Nagaland sends one representative to the lower
		+	house of Parliament.
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		+	In its manifesto for the February 27 2023 assembly
		+	elections, the Rio-led Nationalist Democratic
		+	Progressive Party (NDPP) stressed gender equality as
		+	a key issue. The ruling party, which is contesting in 40
		+	seats, has fielded two women candidates — in
		+	Western Angami and Dimapur-III constituencies.
		+	Altogether four women candidates filed
		+	nominations for this assembly election compared to
		+	184 men, which shows a dismal gender ratio of 2.2%
		+	female as against 97.8% male.
		+
		+	2023 Besides the two NDPP nominees, the Congress and
		+	the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) put up one
		+	woman candidate each in Tenning and Atoizu
		+	constituencies, respectively.
		+
		+	In 2018, five women were
		+	in the fray, but none of them won.
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		+	''' A contentious issue '''
		+
		+	Women's representation in politics has been a
		+	contentious issue in Nagaland, a tribal state which is
		+	otherwise perceived as gender inclusive. In February
		+	2017, the state had witnessed violent protests over
		+	33% reservation for women in urban local bodies as
		+	mandated by Article 243(T) of the Constitution.
		+	The Naga Hoho, the apex tribal body of the state, and
		+	other outfits opposed women’s reservation, arguing
		+	this would violate Naga customary laws. Article 371(A)
		+	of the Indian Constitution protects Naga customary
		+	laws and procedures.
		+
		+	While all the stakeholders in Nagaland finally agreed
		+	to conduct
		+	urban body polls with the 33% reservation for women,
		+	the larger issue of customary laws is still seen as a
		+	major impediment despite a marked progress in
		+	education and awareness among women.
		+	Women candidates in assembly polls in Nagaland
		+
		+
		+	''' A peculiar trend '''
		+
		+	Interestingly, women voters tend to vote more than
		+	their male counterparts, according to an analysis of
		+	Election Commission’s data from 1969 to 2013. In eight
		+	out of the 10 assembly elections, women voters
		+	outnumbered the men, showed a study
		+	[https://www.academia.edu/6468837/Political_Status_of_Women_in_Nagaland[
		+	by Moamenla Amer, professor, department of political
		+	science, Nagaland University.
		+
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		+	NAGALAND: POLITICAL HISTORY]]
		+	[[Category:Politics\|N NAGALAND: POLITICAL HISTORYNAGALAND: POLITICAL HISTORYNAGALAND: POLITICAL HISTORYNAGALAND: POLITICAL HISTORYNAGALAND: POLITICAL HISTORYNAGALAND: POLITICAL HISTORYNAGALAND: POLITICAL HISTORY
		+	NAGALAND: POLITICAL HISTORY]]

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