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The Shillong Accord of 1975 was an agreement signed between the Government of India, also referred to as the Federal government, or Union government, or Central government of India, and Nagaland's underground government, also referred to as the Naga Federal government and its Naga guerilla forces, to accept the supremacy of Constitution of India without condition, surrender their arms and ...
He joined the Naga National Council (NNC), an armed group campaigning for secession of Nagaland from India. [2] He subsequently became the General Secretary of NNC. When a group of NNC leaders signed the Shillong Accord of 1975 with the Government of India, Muviah and some others denounced them as traitors.
In 1975, a peace accord between the government and the NNC was signed. Called the Shillong Accord, according to the agreement, the NNC promised to give up arms, but several senior leaders within the NNC did not agree with the agreement and broke away to float their own factions. One such faction was the NSCN, which later split to form the NSCN ...
As Joint Secretary in Home Ministry he was instrumental in drafting the Shillong Accord of 1975 with Nagaland Peace Council and Nagaland underground. The Indian government was represented by Lallan Prasad Singh, Governor of Nagaland. The governor was assisted by M L Kampani, who as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), was the ...
The accord —between the Government of India and "Underground Representatives" whose rank or status in the Naga army or the Federal Government of Nagaland were not even mentioned— stipulated that the armament of the Naga guerrillas should be deposited in agreed spots. However, those inspecting the implementation of the accord observed that ...
The insurgents soon agreed to surrender and signed the Shillong Accord in 1975. [27] While the agreement was considered a victory for the Indian government and ended large-scale conflicts, [28] there has since been spurts of violence by rebel holdouts and ethnic conflict amongst the tribes. [28]
Shillong Accord was finally accepted on 5 December 1975, apparently opening a new political history in Nagaland bringing peace. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Shillong Accord of 1975, however, was bluntly rejected by Isak Swu and Muivah, who were demanding not less than unquestionable sovereignty; thus, National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN ...
On 11 November 1975, a 6-member delegation, which included Phizo's brother Kevi Yallay, signed the Shillong Peace Accord with the Government of India. [23] NNC's Vice President Isak Chishi Swu and General Secretary Thuingaleng Muivah denounced the Accord, calling it a "complete sellout of the Naga rights". [23]