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Having begun in 1947, before Indian independence, the Naga conflict is the oldest insurgency of India. Not desiring to join the Indian Union, the Naga National Council, under the leadership of Zapu Phizo, declared Nagaland an independent state.
Naga nationalism is an ideology that supports the self-determination of the Naga people in India ... The NNC declared independence from Britain on August 14, 1947 ...
Under Phizo, the NNC declared their independence from the British on 14 August 1947, a day before India. In May 1951, the NNC claimed that 99 per cent of the Naga people supported a referendum to secede from India, which was summarily rejected by the government in New Delhi. By 1952, the NNC founded the Naga Army and led a guerrilla movement ...
On 14 August 1947, one day before India gained its independence, Phizo sent a telegram to United Nations and Delhi announcing his organisation's resolve to lead a free Naga nation. The telegram was intercepted by the district administration and never delivered. [ 15 ]
1946: February, The Naga Club was reorganized as a political organization called Naga National Council (NNC). 1947: 14 August, The Naga Army declares its independence from British rule. 1960: 6 September, The 16th Punjab Regiment of the Indian Army commits an act of mass murder against the village of Matikhrü. [3]
After India's independence in 1947, the question of the Naga Hills' political status emerged. Nagaland was a district in the State of Assam until 1957, known to others as "The Naga Hills". The Naga National Council, led by Zapu Phizo, demanded an independent Naga state and launched an
Temjenliba Imti or T. Aliba Imti was a pioneering Naga leader who was instrumental in the development of the post independence Naga Identity and freedom movement during the time of India's Independence in the 1940s. The Nagas live in the North East of India and were historically and Independent group of tribes.
One such struggle was the rise of the Naga National Council(NNC) which asked for independence outside of the Indian Council. Nehru was adamant that the Nagas were a part of the union. This caused a stalemate, which led to the Nagas declaring their independence on the 14th of August 1947, a day prior to Indian independence.