Nagas & National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) UPSC Notess

Naga groups and insurgency issues – What are their demands – Progress of peace talks (Mains GS3)

Nagas & National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN)

Nagas are a hill people who number around 2.5 million people.
Living in the remote and mountainous country between the Indian state of Assam and Burma.
Nagas are an ethnic community made up of several tribes who live in Nagaland and its surrounding areas.
Belong to the Indo-Mongoloid Family.
Nineteen major Naga tribes, namely, Aos, Angamis, Changs, Chakesang, Kabuis, Kacharis, Khain-Mangas, Konyaks, Kukis, Lothas (Lothas), Maos, Mikirs, Phoms, Rengmas, Sangtams, Semas, Tankhuls, Yamchumgar and Zeeliang.

A Greater Nagalim (sovereign statehood), i.e. redrawing of boundaries to bring all Naga-inhabited areas in the Northeast under one administrative umbrella.
It also includes parts of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Assam, and Myanmar.
Separate Naga Yezabo (Constitution) and Naga national flag are also part of the demand.

In 1881, the Naga Hills became part of British India.
In 1918, the Naga Club was formed in an attempt to bring disparate Naga tribes together.
In 1946, the club became the Naga National Council (NNC).
1975- some factions of NNC and NFG (Naga Federal Government) agreed to give up arms.
Formed the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) in 1980.
In 1988, the NSCN split into NSCN (IM) and NSCN (K) after a violent clash.
NNC began to fade away
NSCN (IM) came to be seen as the “mother of all insurgencies” in the region.