Thuingaleng Muivah

Thuingaleng Muivah
Born (1934-03-03) March 3, 1934 (age 90)
Somdal (Shongran), Manipur, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationGeneral Secretary of the NSCN(I-M)
Organization(s)1964–1980 NNC
1980–1988 undivided NSCN
1988–present NSCN(I-M)
SpousePakahao Muivah
Parent(s)Shangkathan Muivah, Luimala Muivah

Thuingaleng Muivah (born 3 March 1934) is a Naga separatist politician and General Secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (I-M).[1]

Early career

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.[3]

NNC to NSCN

In 1980, a faction led by Isak Chishi Swu, S. S. Khaplang and Muivah broke away from NNC to form the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN).[4] The NSCN was formed as a result of discontentment with the Shillong Accord, and continued secessionist activities abandoned by the NNC. The group later split into NSCN(I-M) led by Swu and Muivah, and NSCN (K) led by Khaplang due to major disagreements.

Peace talks

NSCN (I-M) under the leadership of Thuingaleng Muivah and Isak Chishi Swu signed a ceasefire agreement with the Government of India in August 1997 after decades of engaging in hostile fighting with Indian security forces. The major breakthrough of the peace talk happened on 3 August 2015[5] with the signing of a peace accord between Muivah-led NSCN(I-M) and the Narendra Modi-led Indian Government.[6]

References

  1. ^ Horam, Chonmipem (12 August 2010). "Who is Thuingaleng Muivah?". Zeenews.com. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  2. ^ "A brief bio of Th. Muivah". Zee News. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  3. ^ A. S. Atai Shimray (1 January 2005). Let Freedom Ring?: Story of Naga Nationalism. Bibliophile South Asia. pp. 103–104. ISBN 978-81-85002-61-3.
  4. ^ Professor Ranabir Samaddar (28 May 2015). Government of Peace: Social Governance, Security and the Problematic of Peace. Ashgate Publishing Limited. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-4724-3493-7.
  5. ^ "Peace Accord with India". New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 14 November 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  6. ^ "On Th Muivah". Zee News. Retrieved 5 August 2015.


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