Excluded areas of British Empire were not present in any of the Hill districts of Manipur. Therefore, the movement for a separate united Naga tribal lands is null and void.
Today, some section of Tribal writers in Manipur are using the term "Excluded Areas" within Naga Hills to misrepresent that Nagas where not part of India or Manipur. They were not conquered even by British.
Need of the hour is people from Nagaland should come forward to tell the world that they are interested to integrate tribal lands from Manipur into Nagaland. 20 lakhs population of Nagaland should tell us that they need tribal from Manipur for developing Nagaland state! We can deport traitors from Manipur hills, same as we sent Coolies from the hills as Labour Corps during First World War.
Are they ready to accommodate around 5 lakhs of tribal from Manipur in their state? Are they ready to share job opportunities and budgets meant for developing Nagaland with these tribes from Manipur?
Are they ready to accommodate around 5 lakhs of tribal from Manipur in their state? Are they ready to share job opportunities and budgets meant for developing Nagaland with these tribes from Manipur?
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| Shri Rishang Keishing, former Chief Minister of Manipur and MP from manipur who weave the idea of Naga Integration Committee in Manipur. |
Nagaland Chief Minister, T R Zeliang should understand that there was no land called "Excluded Areas" within independent Manipur state. Every hills of Manipur were under the direct administrations of Manipur King.
In 1881, decisive British and Manipur conquests had led to the formation of a Naga Hills district which, under the 1919 Government of India Act, continued to be part of the province of Assam that had been carved out of East Bengal in 1912.
In 1921. the Naga Hills district was designated a "Backward Tract", placing it under the direct administration of the Assam Governor.. Following an order issued as early as in 1873, plain peoples were also required to obtain "Inner Line Permits" before entering the Naga Hills. This was done primarily to control over Assam and Naga Hills district effectively. This was the beginning of preventing encroachment on tribal land.
Whole Naga Hills district was included in the Backward Tract which sounds derogatory, since under the British rule, several parts of the Naga Hills were developing fast, coupled with introduction of Christinity and western education.
When Sir John Simon along with seven British MPs were designated to study the Constitutional reform in British India, they found the term "nauseating". Therefore, by new Government of India Act of 1935, the term was changed to "Excluded Area".
This means the areas are excluded from the competence of the Provincial and Federal Legislatures, not that they were no longer part of India. These excluded areas were ruled directly by the governor of Assam.
Before Manipur was granted a full fledged State of Manipur in 1972, some tribal from Manipur submitted memorandums to the Prime Minister of India in 1969. They have mentioned that, "the demand for a unified Naga State has been there since 1932...." Those traitors must understand that demand for unified Naga State was not from Manipur, it was the internal affairs of the Naga Hills district of British Empire.
A five member delegations of Naga Integration Committee, Manipur went to new Delhi and submitted a memorandum to Smt. Indira Gandhi on 26th July, 1968, demanding immediate merger of Naga inhabited areas of Manipur with Nagaland.
Traitors of Manipur were lead by Shri Rishang Keishing, secretary of Naga Integration Committee (NIC), Manipur; Shri Ng. Mono, President, NIC; R.S. Changson, President of Tangkhul Naga Public Conference; K Thungam, Secretary of Tengnoupal Naga Union; K Kakhuton, president of Zeliangrong Union, Tamenglong; Soso Larho, Secretary Poumai Progressive Union Mao; Chamaikho Larho, chairman of Mao Local Board, Thoukhal, president of Maring Naga Association, Tengnoupal and R Vio, president of Poumai Progressive Union , Mao.
The above traitors submitted to the Prime Minister of India stating "...... any idea that on granting Statehood to Manipur, the Nagas of Manipur will cease automatically their demand for integration into Nagaland shows complete misreading of the Naga political mind. The question as to whether Manipur got a Statehood or otherwise is hardly concerned with the Nagas. The talk of granting District Autonomy to the Hill people of Manipur has made no sense."
Why then hill people are Manipur are talking of Hill Areas Committee and Autonomous Councils in the State. Why are you asking for funds from the State of Manipur? Why are you complaining everything to the State of Manipur? Why are you demanding alternate arrangements in Manipur? Just go and settle in Nagaland. This is the best solution!
