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The Naga National Council had two wings, the Naga Federal Government (NFG) —renamed Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) in 1959— and the Naga Army, [4] also known by other names, such as Naga Home Guard (preceded by the Safe Guard), [5] Naga Federal Army, [6] etc. [7] [8] After more than a decade of unfruitful talks with the Indian ...
The Army then conducted a special recruitment drive for all category of posts to recruit 325 Naga youths across the state. GOC Nagaland, Major General R. N. Kapur, said at least 3,000 Naga youths would be recruited in the Army, Assam Rifles and reserve battalions in 2014 and hoped the youth would avail the opportunity to join the armed forces. [11]
NSCN formed an underground Naga Federal Government having both civil and military wings, the Government of the People's Republic of Nagalim (GPRN), and the Naga Army. Later, a disagreement surfaced within the group's leaders over the issue of commencing dialogue with the Indian government.
The Naga insurgency, climaxing in 1956, was an armed ethnic conflict led by the Naga National Council (NNC), which aimed for the secession of Naga territories from India. The more radical sectors of the NNC created the Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN), which also included an underground Naga Army. [15]
The battle resulted in the loss of five Naga soldiers and approximately 380 Indian forces. [9] Following the declaration of the Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) on March 2, 1956, the Naga Home Guards and Naga Safeguards were consolidated to form the Naga Army. Kaito Sukhai was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Naga Army on March 22 ...
1960: 6 September, The 16th Punjab Regiment of the Indian Army commits an act of mass murder against the village of Matikhrü. [3] 1963: 1 December, The state of Nagaland was inaugurated as the 16th state of the Indian Union. 1975: 11 November, The Shillong Accord of 1975 was signed between the Naga National Council and the Government of India ...
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 26 August an Indian Air Force Dakota DC-3 registered HJ233 trying to drop relief materials and ammunitions to the besieged post was shot down by the Naga Army and its crew members led by Capt. Anand Singha and 8 others members were captured at Zathsü. Outraged by the act, the Government of India unleashed a heavy army operation in the ...