INDIA’S LONGEST INSURGENCY MOVEMENT IN NAGALAND : IT’S HISTORY AND EVOLUTION

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Introduction Insurgency movement in Nagaland is the longest insurgency movement in India. Despite numbers of peace talks and peace accords between the Government of India and insurgency groups in Nagaland, considering the ongoing demands relating to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act , 1958 (AFSPA), it seems that the situation in not healthy and the

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AFSPA AND NAGALAND KILLINGS

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Introduction The Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958 (for short ‘AFSPA’) is an act of the Parliament of India that grants special powers to the Indian Armed Forces to maintain public order in “disturbed areas”. AFSPA has been very controversial legislation from its inception. Patricia Mukhim writes that the Northeast is not only less understood

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The Armed Forces (Special Power) Act, 1958 (AFSPA): Is it a blot on Democracy

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The Armed Forces (Special Power) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) was passed by the Parliament in September, 1958. While introducing the Bill in the Parliament in August, 1958, the then Home Minister Shri G.B. Pant had justified its necessity to tackle the menace of militant Nagas, who having formed the Naga Federal Government (NFG) under A.Z. Phizo

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