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1967
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The Mizo National
Front is outlawed.
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April
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Security forces
(SFs) arrest MNF 'Home Minister'Sainghaka.
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1967-69
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Regrouping of hill
population in ‘protected and progressive villages’ is adopted
to supplement counter-terrorism measures.
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1969
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Laldenga sends his
emissary, Vanlalngaia, to assess the climate for negotiations
with the Union government.
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March
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Church leaders write
to B. C. Cariappa, the Commissioner of Cachar and Mizo Hills Division
and the Union government’s Liaison Officer, conveying MNF 'finance
minister’ Lalkhawliana's intention of a peaceful settlement of
the Mizo issue.
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1969-70
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Army carries out
counter-terrorism operations against the MNF.
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1970
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Rifts surfaces within
the MNF. Laldenga and S. Lianzuala lead the hard-liners, while
MNF 'vice president' C. Lalnunmawia, C. Lalkhawliana, Thankima
and R. Zamawia, among others, lead the 'moderates'.
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March
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Laldenga removes
Lalnunmawia from the post of MNF 'vice president'.
Lianzuala appointed
new MNF ‘vice president’.
'Amy chief' Sawmvela
is replaced by MNF 'defence minister' Zamawia.
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November (to February
1971)
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Laldenga visits
China along with 'foreign minister' Lalhmingthanga. The Chinese
reportedly assure him of continued help, training facilities and
supply of arms.
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1971
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February
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Laldenga sends emissaries
to explore the possibility of a negotiated settlement with the
Government of India.
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August
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Union government
offers general amnesty and economic help such as a rehabilitation
package to surrendering MNF cadres.
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December
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MNF 'foreign secretary'
Lalhmingthanga, 'finance minister' Lalkhawliana and 'education
secretary' Thangkima and 14 other top-ranking MNF cadres surrender
to the Indian authorities.
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1972-1973
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Laldenga stays in
Karachi, Pakistan.
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1972
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January 21
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The Union Territory
of Mizoram comes into being.
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February
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Laldenga appoints
Biakchhunga as MNF chief.
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April 18
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Mizo Union Party
forms the first government in Mizoram after elections are held
to the 30-member Mizoram Union Territory (UT) Legislature. The
party wins 21 seats.
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May 13
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Lawrence C. Chhunga
becomes the first Chief Minister of Mizoram.
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November
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'Major' Demokhseik
Gangte leads a group of MNF cadres from Arakan Hills in Myanmar
to China. While passing through Kachin area in Myanmar they are
first intercepted by the Kachin Independent Army (KIA), but subsequently
guided to the Chinese border. KIA asks the group to give them
half the arms and ammunition they would receive from China.
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500 MNF cadres surrender.
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1973
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Dusk-to-dawn curfew
continuing for the past 13 years is lifted in the State; movement-by-permit
system is also abolished.
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November
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Laldenga sends his
aides, Zoramthanga and Zal Sangliana, to contact the Indian mission
at Kabul.
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December 28
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MNA cadres led by
'Major' Demokhseik Gangte that started its journey in November
1972 enter Yunnan (Tinsum county) in China and stay there for
three months and 10 days.
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1974
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January 10
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MNF cadres lay an
ambush on the convoy of Lieutenant Governor S. P. Mukerjee, who
survives bullet injuries.
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Mizo Union Party
merges with Indian National Congress.
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April 17
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Brigadier Sailo
founds a political party known as People's Conference.
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April
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The MNA group under
'Major' Demokhseik Gangte that had visited Yunnan in December
1973 starts its return journey after staying their for approximately
three and half months.
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August 20
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Laldenga, on a passport
issued by Pakistan in the name of Peter Lee, flies to Geneva to
meet an (unnamed) Indian official. In a letter addressed to Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi, he confirms willingness to return to India
for talks.
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1972-74
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Led by Lalhleia,
a band of MNF cadres indulge in large-scale abductions, extortion,
assassinations, murders, looting, arson, sniping and laying ambushes.
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1975
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January 13
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MNA 'Captain' Lalhleia
and three other MNA cadres kill Inspector General of Police G.
S. Ayra, Deputy Inspector General of Police L. B. Sewa and Superintendent
of Police Panchapagesan while they are in a meeting at the police
headquarters in Aizawl. The assailants escape from the incident-site.
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April 23
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'Colonel' Biakvela
leads another group of 20 MNA cadres to the Kachin area of Burma
(Myanmar) on their way to China.
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June 30
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Approximately 27
MNA cadres of the China team that had visited there under 'Major'
Demokhseik Gangte in December 1973 surrender to the Indian army
in Imphal after the Burmese Army killed two of their men in an
encounter.
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November 1975
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Differences surface
between Laldenga on the one hand and MNF 'vice president' Tlangchhuaka,
MNA 'chief' Biakchhunga and MNF 'president' K. Chawngzuala, on
the other, in Cologne, Germany, over the matter of talks with
the Union government. The meet decides Laldenga would seek the
mandate of an MNF convention in Arakan.
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1976
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January
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At a secret meeting
with Indian authorities, an MNF delegation led by Laldenga agrees,
among other things, to lay down arms and to seek resolution of
all existing problems within the framework of the Indian Constitution.
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January 24
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Laldenga arrives
in New Delhi.
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11-18 February
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MNF delegation led
by Laldenga and comprising of Tlangchhuaka, Chawngzuala and Biakchhunga
holds discussions with Union Home Secretary S.L. Khurana, Lieutenant
Governor S.K. Chibber, and Joint Secretary (North East) M.L. Kampani.
The MNF delegation, among other things, acknowledges that Mizoram
is an integral part of India.
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July
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Union government
and MNF issue a Joint communiqué based on the January 1976-secret
talks.
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People's Conference
leader Brig Sailo is under the Maintenance of Internal Security
Act (MISA).
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1977
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May 9
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Chhunga Ministry
in the State resigns at the end of its five-year term.
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May 18
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Union government
resumes talks to find ways to implement the July 1976 'accord'.
The talks fail and Laldenga is asked to leave the country by June
6, 1977.
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June 9
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A group of 62 MNF
and MNA cadres led by Sawmvela, ex-MNA 'chief', surrender arms
to Lieutenant Governor S. K. Chibber. They also declare that it
is 'immoral' to continue terrorism after the New Delhi accord
of July 1976.
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Union government
asks Laldenga to leave the country by November 21. He, however,
manages to stay on in Delhi and pursues further dialogue with
Home Minister Charan Singh through informal channels.
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May-December
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President's rule.
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1978
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March
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MNF's informal talks
with the government are discontinued as Laldenga refuses to give
up the demand for an interim government to be headed by him and
his 'party'. Laldenga continues to stay on in Delhi. On the other
hand, he allegedly asks the MNA to step-up subversive activities
against India.
MNA asks non-Mizos
employed in Mizoram to leave area by July 1979.
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May
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People’s Conference
Party led by Sailo wins elections in Mizoram and forms government.
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June 1978
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Sailo allegedly
helps cause a split in the MNF. Laldenga ousted as MNF President
and is replaced by Biakchhunga.
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1979
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May 8
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Brigadier Sailo
becomes Chief Minister of Mizoram for the second time after mid-term
elections to the Legislative Assembly are held.
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July 8
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Laldenga is arrested.
Subsequently, Biakchhunga and his followers also return to India
and surrender arms.
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1980
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April 4
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Laldenga holds talks
with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. All charges against him are
dropped. Laldenga also orders an MNF ceasefire and publicly disavows
terrorism.
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June 30
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Laldenga is released
from prison. Charges against him are also withdrawn.
Government suspends
counter-terrorism operations in Mizoram.
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1982
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January 20
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MNF and MNA are
banned under Unlawful Activities Act. Laldenga is asked to leave
the country.
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Restrictions on movement
and dusk-to-dawn curfews are renewed in the State.
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April 21
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Laldenga leaves
for London.
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1984
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Operations against
MNF are suspended.
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January 23
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Mizo National Front,
Mizo National Army declared unlawful, once again.
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March 23
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Three MNF members
die in an encounter with security forces (SF) in southern Mizoram.
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April 25
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Approximately 150
MNF cadres from various places are arrested ahead of the State
Legislative Assembly elections.
Two SF personnel
are reported killed at an unnamed place in the State.
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April 29
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Indian National
Congress wins 20 of the 30 seats in the Legislative Assembly elections.
Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi declares her intention to negotiate with the MNF.
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May 5
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Lal Thanhawla, Indian
National Congress leader, becomes Chief Minister.
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September 6
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The Union Territory
of Mizoram is declared a disturbed area for the next six months.
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October 29
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Laldenga returns
to New Delhi from London to hold talks with Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi.
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October 31
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Indira Gandhi is
assassinated. Talks with Laldenga do not resume.
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November 23
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Formal talks are
held between MNF and the new caretaker Union government led by
Rajiv Gandhi.
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December 20
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Talks are held between
MNF and Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi held.
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December 31
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Prime Minister Rajiv
Gandhi leads the Indian National Congress to victory in the Parliamentary
elections.
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1985
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February 15
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Laldenga meets Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Talks remain inconclusive.
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March 5
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Mizoram declared
disturbed area for the next six months under the Assam Disturbed
Areas Act, 1955.
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September 5
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Mizoram is declared
a disturbed area for another six months.
Talks resume between
Laldenga and Rajiv Gandhi.
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1986
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|
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June 26
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Mizo National Front
chief Laldenga formally renounces terrorism.
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June 30
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Mizo Accord signed
between Union government and MNF. The document is signed by Laldenga,
on behalf of the MNF, and Union Home Secretary RD Pradhan, on
behalf of the Government of India. Mizoram Chief Secretary Lalkhama,
too, signs the agreement.
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July
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Approximately 614
MNF cadres come over-ground at Parva and Marpara. Weapons, including
Light Machine Guns, are handed over to the authorities.
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August 5
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Constitution Amendment
Bill to confer Statehood on Mizoram is passed in the Lok Sabha,
India’s Lower House of Parliament.
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August 20
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Ban on Mizo National
Front is lifted.
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August 21
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Laldenga sworn in
Chief Minister of Mizoram.
Lal Thanhawla steps
down to make way for an MNF-Congress coalition government.
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August 25
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Chief Minister Laldenga
announces general amnesty for all MNF cadres who came over-ground.
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