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Nagalim
(Greater Nagaland)
The purported objective of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah
(NSCN-IM) is the establishment
of a Nagalim (Greater Nagaland), consisting of all the Naga-inhabited
areas of neighbouring Assam, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and some portions
Myanmar, which it considers to be the rightful homeland of the Nagas.
Slated to be an independent State, the Nagalim lies in the Patkai
range between the 930 and 970 East longitude and
23.50 and 28.30 North latitude at the trijunction
of China, India and Myanmar. The proposed Nagalim spreads over
approximately 1,20,000 sq. km. in contrast to the present State of Nagaland
that has an area of 16,527 sq. km.
The NSCN-IM maintains
that at present Nagalim has been subdivided by the Government
of India into four different administrative units: Assam, Arunachal
Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland. Likewise, Myanmar too has claimed parts
of Nagalim and has divided it under two administrative units
of Kachin State and Sagaing division. Thus, the establishment of Nagalim
threatens to include large chunks of territories of three neighbouring
States, Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, along with some portion
of Myanmar.
The map of Nagalim, released by the NSCN-IM, claims the
Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills District of Assam. Besides, the
map is also shown to include parts of the districts of Golaghat, Sibasagar,
Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, and Jorhat. It also includes Dibang Valley, Lohit,
Tirap and Changlang districts of Arunachal Pradesh and significant parts
of the four of the seven districts of Manipur – Tamenlong, Senapati,
Ukhrul and Chandel.
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