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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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