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- Federal state of India
- separatist region
- own name: Nagalim
- name in Hindi: Naga Pradesh
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The Indian states do not have their own flags, except the former State of Jammu and Kashmir. The flag of Nagaland dates from 1947, when the "Federal Government of Nagas" declared the country's independence on 14th of August. It is plain light blue with a red-yellow-green arc and a six-pointed star white star in the upper corner. Today, of course, the flag is unofficial and represents still the independent Nagaland. Blue and also light blue is the colour of the Mongolian race to which the Naga belong. The six-pointed star could represent the six main ethnic groups of the Naga: Ao, Konyak, Angami, Sema, Lotha and Rengma.
Source:
UNPO,
Flags of the World,
Volker Preuß
Position within India:
Source: By Filpro - File:India dark grey.svg, CC BY-SA 4.0
Area: 6.400 square miles
Inhabitants: 1.980.602 (2011), thereof ca. 90% Naga peoples
Religions: 88% Christian, 9% Hindu, 2% Muslim, 0,3% Buddhist
Density of Population: 309 inh./sq.mi.
Capital: Kohima, 115.283 inh. (2011)
official Language: English
other Languages: Nagamese, Hindi
Currency: Indian currency
Time Zone: GMT + 5,5 h
Source: Wikipedia (EN)
10th century · immigration of the Naga from the areas of Mongolia and Tibet
15th century · Nagaland is border area of Tibet
17th century · Nagaland belongs to Assam
1832 · British conquest
1881 · Nagaland becomes a "British District"
1929 · the Naga recognize the British supremacy for the first time officially
1944 · the Japanese troops fail to conquer Nagaland
1947 · India becomes independent from United Kingdom, Nagaland does not want to join the Indian Union and declares itself independent as Federal Republic of Nagaland
1956 · invasion of Indian troops
1957 · Nagaland becomes subordinated under the Indian central government in Delhi as "Naga Hills and Tuengsang Area"
1960 · peace agreement between the Naga Nation Council and the Indian government
1963 · establishment of the Indian Federal State of Nagaland (joining to the Indian Union) however with special rights in the fields of religion, property and domestic relations law
1964 · the federal government of Nagaland starts again the armed struggle against the Indian central government
1975 · Peace Treaty of Shillong, Nagaland recognizes the Indian constitution and lays down the arms
1980 · foundation of the National Socialistic Council of Nagaland (NSCN)
1992 · struggles between the Naga and other ethnic groups, and again struggles against the Indian central government
1995 · the Indian central government declares Nagaland for a "Disturbed Area" and imposes the state of emergency and establishes the military rule
2015 · the Indian central government and the NSCN begin negotiations for an agreement
Source:
UNPO,
Wikipedia (EN)
The name "Nagaland" has its roots of course in the "Naga People". This is the state-forming ethnic group. Interesting is, that the name "Naga" is a foreign denomination for the many ethnic groups and tribes in the region. Those are namely very different and know actually no mutual collecting summarizing term and even not a communal spirit. This arises by pressure from outside.
Source: UNPO
