The North-East

The North-East region consists of seven states which are also known as the ‘Seven Sisters’. The North-East region was recognized in 1972 and this recognition has not ended the autonomy demands. The regional aspirations and the idea of the North-East region first came from the side of Bodos, Karbis, and Dimasas. These people demanded the separate states of the North-East. In 1985, the Assam Accord was signed between the Indian governmenr and the North-East region people to solve the problem of living outsiders in Assam.

• After the independence whole North-East region was part of the Assam state.
• Only Tripura and Manipur were separated from Assam.
• So many opposition, riots, and protests happened throughout the state for different problems and issues.
• The central government broke the whole Assam state and created more than three new states to suppress these problems. Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Arunachal Pradesh were the new states that were broken from Assam.
• In 1972, the central government recognized the seven states as North-East.
• Secessionist Movements in the Northeast happened due to the demand for autonomy in some regions or states like Mizoram and Nagaland.
• After 1947, the hill area of the Mizoram became the autonomous district of Assam.
• The movement became popular when the Assam government failed to tackle the great famine in Mizoram in 1959.
• This problem increased the anger of the people and they formed the Mizo National Front (MNF). Laldenga was their leader.
• Mizo National Front (MNF) is experienced in guerilla tactics and they got support from Pakistan. Pakistan gave shelter to this separatist somewhere in East Pakistan.
• In 1986, former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and Laldenga signed the peace agreement. In this agreement, Mizoram became a state and Mizo National Front (MNF) gave up on its secessionist struggle.
• After this peace agreement, Mizoram became the most peaceful state in India.
• The same incidents happened in Nagaland too. They started violent activities in the state.
• The government signed the peace agreement with the Nagas.
• There was no negotiation between the rebels of Nagaland and the government of India.

Class 12 Political Science Chapter 7 is entitled Regional Aspirations: Chapter 7 Regional Aspirations talks about the complex nature of India as per the Region and the Nation, different areas of tension like Jammu and Kashmir, The North-East, Punjab, Accommodation, and National Integration from an Indian perspective. The chapter also discusses the different aspirations of the tension areas in detail.

In this article, we are going to discuss the Class 12 Political Science Chapter 7 Regional Aspirations in detail.