Frontier Nagaland is a region of the

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n state of

Nagaland Nagaland () is a States and union territories of India, state in the northeast India, north-eastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south, and the Naga Sel ...

. It comprises the eastern districts of Nagaland.

History

Earlier the region was part of Tuensang Frontier Division as part of

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(present day

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) until 1957. The area was transferred to Naga Hills District of United

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state until 1962 after which it became part of present day

. The division was renamed as Tuensang Naga Hills District.

Districts

The region comprises following districts, #

Mon district Mon District () is a List of districts of Nagaland, district of Nagaland, a state in India. It is the third-largest district in Nagaland in terms of area. The district has a population of 250,260 people. Mon, Nagaland, Mon Town is the headquart ...

Longleng district Longleng district (Pron:/ˈlɒŋˌlɛŋ/) is a hilly district located in the northern part of the Indian state of Nagaland. It is home to the Phom Nagas. Its headquarter is the Longleng town. The boundary of the district is well demarcated by ...

# Tuensang district #

Noklak district Noklak District is the 12th List of districts of Nagaland, district of the Indian state of Nagaland.The district is the home of the Khiamniungan Nagas, Noklak, the eponymous town, is the headquarters of the district. History Noklak district wa ...

Shamator district Shamator District is the 16th district of the Indian state of Nagaland. It was created on 19 January 2022 and was officially inaugurated on 4 March 2022. The district headquarter is located in the town of Shamator. History Shamator District was ...

Kiphire district Kiphire District (Pron:/ˈkɪfɑɪə/) is a district in the Indian state of Nagaland and the native home of the Sangtam Nagas. At , the district is the tenth-most populous district of Nagaland as of 2011. It was carved out of Tuensang distric ...

Separate state demand

Separate state demand has been raised by the region's apex organisation called Eastern Nagaland People's Organisation. They argue that the region which is already economically backward, is further being ignored by the state government and is given a step-motherly treatment. Basic infrastructure like road, communications, educational institutions, and medical institutions are in no condition to provide decent services. The demand has strong support in the region and is based on popular grassroots resolution encompassing every village council and tribal council, students organisations and general public of Eastern Nagaland. ENPO delegation has met the Union Home Minister

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who said that the grievances and request for a separate entity was understood. After several high level meetings between ENPO and the Government of India, the MHA has agreed to offer a 'Frontier Naga Territory', however they haven’t fulfilled the promise yet for which ENPO is still fighting. During

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, ENPO declared boycotted the election and voter turnout in these districts were almost zero percentage. On 9th August 2024, Nagaland

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MP S. Supongmeren Jamir raised the Frontier Nagaland question in the parliament. He cautioned the government of the socio-political consequences in the state for ignoring the status. He urged the

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to provide a status on the memorandum between the governments of India, Nagaland and ENPO.

References

{{reflist Geography of Nagaland