Thuingaleng Muivah (born 3 March 1934) is a Naga nationalist politician and General Secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (I-M).

Early career

He joined the

Naga National Council The Naga National Council (NNC) was a political organization and a tribal government of Naga people in the erstwhile Naga Hills District, British India, Naga Hills district of Assam (present-day Nagaland) in Northeast India. It was active from th ...

(NNC), an armed group campaigning for secession of Nagaland from India. He subsequently became the General Secretary of NNC. When a group of NNC leaders signed the

Shillong Accord of 1975 The Shillong Accord of 1975 was an agreement signed between the Government of India and representatives of Nagaland's underground organisations. The terms to which the underground organisations agreed included: acceptance of the supremacy of ...

with the Government of India, Muviah and some others denounced them as traitors.

NNC to NSCN

In 1980, a faction led by Isak Chishi Swu, S. S. Khaplang and Muivah broke away from NNC to form the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN). The NSCN was formed as a result of discontentment with the Shillong Accord, and continued secessionist activities abandoned by the NNC. The group later split into NSCN(I-M) led by Swu and Muivah, and NSCN (K) led by Khaplang due to major disagreements.

Peace talks

NSCN (I-M) under the leadership of Thuingaleng Muivah and Isak Chishi Swu signed a ceasefire agreement with the Government of India in August 1997 after decades of engaging in hostile fighting with Indian security forces. The major breakthrough of the peace talk happened on 3 August 2015 with the signing of a peace accord between Muivah-led NSCN(I-M) and the Narendra Modi-led Indian Government.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Muivah, Thuingaleng 1934 births Nagaland politicians Living people People from Ukhrul district Manipur politicians Indian independence activists from Nagaland Naga nationalism