Background
-
200 tribal groups
- rich cultural heritage
- customs
- language
- British gave special administrative status
- isolationist approach
- outsiders could not acquire land
- very less impact of the freedom movement on N-E
- After Independence
- integration at their own pace
- GoI announced to make
- Assamese as sole official language
- strong & immediate reaction from hill tribes
- threat of losing their identity
- being assimilated under the policy of Assamisation
- First time insurgency in Naga Area
- Assamese as sole official language