National Socialist Council of Nagaland

The Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (Burmese: NSCN) is a Naga nationalist Christian paramilitary group operating mainly in Northeast India, with minor activities in Northwest Myanmar. The main goal of the organisation is to establish a sovereign state, "Nagalim", which would consist of all the areas inhabited by the Naga people; in Northeast India and Northwest Myanmar.

The NSCN has been declared as a terrorist organisation in India under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

Formation

Nagaland (NSCN) was formed on 31 January 1980 by Isak Chishi Swu, Thuingaleng Muivah and S.S. Khaplang opposing the Shillong Accord signed by the then Naga National Council (NNC) with the Government of India. The name of the Government is called, "The People Republic of Nagaland (Nagalim)". Later, a disagreement surfaced within the outfit leaders over the issue of commencing dialogue with the Indian Government. On 30 April 1988, the NSCN split into two factions; the NSCN-K led by S S Khaplang, and the NSCN-IM, led by Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah. The split was accompanied by a spate of violence and clashes between the factions.