Editing Self-determination (section)

=== Nagalim ===
{{Main|Naga nationalism}}

[[Naga people|Naga]] refers to a vaguely defined conglomeration of distinct tribes living on the border of India and Burma. Each of these tribes lived in a sovereign village before the arrival of the [[British India|British]] but developed a common identity as the area was Christianized. After the British left India, a section of Nagas under the leadership of [[Angami Zapu Phizo]] sought to establish a separate country for the Nagas. Phizo's group, the [[Naga National Council]] (NNC), claimed that 99. 9% of the Nagas wanted an independent Naga country according to a referendum conducted by it. It waged a secessionist insurgency against the Government of India. The NNC collapsed after Phizo got his dissenters killed or forced them to seek refuge with the Government.<ref name="SK_Chaube_Naga_Politics">{{cite book | last = Chaube | first = Shibani Kinkar | title = Hill politics in Northeast India | publisher = Orient Longman | orig-year = 1973 | year = 1999 | oclc = 42913576 | isbn = 81-250-1695-3 | pages = 153–161 }}</ref><ref name="Ranabir_Samaddar">{{cite book | last = Samaddar | first = Ranabir | title = The Politics of Dialogue: Living Under the Geopolitical Histories of War and Peace | publisher = Ashgate | year = 2004 | oclc = 56466278 | isbn = 978-0-7546-3607-6 | pages = 171–173 }}</ref> Phizo escaped to London, while NNC's successor secessionist groups continued to stage violent attacks against the Indian Government. The Naga People's Convention (NPC), another major Naga organization, was opposed to the secessionists. Its efforts led to the creation of a separate Nagaland state within India in 1963.<ref name="Hamlet2001">{{cite book | author=Hamlet Bareh | title=Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Nagaland | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b9-Ie-Vp6NoC&pg=PA78 | year=2001 | publisher=Mittal Publications | isbn=978-81-7099-793-1 | pages=78–79}}</ref> The secessionist violence declined considerably after the [[Shillong Accord of 1975]]. However, three factions of the [[National Socialist Council of Nagaland]] (NSCN) continue to seek an independent country which would include parts of India and Burma. They envisage a sovereign, predominantly Christian nation called "Nagalim".<ref>{{cite book | author=Dr. Kunal Ghosh | title=Separatism in North East India: Role of Religion, Language and Script | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_8ylAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT85 | date=1 January 2008 | publisher=Suruchi Prakashan | isbn=978-81-89622-33-6 | page=85}}</ref>