National Socialist Council of Nagaland | |
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Founder | Isak Chishi Swu S. S. Khaplang Thuingaleng Muivah |
Leader | Thuingaleng Muivah |
Dates of operation | 31 January 1980 | – present
Allegiance | United National Liberation Front of Western South East Asia (NSCN-K) |
Group(s) | NSCN-IM NSCN-K NSCN-KK NSCN-U NSCN-R |
Headquarters | Camp Hebron, Peren District, Nagaland |
Active regions | |
Ideology | Naga nationalism Christian nationalism[1][2] Maoism Separatism |
Political position | Far-left |
Slogan | Nagaland for Christ |
Size | ~5,000 (NSCN-IM)[3][4] <500 (NSCN-K)[5] 1,000+ (NSCN-U)[6] ~2,500 (NSCN-R)[7] |
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The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) is a Naga militant and separatist group operating mainly in northeastern part of India, with minor activities in northwest Myanmar (Burma).[2][10] The main aim of the organisation is allegedly to establish a sovereign Naga state, "Nagalim",[11] which would consist of all the areas inhabited by Naga tribes in Northeast India and northwest Myanmar.[4] India claims that China and Pakistan provide financial support and weaponry to the NSCN. Drug trafficking and extortion are believed to be other major sources of income for the NSCN.[citation needed]
There are two major factions of the NSCN, NSCN-K, which was led by S. S. Khaplang, and NSCN-IM, which was led by Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah.[12] Smaller factions comprise the rest of the NSCN. In 2015, in response to an attack on an army convoy in Manipur, India designated the NSCN-K as a terrorist organization under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.[13] India's Ministry of Home Affairs labels NSCN a major insurgent group.[14]
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Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) now provides a large component of finance, arms and logistic support to the NSCN-IM.
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