Mizo National Front uprising

Mizo National Front uprising
Part of Insurgency in Northeast India
Map of Mizoram state (formerly Mizo District)
Date 28 February 1966 – 25 March 1966 Location Mizo District, Assam, India. (present-day Mizoram) Result Uprising crushed Mizoram Peace Accord Territorial changes No territorial change: Indian Government recaptures the territories seized by MNF
Belligerents
India	Mizo National Front (MNF) Supported by:  China[1]  Pakistan[2][3]
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Gen. Sagat Singh Lt. Gen. Sam Manekshaw	President Laldenga Vice President Lalnunmawia Defence Secretary R. Zamawia Gen Secy. S.Lianzuala Foreign secy. Lalhmingthanga Aizawl Town Zero Hour Operation Leaders Lalkhawliana Lalnundawta Vanlalhruaia
Units involved
1st Battalion, Assam Rifles 5th Battalion, BSF 8th Battalion, Sikh Regiment 2nd Battalion, 11 Gorkha Rifles 3rd Battalion, Bihar Regiment	Mizo National Army Mizo National Army Volunteers
Casualties and losses
59 killed 126 wounded 23 missing	95 killed 35 wounded 558 captured

The Mizo National Front uprising (Mizo: Rambuai) was a revolt against the government of India aimed at establishing a sovereign nation state for the Mizo people, which started on 28 February 1966.^[4][5] On 1 March 1966, the Mizo National Front (MNF) made a declaration of independence, after launching coordinated attacks on the Government offices and security forces post in different parts of the Mizo district in Assam. The government retaliated and recaptured all the places seized by the MNF by 25 March 1966.

In the initial response of the government operations to suppress the rebellion in 1966, the Indian Air Force carried out airstrikes in Aizawl; this remains the only instance of India carrying out an airstrike in its own civilian territory.^[6][7] Counter-insurgency operations continued over the next two decades, although the intensity of the rebellion diminished over time progressively. In 1986, the government and the MNF signed the Mizoram Peace Accord, thereby ending the rebellion.