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	Nagaland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Comprising the former Naga Hills District of Assam and part of the former North East Frontier Agency, Nagaland was made a separate state in 1963.
		The Nagas were once head hunters, believing that the release of the spiritual soul (mio), located in the head, would bring wealth and fertility to the possessor.
		The Naga territory remained split between Assam and the North East Frontier Authority after Indian independence in 1947, despite a vocal movement advocating the political union of all the Naga tribes; one faction called for secession from the Indian Union.
	www.culturalpursuits.com /nagaland.htm (929 words)

	Naga - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Naga (clan), a clan of Jats in India.
		Naga District, Mie, a former district in Mie prefecture, Japan.
		Naga District, Wakayama, a former district in Wakayama prefecture, Japan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Naga (338 words)

	Naga - Jatland Wiki
		Naga race was almost exterminated by Janamejaya, the Kuru king in Arjuna's line, who conducted the massacre of Nagas at Takshasila.
		Naga gotra (clan) of Jats are found in Nagaur and Sikar districts of Rajasthan and Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh.
		The villages inhabited by Naga Jats in Sikar district are - Dujod, Kanwarpura, Rampura, Sikar.
	www.jatland.com /home/Naga (735 words)

	Naga Summary
		The Nagas (with an estimated population of 3.5 million in 2000) are a group of tribes inhabiting Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, and Nagaland states in northeast India and neighboring areas of Myanmar (Burma).
		Naga (fantasy); members of any race (fantasy) with both snake and human characteristics may be called nagas.
		Naga District, Mie, a district in Mie prefecture, Japan.
	www.bookrags.com /Naga (710 words)

	Nagaland Summary
		In 1957, the Government began diplomatic talks with representatives of Naga tribes, and the Naga Hills district of Assam and the Tuensang frontier were united in a single political entity that became a Union territory - directly administered by the Central government with a large degree of autonomy.
		The Naga Hills rise from the Brahmaputra valley in Assam to about 2,000 feet and rise further to the southeast, as high as 6,000 feet.
		Nagas lack a common written language, and speak 60 different dialects belonging to the Sino-Tibetan family of languages.
	www.bookrags.com /Nagaland (1835 words)

	The Sampradaya Sun - Independent Vaisnava News - Feature Stories - January 2007
		The depiction of Nagas in the purely serpent form is found profusely in the temple art of the upper Mahanadi valley of Orissa at least from the 7th-8th century onwards, and became a favourite theme mainly during the Somavamsi rule, i.e.
		Naga in the reptile form is always associated with Lord Siva and therefore, most of the stone images of the Naga in the reptile form are found either inside the Siva temples near the Sivalinga or in the temple precinct.
		Four single-hooded Nagas in the theriomorphic form are carved in all four corners in the lower portion of this round Mastaka-portion of an early temple.
	harekrsna.com /sun/features/01-07/features524.htm (2089 words)

	Features-The Indo - Naga Ceasefire Agreement
		This setting up of the Naga Hills District Council was, in fact the forerunner of the so called Naga National Council, which have been actually an organization converted from the Naga Club established earlier.
		The primary objectives of the district tribal council so established by Pawsey were purely for the purpose of rendering some autonomy for the Naga hill district for the development of the welfare of the Nagas for whom he had great admiration.
		The Government of India therefore granted the Naga Hills District to the status of another full -fledged State (the 16th) of the Union which came into existence wef December 1, 1963 as was inaugurated by SVP Radhakrishnan, the former President of India.
	www.manipuronline.com /Features/June2002/Indo-NagaCeasefire21_1.htm (1104 words)

	Features- Muivah And The Meiteis
		Leaning more towards the ‘extremism’ preferred by the new leader Phizo, the Nagas of the Naga Hills District issued a bold declaration in June, 1947 to the effect that the Naga Hills which was administratively a district under the then greater Assam Province should cease to be a part of India when she attains independence.
		The anti-Indian attitudes and feelings of the Nagas had already been openly expressed as long as 1929 on the occasion of the visit of the Simon Commission, which had come to India to study the ground for Constitutional reforms as strongly demanded by her people to whom the British had decided to grant it.
		The Government of India therefore granted the Naga Hills district to the status of another full-fledged State (the 16th) of the Union which came into existence w.e.f 1st December, 1963 as was inaugurated by SVP Radhakrishnan, the former President of India with P Shilu Ao as the first Chief Minister of the State.
	www.manipuronline.com /Features/February2003/muivahandmeiteis08_2.htm (817 words)

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		The Naga animal appears to have been associated with Buddhism for a long time, according to the evidence of the statues of Naga built in the temples.
		In addition, the Naga was a servant of Lord Buddha in his last life and we can see many pictures and statues of Lord Buddha meditating under the shade of Naga's head, which means the Naga was the Lord Buddha's bodyguard.
		Whatever it causes it, the phenomenon of Naga fireball is a legend born in Mekong River, which has been part of the culture of the peoples in Pak-Ngum and Phonphisai districts for a long time.
	buddhistnews.tv /current/naga-fire2-101003.php (1208 words)

	Nagalim.NL News
		Naga village is often irregular in settlement patterns and situated mainly on hill tops or the shoulder of a spur, where it is warm, well-defended and there is adequate supply of water.
		Naga villages have their own demarcated boundaries viz., streams, rivers, ridges or stone (Though there are inevitable inter-village boundary disputes, which are common phenomenon even now).
		The Nagas living in these administrative transfer areas from the Naga Hills have their own kith and kin living in the present Nagaland State and is separated by the administration of the State.
	www.nagalim.nl /news/00000237.htm (4841 words)

	Nagalim.NL News
		It recalled that some years back a student hailing from the hill districts of Manipur, whose parent is an official employee in Nagaland and who topped the merit list of HSLC exam conducted by NBSE, was denied awards on the basis that she was not a Naga from Nagaland.
		The education minister further said that the Naga bodies under the strong dictate of NSCN (IM) submitted their report to the union HRD ministry that the Naga students were forced to learn Meitei Mayek in the schools.
		It is highly questionable whether the students in four hill districts really want to affiliate their schools to Nagaland board or whether the students are being instigated by some communal forces, Santosh said maintaining that there was no dearth of forces trying to sow the seeds of communal hatred amongst different communities in the State.
	www.nagalim.nl /news/00000399.htm (3723 words)

	Buddha's Naga
		A Nagaraja bore a treasure to Kanyakumari at the "foot" of India, and an ancient image of the naga was recovered and installed in a shrine at the spot where it was found.
		Since legend has it that nagas washed Gautama Buddha at his birth, protected him in life and guarded his relics after death, some believe that this refers to the term "naga" as meaning tribal or hill people, or possibly even the class of adepts or yogis that are sky-clad.
		And there are many tales of the conversion of Nagas to Buddhism, including the account of a naga of a lake in a forest near Rajagriha who was convinced of the benefit of Buddha-dharma.
	www.khandro.net /mysterious_nagas_2.htm (2341 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		K Padmanabhiah, the Centre’s Naga interlocutor, met with the nscn (im) leadership in Amsterdam in June and is readying for a further round of talks abroad.
		While conceding the concept of a ‘Naga peoplehood’ (a recent political concept unlike nationhood), the other view sees India as a plural society of over 4,000 communities or ‘peoples’ who have come together over time as free and equal partners in a democratic commonwealth with a shared sovereignty.
		It was the capital of the Dimasa Koch kingdom, conquered by the British and transferred to the Naga Hills district within Assam in 1936.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main5.asp?filename=op081404LEAD_ARTICLE2.asp (864 words)

	Our Mekong \| The Mystery of the Naga Fireball
		In addition, the Naga was a servant of Lord Buddha in his last life and there are many pictures and statues of Lord Buddha meditating under the shade of Naga's head, which means the Naga was the Lord Buddha's bodyguard.
		Uncle Kohmen, a 73-year-old native of Phonephisai district, said: "The beliefs about the Naga's fireball held by the Phonephisai and Pak-Ngeum people on the other side have been inherited (through the generations) for a long time and it is part of their lives.
		Whatever causes it, there is no question that the Naga fireball is a legend born in Mekong River and has long been part of the culture of the peoples on both sides of the river.
	www.ipsnews.net /mekong/stories/naga-fireball.html (1153 words)

	Naga Integration Movement: A Historical Perspective (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Nagas protest against the dissection of the Naga Hills and sullen to the political arrangement of Manipur.
		the Naga integration of Naga territories, as a matter of fact, is nearly as old as the freedom movement in India.
		The 31 August 2005 Kohima rally for Naga integration is one historic moment for the Nagas.
	www.mahapunjab.org /nagalim/articles/shimray01.html (1759 words)

	NAGA INSURGENCY -A confusion of war or peace!
		Whether or not Nagas are the indigenous in habitants of the present Nagaland from time immemorial may be a debatable question but as per recorded history, their resistance movement against the outsiders began when the British entered the Naga region with an expeditionary force in early 1830s.
		Since Nagas were not an organised community, the British formed a Naga Club in 1918 with a view to understand the socio-administrative problems of different rival Naga clans and accordingly included some of the Christianised village heads as its members.
		Naga Hills was accordingly placed under the Nagaland (Transitional Provision) Regulation 1961 with an interim body consisting of 45 members elected from different sub-tribes of the Nagas.
	www.saag.org /papers13/paper1256.html (4016 words)

	UNPO
		On July 19, 1947 a Naga delegation had met Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the Indian Nation, to assert the Naga’s intention to not be a part of the Indian Union.
		When the Nagas were invited by the Government of India to join the Union of India, which was formed and declared for the first time in history in 1949, it was rejected outrightly by the Naga people.
		The "National Assembly" of the Nagas held in August 1976 condemned the Accord as a betrayal of the Naga movement.
	www.unpo.org /member_profile.php?id=41 (2341 words)

	Naga District, Mie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Naga (名賀郡; -gun) was a district located in Mie, Japan.
		As of 2003, the district had an estimated population of 11,590 and a density of 106.33 persons per km².
		November 1, 2004-The district merged with the city of Ueno and Ayama District to form the of Iga, Mie and the district was abolished.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Naga_District,_Mie (108 words)

	Manipur: Blue Print for Counterinsurgency - E. N. Rammohan
		The FGN insurgency was initiated in the Naga Hills district of Assam in 1956.
		By 1980, the NSCN was operating in all the four Naga districts of Manipur.
		Chandel district has a number of smaller tribes — Maring, Anal, Chothe, Kom, whom the Kukis claimed to be part of the Kuki-Chin-Mizo group, but with the rise of the FGN and later the NSCN, these tribes claimed that they were part of the Naga group.
	www.satp.org /satporgtp/publication/faultlines/volume12/Article1.htm (7524 words)

	Naga students ready to talk on blockade :: NAGALAND ONLINE \| Nagaland News, Nagaland History, Festivals Of Nagaland, ...
		Imphal, July 25.(PTI): The All Naga Students Association Manipur (ANSAM), which has launched an indefinite 'economic blockade' on National Highway 39 in Senapati district since June 22, has agreed to hold talks with the state government to settle the issue.
		The Naga People's Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR), which has also taken strong exception to imposition of Armed Forces (Special Power) Act (AFSPA), said it was opposed to any 'unilateral' decision by the Centre about extending the Act in the state.
		The Disturbed Area Act has its genesis to Naga underground movement when it was clamped in mid-50s as large-scale violence erupted in erstwhile Naga Hills district of Assam.
	www.nagarealm.com /print.php?sid=960 (431 words)

	Nagaland News - 51
		NNC, which had declared "Naga Independence" on August 14, 1947 and launched the underground movement under the leadership of legendary A Z Phizo in 1950s, also appealed to international community and organisations to condemn the Centre's "habitual contradiction", which is an "insult to humanity".
		All three have sizeable Naga populations and feared the government was planning to shave off tracts of their territory to create a greater Nagaland -- a concept mooted by the NSCN.
		The Naga people will now realise that we have all along been saying the truth about not trusting the Indian government." Meanwhile, the mood among the Naga NGOs and other organisations (as reported earlier) has turned completely upbeat and is reflected by a flurry of activity in the Naga areas of Manipur.
	home.nycap.rr.com /nagaland/nnews51.html (2531 words)

	Chief Minister
		S.C. Jamir was born on October 17, 1931 at Ungma, a progressive village of Nagaland, in the present Mokokchung district.
		The hallmark of his life is work for the unity and integrity of the nation, peaceful solution of the Naga political problem and reconciliation and graceful rehabilitation of those who led the movement for Naga political awareness.
		He has been advocating forgiveness and reconciliation in Naga society particularly among the Naga undergrounds so that the Nagas could come together for a permanent settlement of the Naga Political issues through peaceful negotiations with the Government of India instead of resorting violent means.
	nagaland.nic.in /minister/scjamir.htm (1697 words)

	NAGALAND LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Nagaland was a district called Naga Hills within the State of Assam until 1957 when it was put under central administration with the nomenclature of Naga Hills Tuensang Area (NHTA).
		With effect from 6 March 1969, the seats allotted to Tuensang district were raised from 6 to 12 and the strength of the Legislative Assembly increased from 46 to 52.
		In the 1974 election, the people of Tuensang exercised for the first time their voting right of adult franchise to elect 20 members from Tuensang district and the strength of the Assembly was raised to its full strength of 60 members.
	legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in /States/nagaland/nagaland-w.htm (307 words)

	"Tale" of the Naga: Story in a Nutshell
		In 1929 Naga leaders stated that becoming part of British India would gravely endanger Naga interest and at the recommendation of the Simon Commission (The Indian Statutory Commission), the Government of India Act 1935 was passed.
		In July of that year a Naga delegation met Mahatma Gandhi, father of the Indian Nation, to assert the Nagas intention to not be part of the Indian Union.
		The "National Assembly" of the Naga held in August 1976 however, condemned the Accord as a betrayal of the Naga Movement, which led to the formation of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) on the 31st of January 1980.
	www.unpo.org /article.php?id=216 (1125 words)

	The Hindu : The ceasefire with the Nagas
		The Hindu : The ceasefire with the Nagas
		Nehru met the moderate Naga leaders who organised the Naga People's Convention on September 25, 1957, and told them ``The Government of India was prepared to consider changes in the administrative setup in the Naga areas, which may involve changes in the Constitution.
		This administration continued for about two years, while the Naga Peoples Convention consolidated its position and from October 22 to 26, 1959, met and passed ``a sixteen-point resolution to form the basis of negotiation with the Government of India for the final Naga political settlement''.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2001/07/04/stories/05042524.htm (1274 words)

	Subject wise list of USI Journals
		The policy of the British in administering the Naga Hills was one of defence and conciliation, not of coercion.
		The result of the awakening of the Nagas who had fought in France in the World War I, was an association called the Naga Club formed in 1918 with the joint efforts of the headmen and Government officials.
		In the case of the Nagas, one had to be doubly careful, not to alienate the people, and to show them that being with the Government of India would not in any way disturb their culture, or their traditions and way of life.
	www.usiofindia.org /article_Jul_Sep03_5.htm (4810 words)

	Bicol utilities in environmental projects
		Recognizing these facts, some water districts in this region have started to invest in modest environmental protection and preservation projects, all invariably geared towards not just ensuring sustainability of natural water resources but more importantly their safety and fitness for present or future use.
		Prime examples of these water utilities are the Metro Naga Water District (MNWD) and the Camarines Norte Water District (CNWD), operators of the water supply systems of Naga City and the provincial capital of Daet and six other adjacent towns in Camarines Norte, respectively.
		Significantly, both Alcantara and Ramores reported that since their respective water districts invested in environmental protection and preservation undertakings, notably watershed projects, they have not experienced the same problems that they have had in the past with the adequacy and quality of water supply.
	www.lwua.gov.ph /wd_features/wd_bicol.htm (821 words)

	District Profile
		One of the eleven districts of the state, Kohima is the first seat of modern administration as the Headquarter of Naga Hills District (then under Assam) with the appointment of G.H. Damant as Political Officer in 1879.
		The total population of the district stands at 314,366 (according to 2001 census).
		The important festivals of the district are the Angami Festivl Sekrenyi (celebrated on the 25th February), the Rengma Festival Ngada (celebrated in the last week of November) and the Zeliang festivals Hega and Chega Gadi (celebrated during February and October).
	kohima.nic.in /profile.htm (447 words)

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