Zapuphizo : voice of the Nagas / Pieter Steyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steyn, Pieter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zapuphizo, d. 1990.

Zapuphizo.

Nationalists--India--Nagaland--Biography.

Nationalists.

Nāgāland (India)--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Nāgāland (India).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2010, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A central figure in the turbulent recent history of the region, Zapuphizo was the mastermind behind the Nagas' Demand for sovereign independence in 1947, the year when the British government transferred control to India and Pakistan. Steyn's book focuses on Zapuphizo's life, looking at his collaboration with the Japanese in World War II, his fight against India's military suppression of the nationalist Naga army, and his lifelong struggle to secure Magaland's independence. ""Zapuphizo: Voice of the Nagas"" also offers a fascinating look at a little known culture very different from those of

Contents:

Front Cover; Zapuphizo; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Chronology; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Khonoma 1832: Preparation; Chapter 2: Naga Tapestry; Chapter 3: Khonoma 1850: The Raj Attacks; Chapter 4: A Clash of Cultures; Chapter 5: Khonoma 1879: Destroyed; Chapter 6: Khonoma 1881: Reborn; Chapter 7: Nagaland for Christ; Chapter 8: Khonoma 1904: 'May His Name be Well-known'; Chapter 9: Touch and Go; Chapter 10: Prewar Burmese Days; Chapter 11: Wartime in Burma; Chapter 12: Arrest and Punishment; Chapter 13: Postwar Dilemma in Nagaland

Chapter 14: A Matter of SovereigntyChapter 15: Accommodation Elusive; Chapter 16: A Nation Usurped; Chapter 17: Ascendant Federalism; Chapter 18: Escape to Freedom; Chapter 19: Western Imponderables; Chapter 20: A Question of Genocide; Chapter 21: Himalayan Blundering; Chapter 22: A Serious Peace Proposal; Chapter 23: Crisis and Ceasefire; Chapter 24: USA Petitioned; Chapter 25: The China Option; Chapter 26: Clampdown and Coercion; Chapter 27: Accord in Dispute; Chapter 28: The Genius of Phizo; Afterword; Appendix 1: Nightwatch of the Nagas

Appendix 2: Memorandum to the Simon Commission, 1929Appendix 3: The Nine-Point Agreement of June 1947; Appendix 4: Governor of Assam Memorandum; Appendix 5: Extracts from the Naga Federal Constitution; Appendix 6: The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Regulation, 1958; Appendix 7: Extracts from an Indian Operational Order, 23 April 1959; Appendix 8: Transcript of the Desai-Phizo Talk, 1973; Appendix 9: Extracts of Michael Scott's Writings on Nagaland; Appendix 10: The Naga People's Convention Sixteen-Point Resolution; Appendix 11: Press Statement, 1960

Appendix 12: Phizo's Letter to UNO President, 1960Appendix 13: Terms of Cease-Fire in Nagaland, 1964; Appendix 14: B. K. Nehru's Policy Statement, 1 September 1972; Appendix 15: The Shillong Accord, 10 November 1975; Appendix 16: The National Socialist Council of Nagaland; Glossary; Chapter Notes; Principal Organizations; Bibliography; Angami Zupu Phizo's Genealogy

Notes:

First published in 2002 by Kegan Paul International.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-136-16326-3

1-283-71066-8

0-203-03865-7

1-136-16319-0

9780203038659

OCLC:

817889233