Agreement

Mizoram Peace Accord, 1986

A negotiated settlement ended two decades of insurgency, granting Mizoram full Indian statehood the following year.

What happened

On 30 June 1986, Laldenga and Indian government representatives signed the Mizoram Accord, under which India agreed to grant full statehood to Mizoram, constitutional protection for Mizo customary law and religion, recognition of Mizo as an official language, and Mizo land rights, in exchange for the MNF's agreement to cease violence.[1]

On 20 February 1987, Mizoram became the 23rd state of India; the MNF won the first state legislative elections, and Laldenga became Mizoram's first Chief Minister.[2]

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    Claim: On 30 June 1986, Laldenga, on behalf of the Mizo National Front, and Indian government representatives (Home Secretary R.D. Pradhan and Assam Chief Secretary Lalkhama) signed the Mizoram Accord (Memorandum of Settlement), under which the Indian government agreed to grant full statehood to Mizoram, constitutional protection for Mizo customary law, religion and social practices, recognition of Mizo as an official language, and Mizo land rights, in exchange for the MNF's agreement to cease violence and operate within the Indian constitution.

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    Claim: On 20 February 1987, Mizoram became the 23rd state of India with a 40-member legislative assembly; the MNF won the first state legislative elections, and Laldenga became Mizoram's first Chief Minister as a federated Indian state.

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