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11 JUN 1927-8 JUL 1990 PU LALDENGA

Laldenga

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Laldenga
Chief Minister of Mizoram
In office
1986–1988
Preceded byLalthanhawla
Succeeded byLalthanhawla
Personal details
Born11 June 1927
Pukpui, Assam, British India(now Mizoram, India)
Died7 July 1990 (aged 63)
London, England
Resting placeTreasury Square, Aizawl
NationalityIndian
Political partyMizo National Front
Spouse(s)Lalbiakdiki
OccupationPolitician
Known forLeader of MNF
First Chief Minister of Mizoram state
ReligionChristianity
Laldenga was a Mizo politician and the first Chief Minister of Mizoram state in northeast India from 1986 till 1988. He is the founder of the Mizo National Front.
Originally a Havildar in the Indian Army, Laldenga later worked as an Accounts Clerk in the Government of Assam. Disappointed by the Government's indifference to the severe famine in the Mizo district in the late 1950s, he rebelled against the Government. As a leader of the Mizo National Front (MNF), he led a secessionist war seeking Mizo territory's independence from India. He was captured many times, and spent most of his time in exile inBangladesh. The guerrilla movement lasted for sixteen years till the Mizoram Accord was signed in 1986, by which he became the Chief Minister. He won the first Mizoram Legislative Assembly election under statehood in 1987, and continued at the Chief Minister office for another year. He died of lung cancer in 1990.

Early years[edit]

Laldenga was born on 11 June 1927 in village Pukpui in the Mizo district of Assam (now in the Lunglei district of Mizoram). He joined the Indian Army and served up to Havildar. He resigned from the army and joined civil service as Accounts Clerk under Government of Assam in Aizawl.

Secessionist movement[edit]

Laldenga joined a voluntary organisation called Mizo Cultural Society, formed in 1955, as its Secretary. The society became Mautam Front in March 1960 to work for relief due to the Mautam famine that affected the entire Mizoram (which was then a district council of Assam). The government could not make efficient effort to provide basic survival needs, and this prompted the need for more powerful pressure group. The organisation was then renamed Mizo National Famine Front (MNFF) in September 1960. This soon evolved into a political organisation and ultimately became the Mizo National Front (MNF) on 22 October 1961.
On the night of February 28, 1966, the MNF launched an audacious attack on the district's major towns, resulting in the March 1966 Mizo National Front uprising. It declared independence and called on the Mizos to rise against Delhi. The Indian Government responded by sending troops and aircraft on bombing missions. Villagers were uprooted from the hills and sent to Regrouped Villages built along the highways. For the next 20 years, violence continued in the Mizo hills with the fighters camping in East Pakistan. With the fall of East Pakistan in 1971, Laldenga's men scattered to Myanmar while he moved to Pakistan. After secret meetings in Europe with Indian officials, he returned seeking a peaceful resolution of the problem.[1]
During his guerrilla life, Laldenga was arrested on several occasions and spent 10 years in exile, mostly in Bangladesh and Pakistan.[2]

Peace Accord and last days[edit]

When Rajiv Gandhi became the Prime Minister of India in 1984, it encouraged a new wave of negotiation. Laldenga met him on 15 February 1985, and peace settlement was on its way. On 30 June 30, 1986 the official document entitled Mizoram Accord, 1986, Memorandum of Settlement was then signed by Ladenga, R. D. Pradhan, Home Secretary, and Lalkhama, Chief secretary. Ladenga became an interim Chief Minister, as the sitting Chief Minister Lalthanhawla stepped down to Deputy Chief Minister. Under the terms of the accord, Mizoram was granted statehood in February 1987. Laldenga and his party MNF won the first elections to the state legislature. However, defections toppled him from office in 1988.[3][4]
He never rose to political arena again due to chronic lung cancer. After he got medical treatments in New Delhi and New York, he headed for London. Just after landing on airport, he died on the way to hospital on 7 July 1990.[2] He was honoured with the first state funeralin Mizoram, and buried at the centre of Aizawl city.[5]

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Laldenga
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Laldenga was a Mizo politician and the first Chief Minister of Mizoram state in northeast India from 1986 till 1988. He is the founder of the Mizo National Front. Wikipedia
Born: June 11, 1927, Assam
Died: July 8, 1990, London, United Kingdom
Party: Mizo National Front
Succeeded by: Lal Thanhawla
Resting place: Aizawl
Organization founded: Mizo National Front
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