Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi, the Italian General and nationalist who played a major role in the Risorgimento, or the Unification of Italy, in the 1860s, came to be known as the ‘Hero of Two Worlds’ for his revolutionary military exploits in Europe and South America. He never pulled through the loss of his native Nice to France as the price for the French support for the Risorgimento.
Manipur Nagas declare restrictions ahead of Muivah’s visit to Senapati
To many Nagas, specifically in Manipur, the 91-year-old Thuingaleng Muivah is the hero of the Naga-inhabited world, divided between two countries — India and Myanmar. This world, covering more than 57,400 sq. km, includes the 13,329 sq. km Naga Self-Administered Zone of Myanmar’s Sagaing Division. Mr. Muivah is based at Camp Hebron, the central headquarters of his armed organisation, the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN), in adjoining Nagaland, but Manipur’s pre-bifurcation Ukhrul district is where his heart is, like most other members of his Tangkhul community, which dominates the district.
Ukhrul has, thus, been central to the goal of the unified Naga homeland of the NSCN, more familiar to the world beyond as the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland or the NSCN (I-M) that he has led since April 30, 1988. The Manipur government perceived this goal, though subdued since the NSCN (I-M) signed the Framework Agreement with the government of India on August 3, 2015, as a threat to the State’s territorial integrity and banned his entry until recently.
