pratiyogita darpan hindi Published this article page no 111 Manipur consists of diversity of various ethnic groups and thus have witnessed many conflicts the most important being the KukiNaga conflict. Kuki–Naga conflict which was mainly fought on land and identity issues o Identity issue In the last few decades the name Naga and Kuki have become the core subject of ethnic realignment and regrouping. For example Various tribes such as the Anal Chiru etc who were once designated as Old Kuki have now assimilated with the Naga tribes. Similarly among the Kuki there have been movements to distinguish the old from the new migrants like Thadou who are attempting to establish their cultural dominance in the region. Land issue Though hostility between the Nagas and the Kukis dates back to colonial times in 1990s conflict between these two broke out in the border town of Moreh leading to retaliation and counter retaliation in the southern parts of Manipur. his conflict was primarily over land large swathes land which the Kuki claim to be their homeland in the Manipur hills overlapped with Greater Nagaland or Nagalim envisioned by the Naga outfits as a sovereign Naga homeland. The proposed map of Nagalim consists of Nagaland and all contiguous Nagainhabited areas of Assam Manipur Arunachal Pradesh and across the international border Myanmar. Kukis consequently felt the need to organise themselves to protect their interests more forcefully on two parallel frontso From Nagas and o from the reciprocal distrustdislike for the majority Meitei community of Manipur. Similarly the conflict compelled the Nagas to form the Naga Lim Guard (NLG) for selfdefence against the aggressive Kukis on the other hand pratiyogita darpan hindi buy.
