| Abstract: | This work explores the unfinished state-making processes in Northeast India, with primary focus on the three most insurgency affected states of Northeast India- Manipur, Mizoram, and Nagaland. Although these states have formally integrated into the Indian Union, these states continue to witness contested claims over identity and territory. The demands for Greater Mizoram, Greater Nagalim, and the return of Kabaw Valley (Myanmar) to Manipur reflect ongoing dissatisfaction with existing political boundaries, which divided ethnic inhabitants in the three states bordering Myanmar. Recent political assertions by two Members of Parliament from the state of Manipur and Mizoram have reignited the debates, the debate over territorial connections between these states and Myanmar. This debate has produced a new agenda in the Indo-Myanmar relations. The current work argues that state-making in these regions remains incomplete, and remain much alive in the socio-political consciousness of the people. The paper highlights persistent tensions encompassing the three North-eastern states of Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland over the question of national boundary, ethnic identity, and historical grievances. |
