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The Nagas entered the recorded history of the imperialist world in 1832, the year marking the beginning of their years of struggle against political and military domination, division of their land, destruction of their history, institutions and basic human rights by the outside forces. A few facts and figures are listed below:

• 1826 The end of the Anglo-Burmese War. British defeated Ava (Burma) in Ahom (in present Assam). Ava and British signed the Treaty of Yandabo in which Ava relinquished its interests in Ahom and in Meetei Kingdom (in present Manipur). It is claimed that they also reached a broad understanding of the limits of t he perceived spheres of influence of each side over the lands lying between the lands they controlled. This perceived limits of sphere of influence was later interpreted as their international boundary line.

• 1832 - 1879 Invasion and annexation of the Naga villages by the combined forces of the Ahom (Assamese) Kingdom, Meetei Kingdom and the British.

• 1840 - 1918 Wide-scale destruction of lives and property and forcible occupation of village lands by the Kuki nomads with British support following “Colonel Mcculloch’s Policy of planting Kuki settlements on exposed frontiers”.

• 1873 Introduction of Inner-Line Regulation for checking influx of businessmen into Naga areas.

• 1879 The Fall of Khonoma and the Peace Treaty (unwritten) between the British and the Nagas.

• 1889 The Nagas in Mokokchung area made peace with British marking the end of the armed resistance. British advanced into Naga country from two direction from Assam and from Manipur – leading to the division of the British controlled Naga Villages into 1) those under the Commissioner of Naogaon and Sibsagar (Assam), and 2) those under the Commissioner of Manipur.

• 1918 The first formal organization of the Nagas, NAGA CLUB" was formed.

• 1919 A portion of Nagalim was declared as "Naga Hills district" and classified as a "Backward/Tract" which is outside the purview of the Home Rule province.

• 1921 A large reserved forest of the Nagas transferred to the Assam Forest department for "management".

• 1929 First organized expression for self rule (Memo to Simon Commission opposing inclusion in the reorganization of India.) Ref. Government of India Act, 1935.

• 1935 The Naga Hills was kept outside India as an "Excluded Area by the Government of India Act, 1935.

• 1946 Setting up of Naga National Council (NNC) - the national political organ.

• 1947 February 20, Naga National Council (NNC) proposed for setting up of an Interim Government for a period of Ten years under the Guardian Power of India.

• June 1947 Sir Akbar Hydari, Assam Governor, and NNC entered into an agreement - The Nine - Point Agreement (Hydari Agreement);

  The Agreement envisages special responsibility on the Governor, as the agent of the Government of India, to ensure due observance of the provisions of the Agreement throughout the period of the Agreement that is ten years;

  Recognizes NNC as the sole national political authority of the Nagas with complete authority over land and its resources;

  Provide NNC with the option to extend the Agreement period or to go for new arrangement regarding the future of the Naga people, at the expiry of the ten years period.

• July 1947 "If you do not wish to join the Union of India, nobody will force you to do that," Gandhiji assured NNC delegation that had come to appraise him of the situation.

• 14 August 1947 NNC declared complete independence.

• 1948 NNC continued to pursue India to honor the Hydari Agreement.

• July 1948 NNC President A. Z. Phizo along with several other NNC leaders arrested and imprisoned while returning from a meeting with leaders of Indian union.

• November 1949 The Governor - General of India, C. R. Rajagopalachari assured NNC delegation that they were at full liberty to do as they liked, either to become part of India or to be separate if they felt it would be best in their interests. But Union of India went on with its plan of suppressing Nagas independence.

• 16 May 1951 NNC called for plebiscite. 99.9 % support was recorded in favor of Independent Nagalim.

• 25 January 1952 NNC launched civil - disobedience movement and successfully boycotted government offices, schools and the General election to the first Lok Sabha.

• September 1952 Assam Armed Police entered Naga Hills with power to requisition the services of any able-bodied Naga as porter, and went about committing sexual assaults, illegal detention, forced labor, and so on, on the Nagas. And Marwari merchants boycotted Potato supplies from the Nagas.

• Nov-Dec 1953 Nagas sent Twelve Member Goodwill Mission to Assam with the objective of eradicating suspicion, misunderstanding so as to avoid bloodshed and instead to secure understanding, friendship and the goodwill of the people of Assam.

• 22 March 1956 NNC established the Federal Government of Nagaland with an armed wing and began organized resistance against the Indian army operating in Nagalim.

• 6 September 1964 Cease-fire Agreement was signed between the Government of India and the Federal Government of Nagaland.

• 1964 - 1967 The Government of the Union of India and the Federal Government of Nagaland held Peace Talks that followed the Cease-fire broke up in 1967 without any result.

• 1972 The Indian Government unilaterally violated the Cease-fire Agreement and declared NNC and the Federal Government of Nagaland as Unlawful Association, by imposing a number of “Black Laws” to stifle the voice of the Nagas.

• 1975 India imposed a surrender pact on the Naga people through some of the Federal government leaders called the Shillong Accord.

• October 1975 The Naga National Assembly convened by Mr. Isak Chishi Swu, Vice President NNC, and Mr. Th. Muivah, General Secretary NNC, rejected the Shillong Accord as a sell-out and condemned the signatories of the Accord as traitors.

• January 1980 Formation of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN): activists of NNC/Federal Government of Nagaland regrouping on the Burmese side of the border, formed a new political organization, NSCN, with the declared objective of carrying forward the struggle for national independence.

• 25 January 1993 NSCN given admittance to the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) on January 23, 1993. This was a milestone in the history of Naga National Movement for complete sovereignty.

• 1997 Prime Minister of India announced in the Parliament the government's decision to enter into peace-talk with the NSCN.

• 25 July 1997 Unilateral Cease-fire declared by the Union Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland to begin "UNCONDITIONAL PEACE TALK".

RESPONSE OF THE INDIAN STATE

• 27-29 June 1947 Sir Akbar Hydari, the Governor of Assam, and the NNC entered into an agreement – The Nine-Point Agreement (Hydari Agreement).

  The Agreement envisages special responsibility on the Governor, as the agent of the Government of India, to ensure due observance of the provisions of the Agreement throughout the period of the Agreement that is ten years.

  Recognizes the NNC as the sole national political authority of the Nagas with complete authority over land and its resources.

  Provides the NNC with the option to extend the Agreement period or to go for a new arrangement regarding the future of the Naga people at the expiry of the ten years period.

• July 1947 The Constituent Assembly of India completely ignored the provisions of the Nine-Point Agreement.

• 15 August 1947 Independent India proclaims authority over the Naga areas. Expelled all the Naga students from Government schools for refusing to express allegiance to the authority of Independent India.

• June 1947 Both the Governor and the Prime Minister of Assam gave in writing that there was no question of non-implementation of the Nine-Point Agreement, and that the Draft Constitution was in no way inconsistent with the said agreement.

• 1953 The Maintenance of Public Order (Autonomous District) Act, 1953 is enacted, and with it began the history of imposition of inhuman and illegal laws on the Nagas.

• 30 March 1953 Indian Prime Minister Pundit Nehru visited Chime. The Nagas walked out of the meeting over Mr. Nehru's refusal to give them a hearing.

• April 1953 The Assam Armed Police entered the Naga Hills to arrest the NNC leaders.

• 1954 The Assam Rifles entered the Naga Hills.

• 7 June 1954 Indiscriminate firing upon the Chingmei villagers, killing many on the spot. Thirty-one villagers survived with bullet injuries.

• 15 November 1954 Sixty men, women and children of Yangpang village slaughtered by the Indian troops from Noklak Post.

• 27 November 1954 Chingmei village razed to ground by bombing.

• 1955 The Assam Disturbed Areas Act, 1955 introduced to further strengthen the Indian military campaign in Nagalim.

• 1956 Regular Indian Army joined the campaign. Bullet ridden bodies of Messrs. Thepfucha, Purhielie and Lhouphizhu strung against poles and displayed for several days at Chime market.

• 2 April 1956 The Naga Hills and the Tuensang Area handed over to the Indian Army, and its General Officer Commanding set up its headquarters at Chime.

• 1958 India imposed the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Regulation in Nagalim. This Regulation was converted into an Act on 11 September 1958.

• 1959 On 5 September, Mr. Nehru announced in the Lok Sabha that in between December 1958 and 31 July 1959 the Nagas have suffered 1568 casualties against India’s 334.

• 1962 - 63 The Naga Hills and the Tuensang Area were combined and reorganized as the State of Nagaland and placed under the External Affairs Ministry on 10 December 1963 in accordance to the 16 Point Agreement.

• 1965 Several MPs demanded in the Lok Sabha for arresting Mr. Jaya Prakash Narayan for saying “It is far more important to have friendly Nagas on our frontier closely associated with us in some new constitutional manner rather than unfriendly and discontented Nagas kept forcibly within the Indian Union”.

• 1970 - 79 Widespread destruction of lives and property in Naga villages continued. Sexual assaults were committed openly at many places.

• 1972 India declared the NNC, its political wing, the Federal Government of Nagaland and its armed wing, the Naga Army, as unlawful associations, and shifted Nagaland State from the Ministry of External Affairs to the Home Ministry.

• 11 November 1975 India obtained an accord – Shillong Accord – from a group of Federal leaders whereby the said leaders “on their own volition, accept, without condition, the Constitution of India” and to surrender arms and formulate, in due course of time, other issues for final settlement.

RESPONSE FROM HUMAN RIGHTS &
DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS

• September 1978 The Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) was formed to organize resistance against repression and political and economic corruption. It immediately came into contact with democratic rights working in different parts of India.

• 10-15 December 1978 The NPMHR observed a Human Rights Week in Nagalim. Its Activists held meetings with the public in many villages. In all these meetings a decision was taken to fight for the removal of the repressive laws and the occupational Indian armed forces from the Naga villages.

• 15 October 1979 A Silent Procession, organized jointly by 24 democratic organizations, was taken out in Delhi against the Indian Government’s attempts to suppress with military machinery the genuine political and economic demands of the Naga people.

• April 1980 The NPMHR submitted a letter to Justice O. Chinnappa for an intervention of the Supreme Court of India against the wide scale torture, sexual assault, abduction, defilement of religious institutions, etc. perpetuated in Nagalim by the Indian armed forces. Besides, the petition challenged the constitutionality of the Armed Forces (Special Power) Act.

• July 1982 The NPMHR’s letter admitted by the Supreme Court of India as a Writ Petition.

• August 1982 The East District Women Association, with strong support from the NPMHR, organized the first All Women’s Fact-Finding Team to investigate into the atrocities wantonly perpetrated by the Indian armed forces in Ukhrul District.

• 1983 The People’s Union for Democratic Rights, (PUDR), Delhi, filed a Writ Petition to the Supreme Court of India challenging the constitutionality of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act. NPMHR activist, Mr. Sebastian Hongray, files a Writ of Habeas Corpus on behalf of Messrs. C. Paul and C. Daniel.

• 14 February 1983 The PUDR succeeds in getting a Court direction restraining the Indian army from using churches or educational institutions as camps or interrogation centers.

• 14 February 1984 The Supreme Court of India in its historic judgement directs the Union of India to pay a compensation of one hundred thousand rupees each to the widows of late Messrs. C. Paul and C. Daniel.

• October 1987 The NPMHR filed Public Interest Litigation in the Guwahati High Court on behalf of the people of Oinam village and its surrounding villages for the atrocities perpetrated by the personnel of the 21 Bn. Assam Rifles during the Operation Blue-Bird from July to September 1987.

• 1992 The Guwahati High Court completed the hearing of the NPMHR's Petition but reserved the Judgement indefinitely.

A FEW BATTLES BETWEEN
THE NAGA ARMY AND THE OCCUPATIONAL ARMIES

8 February 1982 The Naga Army killed twenty-four personnel of the Indian Army (21st Sikh Light Infantry) and captured twenty-seven arms and thousands of ammunition rounds at Namthilok in the Wung (Tangkhul) Region.

9 July 1987 The entire company of the Indian Paramilitary (3rd Assam Rifles) was overrun by the Naga Army at Oinam village in the Shepoumaramth. The full arsenal of the company (about sixty SLRs, twenty-three Sten Carbines, ten LMGs, two two-inch mortars, three hundred hand-grenades, and thirty-four thousand live ammunitions) was captured. Apart from the ten killed who were on sentry duty, the rest rank and file surrendered and was, thus, left unharmed.

19 April 1988 The Naga Army commandos killed ten CRPF personnel and injured several others at Selungphung in the Zeliangrong Region.

4 June 1988 The Naga Army killed three Indian Army personnel including two majors at Ukhrul in the Wung (Tangkhul) Region.

26 February 1989 The Naga Army commandos seriously injured three Indian Paramilitary (20th Assam Rifles) personnel at Lungshangkong in the Wung (Tangkhul) Region.

1 September 1989 Against its loss of two comrades, the Naga Army killed twenty-nine Indian Paramilitary (BSF) personnel at Lainy village in the Wung (Tangkhul) Region.

1 September 1990 The Naga Army killed four Indian Paramilitary (Manipur Rifles) and injured two others at Makhang village in the Shepoumaramth Region.

10 April 1991 The Naga Army killed four Indian Army personnel and injured two others at Kachai village in the Wung (Tangkhul) Region and captured five arms.

11 June 1991 The Naga Army killed four Indian Army personnel including an intelligence officer at Jessami village in the Wung (Tangkhul) Region and took away Rs. 73,00,000/- (seventy-three thousand hundred rupees).

17 August 1991 Against the loss of one comrade, the Naga Army killed one Indian Paramilitary (Assam Rifles) personnel at Phungyar town in the Wung (Tangkhul) Region.

10 December 1991 The Naga Army commandos killed nine Indian Paramilitary (CRPF) personnel and a police sub inspector and a civilian at Lokchao village in the Khurmi Region.

12 June 1992 Against the loss of two comrades, the Naga Army killed fourteen Indian Army (1/5 Gorkha Regiment) personnel including a Colonel, a Major and a Second Lieutenant between Chezami and Lainy villages in the Chakhesang Region and captured ten arms.

5 August 1992 The Naga Army commandos killed seven Indian Paramilitary (BSF) personnel at Mahur village in the Zeliangrong Region.

24 August 1992 The Naga Army commandos seriously injured three Indian Army personnel at Humbum village in the Wung (Tangkhul) Region.

6 September 1992 The Naga Army killed seven Indian Paramilitary (3rd Assam Rifles) personnel and seriously injured eighteen others at Tamei village in the Zeliangrong Region.

9 January 1993 The Naga Army arrested eight Indian Paramilitary (VVF) personnel and took away fifteen rifles, one signal pistol and thousands of ammunition rounds in the northern part of Zomiland (the so-called Churachandpur district).

18 January 1993 The Naga Army killed one personnel of the Indian Paramilitary (Manipur Rifles) and took more than fifty arms and thousands of ammunition rounds at Tengnoupal town in the Khurmi Region.

1 February 1993 The Naga Army killed six Indian Paramilitary (CRPF) personnel and seriously injured five others at Taphou village in the Shepoumaramth Region.

2 March 1993 Three Central Industrial Security Force personnel were killed by the Naga Army at Surupathar in Golaghat District of Assam and captured one Sten Carbine and two SLRs.

On the same day, the Naga Army killed two Indian Paramilitary (CRPF) personnel at a place about 3 km from Zunheboto in the Sumi Region.

26 March 1993 The Naga Army killed three Indian Paramilitary (Manipur Rifles) personnel at Khudengtabi village in the Khurmi Region.

6 May 1993 The Naga Army killed five Indian Paramilitary (8th Assam Rifles) personnel at a place 5 km away from the Ungma village in the Ao Region and captured a good number of ammunition rounds and arms including SLRs and LMGs.

29 June 1993 Against the loss of two comrades, the Naga Army commandos killed twenty-six Indian Army personnel including two officers and injured four others at Khudei Lamkhei village in the Khurmi Region.

19 July 1993 Against the loss of its two soldiers, a crack team of the Naga Army killed forty-four personnel of the Indian Army (15th Assam Regiment) and critically injured more than twenty at Sita village in the Khurmi Region and captured fifteen arms, thousands of ammunition rounds, two walkie-talkie sets and one binocular.

31 August 1993 The Naga Army attacked a police camp and captured thirty-three rifles, one LMG, one revolver, and one thousand two hundred rounds of ammunition at Zunheboto town in the Sumi Region.

12 September 1993 The Naga Army overran an entire company of the armed police (NAP) of the puppet State and captured its whole armory consisting of seven LMGs, forty-eight rifles, twelve Sten Carbines, two 2-inch mortars and one hundred and fifty hand-grenades at New Beisumpui village in the Zeliangrong Region.

10 October 1993 The Naga Army killed two personnel of the 9th Bn Manipur Rifles and captured five rifles, two LMGs, one Sten Carbine, one pistol and thousands of ammunition rounds.

On the same day, the Litan Camp of the Manipur Rifles in the Wung (Tangkhul) Region was attacked by the Naga Army and captured one rifle and one LMG.

28 November 1993 Forty Indian Army personnel of the 15th Kumaon Regiment were killed and three others, including a major, were critically wounded by the Naga Army at a place in between Phesami and Shotumi in the Chakhesang Region.

7 December 1993 The Naga Army killed six Indian Paramilitary personnel of the 112th Bn Border Security Force and critically injured seven others at a place about 12 km from Aghunato in the Sumi Region.

22 December 1993 The Naga Army killed forty-one Indian Army (16th Maratha Light Infantry) personnel including the Commandant Col. K.K. Nair and critically injured fourteen others at Chungtia village in the Ao Region and decamped with thirty-four SLRs, three LMGs, nine Sten Carbines, two 9 mm pistols, one compass set, one wireless set, one 7.82 mm MMG, and thousands of ammunition rounds.

14 March 1994 A crack unit of the Naga Army attacked and killed one State Police Sub-Inspector and two Indian Paramilitary (16th Assam Rifles) personnel and critically wounded eight others including the notorious Col. Ajit Singh (whose one arm and a limb had to be amputated later) at the 4th Mile area near NEZ Complex in Dimapur of the Union Territory-I Region.

9 April 1994 Two personnel of the Indian Paramilitary (CRPF) were killed and twelve others were injured by the Naga Army at Kohima town in the Angami Region.

5 May 1994 The Naga Army killed one Indian Paramilitary (Assam Rifles) personnel near Kadi village in the Shepoumaramth Region.

8 May 1994 The Naga Army killed Major Sunil Bakshi and Captain Labh Singh of the Indian Paramilitary (20th Assam Rifles) at Ukhrul town in the Wung (Tangkhul) Region.

22 June 1994 The Naga Army killed two Indian Paramilitary (Assam Rifles) personnel and injured three others at Suruhoto village in the Sumi Region.

5 July 1994 The Naga Army killed three and critically injured eight personnel of the Indian Paramilitary (CRPF) at Mao town in the Shepoumaramth Region and Khuzama village of the Angami Region.

16 August 1994 Six Indian Paramilitary personnel of the Assam Rifles were killed and four others were injured by the Naga Army at Chassad area in the Wung (Tangkhul) Region.

On the same day, two Indian Paramilitary personnel of the 1st Assam Rifles were killed by the Naga Army at Haflong in the N.C. Hills.

17 August 1994 The Naga Army killed eight Indian Paramilitary (Assam Rifles) personnel and seriously injured seven others at Makui village in the Wung (Tangkhul) Region.

On the same day, the Naga Army killed twenty-three Indian Paramilitary personnel of the Assam Rifles and wounded thirteen others at Yangkhullen village in the Zeliangrong Region and captured a huge cache of arms including LMGs, 2-inch mortars, SLRs, and thousands of ammunition rounds.

18 August 1994 The Naga Army killed twenty-nine Indian Paramilitary (seventeen from the 3rd Assam Rifles and six from the BRTF) personnel and seriously injured twelve others at Yangkhullen village in the Shepoumaramth Region.

5 September 1994 The Naga Army killed about seven Indian Army personnel near Angprusu village in the Khurmi Region and decamped with five arms including an LMG and thousands of ammunition rounds.

25 September 1994 The Naga Army attacked a patrolling party of the Manipur Rifles at Laikhullel village in the Shepoumaramth Region and captured one LMG, one Sten Carbine, three rifles, and five magazines.

26 September 1994 The Naga Army overpowered a team of Manipur Rifles personnel and captured one LMG, one Sten Carbine with five magazines and two rifles.

18 October 1994 The Naga Army injured five Assam Police personnel at Police Wireless Station in Mahodeb Tilla near Haflong (N.C. Hills) and captured eight rifles, one Sten Carbine, one walkie-talkie set, and lots of ammunition.

22 October 1994 The Naga Army killed two Assam Police personnel at a place 60 km away from Haflong in the N.C. Hills.

4 November 1994 The Naga Army killed four Indian Paramilitary (Assam Rifles) personnel near Kasom village in the Wung (Tangkhul) Region and captured a good number of arms and ammunition including three hundred eighty thousand rupees.

5 November 1994 The Naga Army attacked the Manipur Police Headquarters at Tamenglong town in the Zeliangrong Region and captured forty-two rifles, two Sten Carbines, and thousands of ammunition rounds.

9 November 1994 The Naga Army killed two Indian Paramilitary (10th Assam Rifles) at Sadsukba Junction in the Desoi Valley of the Ao Region.

11 December 1994 Two Indian Paramilitary (CRPF) personnel were killed by the Naga Army at Kohima in the Angami Region.

20 December 1994 The Naga Army killed eleven Indian Paramilitary (CRPF) personnel and injured another ten near Tamei village in the Zeliangrong Region and captured eleven SLRs, one AK 47, and one pistol.

20 January 1995 The Naga Army commandos overran the entire 8th Bn of the State armed police at Hoshepu near Aghunato in the Sumi Region and captured two LMGs with two spare barrels and six hundred rounds of ammunition, five Sten Carbines with thirty magazines and one thousand six hundred rounds of ammunition, twenty-three rifles, one pistol, eighteen H.E. Bombs, one 2-inch mortar, one wireless set, two VHF wireless sets, eighteen para illuminating bombs, and one thousand seven hundred rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition and one hundred thousand of rupees.

24 January 1995 Seven Indian Paramilitary (CRPF) personnel including a Sub-Inspector were killed by the Naga Army at Lamdal near the Loktak Lake in the Zeliangrong Region.

25 February 1995 Sixty Indian Army and Paramilitary personnel were killed and twenty-six critically injured when the Demolition Squad of the Naga Army exploded RDX time-bombs inside the military compartment of the Indian Railways near Nilalong Station about 8 km from Diphu Town in Assam.

26 March 1995 The Naga Army attacked the Mrigantdisa Railway Station between Haflong and Mahor in the N.C. Hills and killed three and injured one personnel of the Railway Protection Force and captured a good number of arms and ammunition.

28 March 1995 Dr. L.V. Reddy, an anti-Naga Deputy Commisioner, along with his bodyguard, was killed by a special task force of the Naga Army at Kohima town in the Angami Region.

3 May 1995 The Naga Army killed six personnel of the Indian Army (Rashtriya Rifles) including a Major at Muojung about 60 km from Maibung town in the N.C. Hills.

11 May 1995 A special squad of the Naga Army killed Mr. Akangyanger Aier (IPS), Commandant of the State armed police (1st Bn), and his bodyguard at Padumpukhri in Dimapur of the Union Territory-I Region.

21 May 1995 The Naga Army attacked the United Commercial Bank at Kohima in the Angami Region and captured two Sten Carbines, one rifle, forty rounds of 9 mm and five rounds of 7.62 mm including six hundred and sixty-two thousand rupees.

23 July 1995 The Naga Army killed six personnel of the notorious Punjab Police Commando and critically injured four others at Rajgal Kachari village in the N.C. Hills and captured six sophisticated weapons.

30 August 1995 The Naga Army killed six Indian Army of the 20th Jat Regiment at Unger village of the Ao Region and captured six rifles.

2 December 1995 The Naga Army killed nine Indian Central Industrial Security Force near the Doyang Hydro Project in the Lotha Region and captured two LMGs, three SLRs, and two 9 mm pistols.

18 December 1995 The Naga Army killed five Indian Paramilitary (4th Assam Rifles) personnel including its company commander Major Pathak at Seigang village in the Wung (Tangkhul) Region.

6 February 1996 The Naga Army killed one Indian Army personnel at Akaheka village in the Ao Region.

7 February 1996 The Naga Army killed five Indian Paramilitary personnel of the 66th Bn CRPF including the Assistant Commandant Mr. Rohit Srivastava and injured five others at a place about 20 km away from Lailing Forest Gate in the N.C. Hills and captured wireless sets, a huge cache of ammunition and arms including AK 47, AK 56, and SLRs.

26 April 1996 The Naga Army killed three Indian Paramilitary (Assam Rifles) personnel and critically injured five others at a border area between Nagalim and Assam.

22 May 1996 The Naga Army killed Col. Sharma, the Acting Commandant of the 16th Indian Rashtriya Rifles, and injured nine others near Bhandari town in the Lotha Region.

30 June 1997 The Naga Army killed seven personnel of the Indian Paramilitary (3rd Assam Rifles) and seriously injured two others at the Peren road in the Zeliangrong Region. The Naga Army captured six arms, two hand-grenades, a wireless set, and over five hundred live ammunitions.

15 July 1997 The Naga Army killed one Indian Army personnel and injured four others at Dhobinala Police Point in Dimapur town of the Union Territory-I Region.