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Understanding Ethnicity-based Autonomy Movements: A Study of Manipur

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Since the 1960s, Manipur has been plagued by Meitei secessionist movements demanding/striving for independence from India. However, in the 1990s, following the upsurge of Naga ethnicity-based autonomy movement within the state and its counter movements by other groups, the secessionist movement was embroiled in internal feuds. In this process, grouping and regrouping of tribal communities had taken place, impinged by the predatory elites for their political and economic interests. Unfortunately, the state’s interventions failed to contain protracted conflicts; they rather compounded the situation, gave rise to hybrid ethnic identities and led to the recurrence of demands for internal autonomy.

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  • Komol Singha, 2017. "Understanding Ethnicity-based Autonomy Movements: A Study of Manipur," Studies in Indian Politics, , vol. 5(1), pages 55-66, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:indpol:v:5:y:2017:i:1:p:55-66
    DOI: 10.1177/2321023017698260
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