TNPSC Thervupettagam

The Demand for Kukiland

May 21 , 2023 339 days 467 0
  • The demand for a separate administration in Manipur is by the Kuki-Zomi MLAs after the clashes between the Kuki-Zomi tribes.
  • The demand for a separate “Kukiland” dates back to the late 1980s.
  • During the period, the first and largest of the Kuki-Zomi insurgent groups, the Kuki National Organisation (KNO), came into being.
  • The demand for a separate “Kukiland” intensified after the Naga-Kuki clashes of 1993.
  • In 2012, A group called Kuki State Demand Committee (KSDC) announced a Kukiland movement.
  • The KSDC claimed 12,958 sq km, more than 60% of Manipur’s 22,000 sq km area, for “Kukis and Kukiland’’.

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