DSpace Collection:http://pucir.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/7402025-10-30T12:30:41Z2025-10-30T12:30:41ZA Durable Peace with a Weak Accord in MizoramLalnundikahttp://pucir.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/7412024-06-14T09:39:00Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: A Durable Peace with a Weak Accord in Mizoram
Authors: Lalnundika
Abstract: On June 30, 2020, Mizoram celebrated thirty-four years of peace after the signing of
the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of 1986, popularly known as the Mizo
Accord that put an end to the twenty-year-long Mizo war of independence
spearheaded by the Mizo National Front (MNF). The Accord, often hailed in both the
political and the academic fora as the most successful agreement of the Indian state
with an armed insurgent group and a model of conflict resolution, has in fact
withstood the test of time, generating durable peace. This article, however, debunks
the idea of the Mizo Accord as a model agreement by underlining its defects and nonimplementation,
and rather argues that sustainable peace in the state of Mizoram was
possible due to the social administrative system and political culture of the Mizos,
largely shaped and molded by civil society organizations2021-01-01T00:00:00Z