Identity Assertion Movement: Emergence and Role of the Mising Organisations

Abstract

In the political parlance of India today, the very term ‘Northeast’ has almost come to denote a region characterized by ethno-political movements. Since India’s independence in 1947, a decade is not witnessed without conflict, crisis and tension in the region. Instead of that, a new form of government with political unrest among the different tribal groups created a political turmoil in the region on the demanded for protection preservation of identity of their own. Sometimes those movements turned into a without form and lead to the way of secession or separation. The present-day movement of the Missing is created the total unrest in the region in the demand for an autonomous state. These movements originated due to the identity crisis and tensions of these tribes due to threat to the existence of their language, culture, customs and traditions.