The Nagas

Merhema khel Pawsey Archer 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Mokokchung Khonoma Pangsha Panso Pangre Mutongre 17:1 letters notes Next letter from Pawsey to Archer about independence Archer W.G. Previous Sema Lhota Ao 80 letter from Pawsey to Archer about independence letters notes NNC Merhema khel Pawsey ..
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Mills Archer 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Tsawlaw 17:3 letters notes Next letter from Mills to Archer about Naga independence Archer W.G. Previous Chang 80 letter from Mills to Archer about Naga independence letters notes Mills Archer Chang Tsawlaw 1947-07-27:1947-07-27 Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 ..
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Archer W.G. Mayang Nokcha 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 17:5 letters notes Next letters between Archer and Mayang Nokcha about NNC Archer W.G. Previous 80 letters between Archer and Mayang Nokcha about NNC letters notes Archer W.G. Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-24:1947-07-24 Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 17:5 ..
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Archer W.G. Mayang Nokcha 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Kohima 17:6 letters notes Next letters between Archer and Mayang Nokcha about NNC Archer W.G. Previous 80 letters between Archer and Mayang Nokcha about NNC letters notes Archer W.G. Mayang Nokcha Kohima 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 Archer W.G. 1946-01-01:..
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Archer W.G. Mayang Nokcha Kevichusa 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 17:7 letters notes Next letters between Archer and Mayang Nokcha about NNC Archer W.G. Previous 80 letters between Archer and Mayang Nokcha about NNC letters notes Archer W.G. Mayang Nokcha Kevichusa 1947-07-23:1947-07-23 Archer W.G. 1946-01..
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Archer W.G. Mayang Nokcha Gandhi Jinnah 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 17:8 letters notes Next letters between Archer and Mayang Nokcha about NNC Archer W.G. Previous 80 letters between Archer and Mayang Nokcha about NNC letters notes Archer W.G. Mayang Nokcha Gandhi Jinnah 1947-07-23:1947-07-23 Archer W.G...
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Archer W.G. Mayang Nokcha 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Kohima Dimapur 17:9 letters notes Next letters between Archer and Mayang Nokcha about NNC Archer W.G. Previous 80 letters between Archer and Mayang Nokcha about NNC letters notes Archer W.G. Mayang Nokcha Kohima Dimapur 1947-07-31:1947-07-31 Archer W...
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Archer W.G. Mayang Nokcha Kevichusa 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Lakhuni 17:10 letters notes Next letters between Archer and Mayang Nokcha about NNC Archer W.G. Previous 80 letters between Archer and Mayang Nokcha about NNC letters notes Archer W.G. Mayang Nokcha Kevichusa Lakhuni 1947-07-28:1947-07-28 ..
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Mills J.P. Archer W.G. Pawsey Adams 1946-01-01:1948-12-31 Khonoma Dimapur 17:11 letters notes Next letters from Mills to Archer about Naga independence Archer W.G. Previous 80 letters from Mills to Archer about Naga independence letters notes Mills J.P. Archer W.G. Pawsey Adams Khonoma Dimapur 1947..
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Hutton Mills 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Charali Nakachari Stn. Bengal to Charali diaries Hutton Mills Charali Nakachari Stn. 1947-07-09:1947-07-09 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 (2) 9 July. Charali. As the train ran through the afternoon sun, the flat paddy fields and scrub of Bengal sprawled on ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Lakhuni (Lakuni) Mokokchung walk to Mokokchung diaries Ao Lakhuni (Lakuni) Mokokchung 1947-07-10:1947-07-10 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 10 July, Lakuni. This morning Naga villagers gathered to serve as porters and we set off on the walk to Mokokchung, forty-two miles ..
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Damant 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 walk to Mokokchung village headmen diaries Damant Ao 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 12 July. Chungtia. We are now over the first two mountain ranges and I am exploring more and more Ao villages. As we trudge up the hills, the village headmen,..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 In the afternoon after the day's march is finished we go and visit a village. Today we went to Chungtia. As we approached along a shady footpath through..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung womens' dress diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Some of the Christian women had skirts and shapeless blouses, but the rest were naked above the waist and wore knee-length tightly swathed..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung graves diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As we neared the village, we passed the grave-yard. The Aos erect a little thatched shed above the grave on which samples of the dead man's ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The headmen received us at the gate and conducted us along the street. Dogs barked, sows and piglets scattered left and right, women with babies at ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung smoking diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Up on the bamboo verandahs above our heads old women sat grinning with their toothless mouths and puffing away at their pipes. Smoking seems ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung houses and house carvings diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Like many Ao villages Chungtia is built on a steep hillside and, although the front doors are on a level with the ground, the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung morung and morung carvings diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 In the middle of the village was the morung or bachelors' dormitory. It looked like the other houses but for privacy the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia Aliba visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung log drums diaries Ao Chungtia Aliba 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 But the most exciting things in Chungtia and its neighbour, Aliba, are the log drums. They are carved and hollowed from an ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chungtia visit to Chungtia walk to Mokokchung diaries Ao Chungtia 1947-07-12:1947-07-12 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As we left the village the light faded. The Brahmaputra was still a line on the horizon, but now it had turned to bright pink. Then the sun sank, the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung Mokokchung, a centre of Colonial Administration diaries Mokokchung 1947-07-14:1947-07-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 14 July. Mokokchung. At last we have reached Mokokchung. There is no village here - it is merely an artificial administrative centre with ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung Mokokchung, a centre of Colonial Administration District Officer's bungalow diaries Mokokchung 1947-07-14:1947-07-14 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Our bungalow is on the top of a hill with vast views of mountain ranges and deep valleys. This evening we seemed..
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Mayang Nokcha Subong Ao Aliba Imti 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Naga political consciousness prior to the formation of the Naga National Council (NNC) diaries Mayang Nokcha Subong Ao Aliba Imti 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 N Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 18 July. Mokokchung. Since our arrival the leading ..
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Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Naga reactions to news of impending Indian independence diaries Mayang Nokcha Angami Kacha Ao Lhota 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 When the news of Indian independence broke, it seems that the general Naga reaction was one of ..
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Kevichusa 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 NNC meeting at Wokha, June 1946 diaries Kevichusa 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1946-06-01:1946-06-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 These differences in viewpoint were fully existent when the N.N.C. met at Wokha, midway between Mokokchung and Kohima, in June 1946. At ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 various views on Naga independence from the newspaper 'The Naga Nation', from October 1946 diaries 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1946-10-01:1946-10-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 But although the Wokha resolution was passed unanimously the Angamis were not convinced and when ..
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Bardoloi Gopinath Roy J.M. Nichols Thakkar A.V. Brahma Rupnath Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 sub-committee elected in Delhi to advise on the constitution of the Naga Hills, December 1946 diaries Bardoloi Gopinath Roy J.M. Nichols Thakkar A.V. Brahma Rupnath Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-18:1947-07-18..
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Kevichusa Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 NNC meeting in Kohima, February 1947, agree to demand a ten year interim government diaries Kevichusa Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1947-02-01:1947-02-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 It was now that Angami dissatisfaction with the Wokha ..
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Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 sub-committee in Delhi reject demand for an interim government; resignation of Mayang Nokcha diaries Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1947-02-01:1947-02-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 A few days later Mayang left for the sub-committee's meeting in ..
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Kevichusa Mayang Nokcha Aliba Imti Thakkar A.V. 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kohima abortive sub-committee visit to Kohima, May 1947 diaries Kevichusa Mayang Nokcha Aliba Imti Thakkar A.V. Kohima 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1947-05-01:1947-05-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 After the Delhi fiasco, there..
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Hydari Sir Akbar 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 visit of Sir Akbar Hydari, newly appointed Governor of Assam, to Kohima, and agreement reached on a ten year interim government diaries Hydari Sir Akbar 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1947-06-01:1947-06-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 For three weeks after that..
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Mayang Aliba Hydari Sir Akbar 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 differing reactions to the Hydari agreement and the Khonoma groups secession from the NNC diaries Mayang Aliba Hydari Sir Akbar 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Opinion about this agreement now seems to be very divided. ..
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Aliba Imti 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 rejection of the Hydari agreement by the Delhi committee, June 1947 diaries Aliba Imti 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 1947-06-01:1947-06-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 A week after the Governor's visit, the Delhi Committee met in Shillong and Aliba Imti again ..
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Aliba Imti Gandhi Jinnah Mayang Nokcha Hopongki Imlong 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 diaries Aliba Imti Gandhi Jinnah Mayang Nokcha Hopongki Imlong Mokokchung 1947-07-21:1947-07-21 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 21 July. Mokokchung...
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 hymns and football diaries Mokokchung 1947-07-22:1947-07-22 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 22 July. Mokokchung. Yesterday afternoon the delegates were settling in and the school grounds were a gay and ..
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Kevichusa Nehru 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 the Governor's 'agreement' diaries Kevichusa Nehru Mokokchung 1947-07-23:1947-07-23 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 23 July. Mokokchung. This morning the N.N.C. had its first formal ..
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Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 right to decide own future after ten years diaries Mayang Nokcha Mokokchung 1947-07-24:1947-07-24 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 24 July. Mokokchung. Late last night agreement was reached...
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Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 decision of NNC to demand revised Governor's agreement or declare independence on 15th August diaries Mayang Nokcha Mokokchung 1947-07-25:1947-07-25 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 25 July...
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Mayang Nokcha Longri Ao 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung meeting of Naga National Council in Mokokchung, July 1947 diaries Mayang Nokcha Longri Ao Mokokchung 1947-07-27:1947-07-27 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 27 July. Mokokchung. All today the local Aos have been visiting Mayang and (21) ..
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Jinnah Bardoloi Roy Nichols 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 delegation of 'rebel' Nagas to Delhi, 18th July 1947 diaries Jinnah Bardoloi Roy Nichols 1947-07-29:1947-07-29 1947-07-18:1947-07-18 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 29 July. Mokokchung. News is at last coming through of the 'rebel' Nagas in ..
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Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mayang Nokcha agrees to go with the Delhi delegation diaries Mayang Nokcha 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 30 July. Mokokchung. The choice of Mayang's substitute has at last proved unnecessary. To everyone's relief Mayang decided this ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 head-taking in the tribal area diaries 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Meanwhile trouble of another kind has come to a head. Beyond the frontier lies a great tract of unadministered hills. The portion of it known as the 'control' area hugs the ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 head-taking in the tribal area two Kalyu-Kengyu villages attack a third diaries Kalyu-Kengyu 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 1947-03-01:1947-03-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 All this year head-taking raids have been gradually increasing. In March two Kalyu-Kengyu villages in ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Shamnyu Tsawlaw head-taking in the tribal area kidnapping of two children by Shamnyu as slaves for Tsawlaw diaries Chang Shamnyu Tsawlaw 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Then a little later, the Chang village of Shamnyu kidnapped two children and ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Pangsha Shamnyu head-taking in the tribal area Pangsha raid on Shamnyu diaries Pangsha Shamnyu 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 1947-06-01:1947-06-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 But the punishment of Shamnyu did not stop there. Thinking this too good an opportunity to waste, the..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Tsawlaw Wangpi head-taking in the tribal area Tsawlaw raid on Konyak village of Wangpi diaries Konyak Tsawlaw Wangpi 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 1947-07-01:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 This ended for the time being all raids in this area, but in the last three ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Banglao head-taking in the tribal area raid on Banglao diaries Banglao 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 1947-07-01:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Finally only a few days ago has come the news of a massacre at Banglao. Four villages on the edge of the Chang country ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 head-taking in the tribal area diaries 1947-07-30:1947-07-30 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Since head-taking is getting steadily worse, Bill has decided that a conference with the Deputy Commissioner must be held quickly. Proposals have already gone to Delhi for ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung diaries Mokokchung 1947-07-31:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 31 July. Mokokchung. Now that the Delhi delegation has left, Mokokchung seems oddly peaceful. One day is very like another and time drifts placidly by. But although we ..
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Shoizhu Zukoto 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung servants diaries Shoizhu Zukoto Mokokchung 1947-07-31:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Of our seven Naga servants, Shoizhu, our bearer, is the chief. He is more than forty but is as small as I am, a bare five feet. He..
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Kahutu Zehovi Aohukyu Rivhemo Sakhalu of Sakhalu Pawsey Pilow of Pangsha Shoizhu 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung training of interpreters diaries Kahutu Zehovi Aohukyu Rivhemo Sakhalu of Sakhalu Pawsey Pilow of Pangsha Shoizhu Mokokchung 1947-07-31:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung life in Mokokchung visits from villages diaries Mokokchung 1947-07-31:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 During the day villagers are always calling. They are a mixed crowd. There is the educated Christian Naga with his shirt, shorts, Wellington boots ..
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Pilow 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Mokokchung Pangsha life in Mokokchung visit from Pangsha diaries Pilow Mokokchung Pangsha 1947-07-31:1947-07-31 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Most of the callers are from villages in the administered territory which has now been under Government for fifty to ..
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