| Mizo National Front uprising | |||||||||
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| Part of Insurgency in Northeast India | |||||||||
 Map of Mizoram state (formerly Mizo District) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 India |
 Mizo National Front Supported by:  China[1] Pakistan[2][3] | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Lt. Gen. Sagat Singh Lt. Gen. Sam Manekshaw |
President Laldenga Vice President Lalnunmawia Defence Secretary R. Zamawia Gen Secy. S.Lianzuala Foreign secy. Lalhmingthanga Aizawl Town Zero Hour Operation Leaders Lalkhawliana Lalnundawta Vanlalhruaia | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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1st Battalion, Assam Rifles 5th Battalion, BSF 8th Battalion, Sikh Regiment 2nd Battalion, 11 Gorkha Rifles 3rd Battalion, Bihar Regiment |
Mizo National Army Mizo National Army Volunteers | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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59 killed 126 wounded 23 missing |
95 killed 35 wounded 558 captured | ||||||||
The Mizo National Front uprising (Mizo: Rambuai) was a revolt against the government of India aimed at establishing a sovereign nation state for the Mizo people, which started on 28 February 1966.[4][5] On 1 March 1966, the Mizo National Front (MNF) made a declaration of independence, after launching coordinated attacks on the Government offices and security forces post in different parts of the Mizo district in Assam. The government retaliated and recaptured all the places seized by the MNF by 25 March 1966.
In the initial response of the government operations to suppress the rebellion in 1966, the Indian Air Force carried out airstrikes in Aizawl; this remains the only instance of India carrying out an airstrike in its own civilian territory.[6][7] Counter-insurgency operations continued over the next two decades, although the intensity of the rebellion diminished over time progressively. In 1986, the government and the MNF signed the Mizoram Peace Accord, thereby ending the rebellion.
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