• Dr. A.P.K. Singh

The question of autonomy movement under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India has a long history in Mizoram. The demand for autonomy by the Hmar, otherwise called as Manipur-based Hmar by the Mizo, is not the lone one. Earlier, autonomy under the Sixth Schedule had been granted to the Chakma, Lai and Mara communities inhabiting the southern region of the State. The autonomy demand of the Hmar people in Mizoram has been over 30 years. Following the signing of the Mizo Peace Accord in 1986, the Hmar tribes spearheaded their movement demanding creation of Autonomous District Council (ADC) for them in the north-eastern fringes of Mizoram State. For a long time, the demand for an ADC by the HPC (D) militant group is not yet settled. However, of late, the HPC (D) faction led by H. Zosangbera dropped its demand for ADC leading to the signing of the Memorandum of Settlement with the Mizoram Government. It seemed that the Hmar problem ended with the peace pact. This Paper intends to analyse the course of Hmar autonomy movement in Mizoram leading to the signing of the peace pact along with concluding remarks.

Discontentment, Ethnic unrest, Ethnic identity, Sixth Schedule, Autonomy movement, Autonomous District Council, Memorandum of Settlement.

"End of Hmar Autonomy Movement in Mizoram", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no.473-487, November-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811061.pdf

"End of Hmar Autonomy Movement in Mizoram", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 11, page no. pp473-487, November-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1811061.pdf