30/06/2025
Remna Ni' or Peace day, the 39th anniversary of inking the historic 'Mizo Accord', which ended 20-year long disturbance in Mizoram, will be celebrated across the state today.
Mizoram, then known as 'Mizo district', one of the districts of Assam, was plunged into insurgency when the MNF, led by Laldenga declared independence from the Union of India on March 1, 1966 by taking up arms.
Peace finally came to Mizoram when MNF President Laldenga, Union Home Secretary RD Pradhan and Mizoram Chief Secretary Lalkhama signed the accord on June 30, 1986 in the presence of the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Signing of the peace accord resulted in all the MNF combatants coming overground and laying down of arms in 1986, installation of an interim government headed by Laldenga as Chief Minister and the then Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla of the Congress as Deputy Chief Minister in a coalition government.
Mizoram, then a union territory, was elevated to a full-fledged state on February 20, 1987 and Laldenga became the first chief minister of the state with the MNF winning a majority in the elections held that year.
Since then, the state became one of the most peaceful states in the entire country and the accord was considered the most successful and time-tested accord ever signed with militant groups in India.