Archives
Mizo House Unanimous on Continuance of ILR
and the Centre where it was suggested that if the Mizos felt that their identity was not secure in independent India, they might secede from the Indian Union after ten years.
The resolution while stressing that the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873 (V of 1873) as amended by the Bengal Eastern Frontier (Amendment) Regulation, 1925 (V of 1925) should continue to remain in force in Mizoram said that this provision was not only protected by Article 372 of the Constitution but the accord signed between the Centre and the Mizo National Front on June 30, 1986, also provided that the ILR would not be amended or repealed without consulting the state government.
The resolution while stressing that the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873 (V of 1873) as amended by the Bengal Eastern Frontier (Amendment) Regulation, 1925 (V of 1925) should continue to remain in force in Mizoram said that this provision was not only protected by Article 372 of the Constitution but the accord signed between the Centre and the Mizo National Front on June 30, 1986, also provided that the ILR would not be amended or repealed without consulting the state government.
