Hydari Agreement
Also called: Nine-Point Agreement · Topic: Regional Aspirations: J&K, Punjab, the North-East and Accommodation · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The Hydari Agreement, also called the Nine-Point Agreement, was signed in June 1947. The two sides were Assam Governor Akbar Hydari and the Naga National Council (NNC). It gave the Nagas autonomy, or self-rule in their own affairs, for ten years. Its last clause was unclear about what would happen after ten years, and the two sides read it differently. It matters because this disputed clause fed the Naga claim to full independence.
Example
The Nagas read the last clause as freedom to choose independence after ten years. The Indian side did not. Under A.Z. Phizo, the NNC declared independence on 14 August 1947, and an armed struggle followed.
Don't confuse with
- Sixteen Point Agreement (1960): signed with the Naga People's Convention. It led to Nagaland becoming a state in 1963, with Art. 371A. The Hydari Agreement came before independence and promised only ten years of autonomy.
Related concepts
- Naga insurgency
- Sixteen Point Agreement
- Shillong Accord
- Naga Framework Agreement
- Greater Nagalim
- Mizo National Front
- Mizo Accord