Adinno Phizo
Dimapur, October 10 (MExN): The Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) on Saturday said it was “naturally and deeply saddened” by the passing away of Adinno Phizo, President of Naga National Council (NNC), at Kohima on October 8 and said it “celebrate her life which was wholly dedicated to the service of the Naga nation.”
NPMHR Secretary General Neingulo Krome in a condolence message said it joins family members, near and dear ones and all friends and well-wishers in mourning her passing away, and prayed that the Almighty God give strength and comfort to all at this hour of grief.
Adinno Phizo, who took up the Presidency of NNC after her father Angami Zapu Phizo passed away in London in 1990, served the nation till her last breath.
Recalling her life, the NPMHR said after AZ Phizo took up the Presidentship of NNC, Adinno selflessly sacrificed her own well-being and committed herself to the service of the Naga nation.
“During the more than three decades of her Presidentship, the challenges that came her way must have been enormous and unbearable many a times as one could understand. But she simply stood the tests of time through her simple resilience and fortitude,” the NPMHR said. “God have been gracious and the Naga people were blessed,” it said.
The NPMHR said it will always remember and cherish some of the unforgettable and historical moments when it had profound conversations about the Naga nation from its early days and the histories surrounding it till the present day state of affairs. The first such discussion was held on August 2, 1999, at their home in London, along with her late brother Kevilevor Phizo, and again at her present day home at Kohima on September 9, 2023.
“In all these conversations, Adinno Phizo clearly asserted, time and time again, that 'Nagaland is never a part of India, Nagas are not Indians, and that no matter how long it takes… India will go away from Nagaland',” the NPMHR said.
The statement also recalled the history of the Naga political movement for freedom from subjugation and military occupation of the Naga homeland, saying countless Naga families sacrificed their all, juxtaposed with immeasurable human sufferings, death and destructions, and agonizing humiliations under acts of genocide, which were unknown and untold to the outside world as the then Naga country was completely cut-off and ravaged under a “blanket blackout.” It was under such a situation that the NNC and the Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) had to lead a political movement and defend the Naga nation from external aggression.
