Isak Chishi Swu (Aged 87) was born in 1929 in Chishilimi village in the erstwhile Naga Hills District (now Zunheboto district), Nagaland, India. His father, Kushe Chishi Swu, was the first Christian and evangelist from the Sümi Naga Tribe. Isak Chishi Swu was the chairman of the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN).
Together with Thuingaleng Muivah and S. S. Khaplang, Isak Chishi Swu was instrumental in the creation of the NSCN on January 31, 1980, after opposing the ‘Shillong Accord’ signed by the then Naga National Council (NNC) with the Indian government. He passed away on June 28, 2016.
Isak Chishi Swu
(1929 – 2016) – (Nagaland)
Isak Chishi Swu (Aged 87) was born in 1929 in Chishilimi village in the erstwhile Naga Hills District (now Zunheboto district), Nagaland, India. His father, Kushe Chishi Swu, was the first Christian and evangelist from the Sümi Naga Tribe. Isak Chishi Swu was the chairman of the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN).
Together with Thuingaleng Muivah and S. S. Khaplang, Isak Chishi Swu was instrumental in the creation of the NSCN on January 31, 1980, after opposing the ‘Shillong Accord’ signed by the then Naga National Council (NNC) with the Indian government. He passed away on June 28, 2016.
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