52nd anniversary of Indo-Naga Ceasefire Day observed

Nagaland observed 52nd anniversary of Indo-Naga Ceasefire Day, also known as Peace Day signed between the then leaders Naga National Council and Government of India in 1964.
"The ceasefire of September 6, 1964 is not the beginning of our political aspiration ... It is just an interim relief and in itself is not final," said Reverend Zelhou Keyho, general secretary of Nagaland Baptist Church Council, the apex body of churches in the state which had taken the intiative of the casefire, during a function held to commemorate the day at Chedema Peace Camp here.
"Cease fire is not only to stop the hostility between two warring enemies and not only to save us from the terror of hunting each other, but to give us hope to stand on an equal footing with the force and give us a platform to dialogue and negotiate for our rights," he said.

Calling upon the Naga people to intrspect, he asked them to come together without playing indulging in politics of division and unitedly speak to the Centre to listen to their aspirations.
It was on this day in 1964 that NNC and the Government of India agreed to end armed conflict and signed ceasefire with the initiative of Nagaland Peace Mission constituted by NBCC, which comprised of former Assam Chief Minister Bimala Prasad Chaliha, socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan and a clergyman from England, Reverend Michael Scott.