Ruing that the Anglo-Kuki War remains a "forgotten chapter" in India's colonial history, several scholars Monday gathered here for a national seminar on the tribal uprising against the British Empire, which started during the First World War but was "brutally suppressed".
The seminar -- 'India's Frontier Uprising during First World War: The Anglo-Kuki War 1917-1919' -- organised by the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML), also marked the centenary of the revolt that spanned over 6,000 sq miles from the Naga Hills in the north to the Chin Hills in the south in the north-eastern region.
Jangkhomang Guite, Assistant Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University's Centre for Historical Studies, said, "It was fought for three years and the colonial powers not only brutally suppressed the uprising but also imposed penal labour for the next five years, rendering the area backward. Even during its centenary time, it remains a forgotten chapter in India's modern history."