Abstract
In 1931–32 a military operation (‘Hunt for Prince Charlie’1) was conducted by the 3rd and 4th Assam Rifles, mainly assigned the duty of searching a popular tribal girl who had been working relentlessly for her Zeliangrong community to be freed from colonialism, poverty, confiscation of land and property through a benevolent way of religious-cum-non-violent movement. However, unavoidable conditions transformed her movement into an armed rebellion. The girl was none but Miss Gaidinliu. From 1925 to 1931, her mentor Jadonang and she were working to unite all conglomerate tribes by launching a political-cum-religious movement against the colonial ruler. Untimely Jadonang was arrested and hanged on 29 August 1931; the movement conditionally stopped for a while. To accomplish their dream of freedom, liberty and unity of this community, Miss Gaidinliu had been spreading their political message in North Cachar Hills, Naga Hills and north-western part of Manipur. On the other hand, the British colonial ruler considered her as a seditionist, hallucinated, millenarian and provoker of the Kuki–Naga ethnic issue. The search operation was mainly assigned to J.P. Mills, Deputy Commissioner, Naga Hills and J.C. Higgins, Political Agent, Manipur (classified) assisted by Sub-Divisional Officer Haflong, North Cachar Hills and Sub-Divisional Officer, Tamenglong Sub-division, Manipur. This article tries to draw the British search for her and the atrocities against the Zeliangrong community from a historical perspective.
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