Nagaland may be given a separate official flag under the final accord expected between India’s government and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah), reports the Hindustan times.

According to sources from the negotiations, the decision for the north-eastern state of India to have its own flag is almost agreed on.

A separate flag is one of the 33 demands made by the NSCN, who have been in talks with the Indian government since an end to the armed conflict in 1997.

A negotiator from the team said,

“If Kashmir can have a separate flag, why not Nagas? China also has separate flags for Macau, Hong Kong and Taiwan.”

Other demands include a separate constitution, dual citizenship and the creation of Nagalim by integrating all the Naga-inhabited areas of Assam, Arunachai Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland.

The final agreement is expected to transfer powers from India’s central government to Nagaland.

The peace agreement is based on the concept of shared sovereignty with constitutional privileges to safeguard the traditioontal rights of Nagas with recognition of the uniqueness of their history.

The Naga liberation struggle, which hinges on the demand for independence, is over six decades old.

Government figures suggest that 3,000 have died in the conflict, whilst unofficial figures suggest that 50,000 died.

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