Zale'n-gam

Flag used by militant nationalist Kuki groups
Approximate extension of the area traditionally inhabited by the Kuki people.

Zale'n-gam or Zalengam, meaning 'Land of Freedom' in the Kuki language, is the name chosen by Kuki nationalists in reference to a proposed state that would gather all the Kuki tribes under a single government in the future.

The main organizations supporting the establishment of Zalengam are the Kuki National Organisation and its armed wing, the Kuki National Army.[1]

Zalengam should not be confused with Kukiland, a proposed Indian state to be carved from the hilly area of the southern part of Manipur.[2]

Territory and people

The territorial claims of Zale'n-gam encompass a historical region consisting in all the territories traditionally inhabited by Kukis, but which never has had its own state,[3] including:

There is a provision for creating two subdivisions of the state: 'Eastern Zalengam' and 'Western Zalengam', the former within Burma and the latter in India.

The Kuki tribes that would be part of this state include the following: Anal, Bom, Biate, Gangte, Halam, Haokip, Hmar, Kharam, Koireng, Kom, Lai, Mara, Purum, Saihriem, and the Thadou, among others.

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