- Thangkhangin Ngaihte
As of June 1, 2005, Thangkhangin Ngaihte is the president of the
Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) Manipur State Committee. He was nominated (May 11, 2005) by LJP presidentRam Vilas Paswan to replace Albert Gengoukhup Mate, the former State Committee president, who was killed in the prior month.Notable details
Born into the family of Sonna of the Ngaihte clan of the Paite-Zomi group, Thangkhangin is the first
Manipur -bornZomi scholar , having received his Master's degree in Philosophy at theJawaharlal Nehru University , Delhi. He is considered to be a trail-blazer for the Zomi Nationalist Movement across the globe. Reportedly, he co-founded theZomi National Congress (a forerunner for the various branches of the Zo Movement, like ZRO, and ZORO}, and is said to have been instrumental in organising the First World Zomi Convention (May 19-21, 1988) atChamphai inMizoram , India.
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