Laldenga was the leader of:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Mizo National Front
After the great famine of 1959 in the Mizo hills, the Mizos’ anger led to the formation of the Mizo National Front (MNF) under the leadership of Laldenga.
NCERT (2026-27): “Secessionist movements … After Independence, the Mizo hills area was made an autonomous district within Assam. Some Mizos believed that they were never a part of British India and therefore did not belong to the Indian union. But the movement for secession gained popular support after the Assam government failed to respond adequately to the great famine of 1959 in Mizo hills. The Mizos’ anger led to the formation of the Mizo National Front (MNF) under the leadership of Laldenga. In 1966 the MNF started an armed campaign for independence.…” |