P. Shilu Ao
P. Shilu Ao | |
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1st T. N. Angami | |
Constituency | Impur |
Personal details | |
Born | P. Shilu Ao 24 December 1916 Longjang, Naga Hills District, Assam Province, British India (Now in Mokokchung District, Nagaland, India) |
Died | 19 September 1988 Mokokchung, Mokokchung District, Nagaland, India | (aged 71)
Political party | Naga People's Convention, Naga Nationalist Organisation |
Alma mater | Cotton University, Gauhati University |
P. Shilu Ao (24 December 1916 – 19 September 1988) was an Indian politician who was involved in the negotiations leading to the creation of
Early life
Ao was born in the Longjang village of the
Career
Politics
In 1960, Ao resigned from government service and entered politics joining the
Chief Minister
In February 1961, under the Nagaland Regulation Act, a 42-member Interim Body with a five-member Executive Council was set up with Ao as the Chief Executive Councillor.
Ao's government passed a resolution in 1964 calling for the integration of
In 1969, Ao contested for the Impur constituency seat as an Independent. He lost to the sitting MLA M. Koramoa Jamir of the Naga Nationalist Organisation by 162 votes.[13]
Commissions
Following his resignation as Chief Minister, Ao was appointed chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in 1966.[2] He headed a committee set up by the Planning Commission to appraise the functioning of tribal development programs in the Third Five Year Plan.[2] The committee made several recommendations on tribal welfare policy, classification of tribes and on protective and administrative measures for tribal communities.[4][14] In subsequent elections to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly, Ao performed poorly, but he remained a senior party leader of the opposition United Front of Nagaland for several years.[4]
Death
Ao died at Mokokchung on 19 September 1988,[2] following a prolonged period of ill health, and was buried with state honors two days later at his native village, Longjang, in the Mokokchung district. As head of the NPC, Ao enabled Naga politics to adapt to and adopt successfully the Indian parliamentary democratic model of governance, despite problems with insurgent groups continuing.[15] In 2004, J B Jasokie a former Chief Minister of Nagaland revealed that he had voluntarily stepped aside to allow Ao to become the state's first chief minister on account of the latter's seniority and perfect understanding, despite having won more votes among the legislators than Ao.[16]
Notes
- ^ Nag, pp. 270-271
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "A Befitting monument for the first Chief Minister of Nagaland". easternmirrornagaland.com. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ "CMHSS Impur: The Oldest School in Nagaland". The India Post. 6 June 2008. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "'P Shilu Ao', a legend... gone and forgotten". Nagaland Post. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "The Quest for Naga Accord". Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "Chief Minister of Nagaland". Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "Nagaland Legislative Assembly". Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ ISBN 9788126907076.
- ISBN 9788180691928.
- ^ Nag, p. 271
- ^ "All unquiet on the Naga front". First Post. 3 June 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ISBN 9788183241267.
- Times of India. p. 13.
- ISBN 9788183561129.
- ^ "Operation hornbill festival 2004". Seminar. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ "Many precious years and money gone that could have prospered Nagaland: Jasokie". 7 February 2004. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
References
- Nag, Sajal, Contesting Marginality: Ethnicity, Insurgence and Subnationalism in North-East India, Technical Publications, 2002, ISBN 8173044279, 9788173044274