Tubu Kevichüsa

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Tubu Kevichüsa
Born
Perietsü Tubu Kevichüsa

(1948-03-30)30 March 1948
Died4 June 1996(1996-06-04) (aged 48)
Dimapur, Nagaland
OccupationGeneral Secretary of Naga National Council
Parent(s)
RelativesChalie Kevichüsa (brother)

Perietsü Tubu Kevichüsa (30 March 1948 – 4 June 1996) was the General Secretary of Naga National Council who served until his assassination in June 1996 by armed men from the NSCN-IM. His brother Chalie Kevichüsa was also assassinated by the NSCN-IM in September 1992.[1][2]

Early life[]

Perietsü Tubu Kevichüsa was born on 30 March 1948[3] in Kohima to a prominent family with significant political influence in Nagaland throughout the last half of the 20th century. His mother and father were Germanthangi and A. Kevichüsa. His mother is Mizo, originating from present-day Mizoram. His father is Angami Naga, originating from Khonoma.[4]

Career[]

Kevichüsa began his career as a lawyer but left India in the 1980s to work with the separatist under A.Z Phizo. [5]

On 9 July 1983, Kevichüsa wrote a letter to Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah, with an intention to remind them that the formation of NSCN was wrong.[2]

His letter is quoted as follow:

“You simply just cannot expect the people to accept a manifesto drafted in a remote jungle hideout as a gospel truth! Our people have a strong sense of tradition and the only ism that they know is Naga Nationalism so that a Socialist manifesto is an obscure to them as some ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic. As for the intellectuals and pseudo intellectuals, a Socialist manifesto is just another piece of literature which they come across daily, to be read, discarded and forgotten”.

“What I am trying to say is that while both of you (Isak C. are Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah) capable leaders, none of you are theoreticians. Hence your attempt to provide a new theoretical basis for the Nagas is bound to fail. With certain exceptions, theoreticians cannot be leaders and leaders cannot be theoreticians. And what I am trying to plead for is that we, just cannot ignore tradition and we must never pollute the spirit of Naga Nationalism with other forms of ism”.[2]

Assassination[]

On 4 June 1996, around midnight Kevichüsa was assassinated at his personal residence at Burma Camp, Dimapur, by rebel armed militants who opened fire. He was forty-eight years of age when he passed away due to gunshot wounds, and is survived by his wife, and three children, two sons, and one daughter. [6]

"At the funeral service of Chalie, R. Kevichusa, the eldest brother said that the family, the clan, and the tribe would not let violence and blood flow again. He said those who killed our brother were also our brothers and that there was no scope for vengeance.”{https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/veiled-sadness-in-slain-siblings-home-family-of-leaders-soldiers-on-despite-losing-two-members-to-militants-bullets/cid/847260}

On his tombstone at the Kevichusa's colony family burial ground is engraved, the words of prophet Isaiah, "I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing at all. Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand, and my reward is with my God.” Isaiah 49:4.

References[]

  1. ^ "Veiled sadness in slain siblings' home - Family of leaders soldiers on despite losing two members to militants' bullets". The Telegraph (India). 8 January 2003. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Retrospection on the failure of NSCN". The Morung Express. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Kethoser Aniu Kevichusa". Facebook. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  4. ^ "A tribute to Chalie Kevichusa". Nagaland Post. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  5. ^ Hazarika, Sanjoy (22 July 1993). "Rebellion Flares Anew in Northeast of India". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Speeches Made During Worship of Celebration and Commitment Organized by FNR". Eastern Mirror. 14 June 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
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