Psychology and Philosophy of Tribes’ Community towards Revising Inner Line Prevailing from Colonial Era and Factors Affecting Their Life Entity

Abstract

The Anglo-Burmese Wars of the 19th century highlighted British ignorance of a key region between Burma and China, which is where Inner Line had its start. The various polices of the British government led to the division of plains and the hills leading to the gradual development of mapping out boundaries. Beyond Assam and Manipur, other hills states eventually came under the sway of the British Empire. The Inner Line and the Outer Line, among other measures, were taken by the British government for the frontier areas of the northeast, and Nagaland was one of them. With the creation of the inner line permit in 1873 by the colonial government it initially intended to protect and safeguard the identity and existence of the indigenous Naga people. But gradually it was seen the inner line permit had its own consequences upon the people of Nagaland. In order to study the inner line permit, this paper also conducts a pre- and post-colonial examination of the inner line permit.