The Indian village which saw the homecoming of one of the world's oldest rebels
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AP After more than 60 years, Thuingaleng Muivah returned to his native village in Manipur last week
Last week, a helicopter appeared over the green, folded hills of Ukhrul in India's north-eastern state of Manipur. By the time it touched down on a makeshift helipad outside Somdal village, the crowd had already begun to sing. When the door opened, the crowd surged towards a frail man in dark glasses and a black suit. Quickly, they draped him in a traditional shawl. After more than half a century, Thuingaleng Muivah, India's oldest rebel, had come home. Now 91, Mr Muivah is the general secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah), or NSCN (I-M), the most powerful of the Naga insurgent factions that once fought the Indian state in one of Asia's longest-running rebellions - though today the organisation is often regarded as a shadow of its former self.
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