Former Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga To Receive Degree Certificate After 60 Years
Former Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga is set to receive his undergraduate degree certificate from Gauhati University, 60 years after he completed his exams. His academic journey was interrupted by his involvement in the Mizo National Front's armed struggle.
Why it matters
The event serves as a symbolic bridge between the region's history of armed insurgency and its current political stability.
Former Mizoram Chief Minister and Mizo National Front president Zoramthanga, 82, will receive his degree certificate from Gauhati University on Thursday.Zoramthanga appeared for the final undergraduate examination in 1966 from Dhanamanjuri College in Manipur, then affiliated with Gauhati University, with English as his major subject. He passed the examination with a second-class result.After completing the examination, he went underground as a member of the MNF, which had launched an armed struggle under the leadership of Laldenga. He could not collect his undergraduate degree certificate at that time due to armed struggle.At a ceremony at the Phanidhar Dutta Seminar Hall on August 20, the university Vice-Chancellor will formally hand over the certificate to Zoramthanga. Zoramthanga joined the MNF in 1965 and went underground the following year.
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