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	'''Rungsung Suisa''' (4 March 1907 – 17 April 1971) was an Indian politician.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957"/><ref name="Shimray2007b"/> Suisa was one of the key figures in the movement to unite [[Naga people\|Naga]]-populated areas in [[Manipur]] with the Naga Hills ([[Nagaland]]).<ref name="Shimray2007">{{cite book\|author=U. A. Shimray\|title=Naga Population and Integration Movement: Documentation\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBPRzDO-9KEC&pg=PA82\|year=2007\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|isbn=978-81-8324-181-6\|pages=82–85}}</ref> He was popularly known as 'Uncle Suisa'.<ref name="BiswasThomas2006"/>		'''Rungsung Suisa''' (4 March 1907 – 17 April 1971) was an Indian politician.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957"/><ref name="Shimray2007b"/> Suisa was one of the key figures in the movement to unite [[Naga people\|Naga]]-populated areas in [[Manipur]] with the Naga Hills ([[Nagaland]]).<ref name="Shimray2007">{{cite book\|author=U. A. Shimray\|title=Naga Population and Integration Movement: Documentation\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBPRzDO-9KEC&pg=PA82\|year=2007\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|isbn=978-81-8324-181-6\|pages=82–85}}</ref> He was popularly known as 'Uncle Suisa'.<ref name="BiswasThomas2006"/>

	Rungsung Suisa belonged to the [[Tangkhul Naga]] tribe.<ref name="Lintner">{{cite book\|author=Bertil Lintner\|title=GREAT GAME EAST\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbfjAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT65\|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India\|isbn=978-93-5029-536-6\|page=86}}</ref> He was the son of Rungsung Luithui.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957"/> He hailed from Somdal, [[Ukhrul district]].<ref name="a">''The Sangai Express''. ''[http://tse.manipur.us/2005/08/2005-08-31_14-00-02/thesangaiexpress.com/Others/Articles.htm Nagas' demand for integration: A historical perspective - II]''</ref> He studied at the Jorhat Christian High School.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957">{{cite book\|author1=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha\|author2=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha. Secretariat\|title=Who's who\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S7UeAQAAMAAJ\|year=1957\|publisher=Lok Sabha\|page=467}}</ref> He was amongst the first youths of the Manipur [[Hill tribes of Northeast India\|hill people]] to obtain matriculate education.<ref name="a"/>		Rungsung Suisa belonged to the [[Tangkhul Naga people\|Tangkhul Naga]] tribe.<ref name="Lintner">{{cite book\|author=Bertil Lintner\|title=GREAT GAME EAST\|date=August 2012 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbfjAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT65\|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India\|isbn=978-93-5029-536-6\|page=86}}</ref> He was the son of Rungsung Luithui.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957"/> He hailed from [[Somdal]], [[Ukhrul district]].<ref name="a">''The Sangai Express''. ''[http://tse.manipur.us/2005/08/2005-08-31_14-00-02/thesangaiexpress.com/Others/Articles.htm Nagas' demand for integration: A historical perspective - II]''</ref> He studied at the Jorhat Christian High School.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957">{{cite book\|author1=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha\|author2=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha. Secretariat\|title=Who's who\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S7UeAQAAMAAJ\|year=1957\|publisher=Lok Sabha\|page=467}}</ref> He was amongst the first youths of the Manipur [[Hill tribes of Northeast India\|hill people]] to obtain matriculate education.<ref name="a"/>

	Suisa was one of five hill leaders named by the President Manipur State Darbar to participate in the Constitution-Making Committee in 1946. However, Suisa and the other hill leaders did not attend the first session of the ~~Committee~~.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957"/><ref name="Shimray2007"/> On 13 August 1947 he chaired a meeting of hill leaders, at which the assembled demanded that the hill peoples should have the right to secede from Manipur after a five-year period. However, these demands were not heeded by the ~~Committee~~, and in the new constitution the administration of the hill areas was placed under the control of the Maharaja.<ref name="Shimray2007"/> In June 1948 he was elected unopposed to the Manipur State Assembly.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957"/><ref name="Shimray2007"/>		Suisa was one of five hill leaders named by the President Manipur State Darbar to participate in the Constitution-Making Committee in 1946. However, Suisa and the other hill leaders did not attend the first session of the committee.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957"/><ref name="Shimray2007"/> On 13 August 1947 he chaired a meeting of hill leaders, at which the assembled demanded that the hill peoples should have the right to secede from Manipur after a five-year period. However, these demands were not heeded by the committee, and in the new constitution the administration of the hill areas was placed under the control of the Maharaja.<ref name="Shimray2007"/> In June 1948 he was elected unopposed to the Manipur State Assembly.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957"/><ref name="Shimray2007"/>

	In 1949 he visited Burma, and came into contact with the [[Communist Party of Burma]]. His experience in Burma radicalized his political approach, taking a more revolutionary stance in local politics upon his return.<ref name="Shimray2007"/> He became a member of the Manipur Electoral College in 1951.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957"/>		In 1949 he visited Burma, and came into contact with the [[Communist Party of Burma]]. His experience in Burma radicalized his political approach, taking a more revolutionary stance in local politics upon his return.<ref name="Shimray2007"/> He became a member of the Manipur Electoral College in 1951.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957"/>

	Suisa was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the [[parliament of India]]) in the [[1957 Indian general election\|1957 general election]]. He ~~stood~~ as the [[Indian National Congress]] candidate in [[Outer Manipur (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Outer Manipur constituency]], obtaining 21,316 votes (26.24% of the votes in the constituency).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1957 TO THE SECOND LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)]''</ref> In parliament, he was represented in various committees.<ref name="Shimray2007"/> The Manipur Naga Council boycotted the [[1962 Indian general election\|1962 general election]] and Suisa was one of the Naga leaders that was detained at [[Dum Dum]] for about a year.<ref name="Shimray2007b">{{cite book\|author=U. A. Shimray\|title=Naga Population and Integration Movement: Documentation\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBPRzDO-9KEC&pg=PA90\|year=2007\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|isbn=978-81-8324-181-6\|pages=90, 123–124}}</ref>		Suisa was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the [[parliament of India]]) in the [[1957 Indian general election\|1957 general election]]. He contested as the [[Indian National Congress]] candidate in [[Outer Manipur (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Outer Manipur constituency]], obtaining 21,316 votes (26.24% of the votes in the constituency).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1957 TO THE SECOND LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)]''</ref> In parliament, he was represented in various committees.<ref name="Shimray2007"/> The Manipur Naga Council boycotted the [[1962 Indian general election\|1962 general election]] and Suisa was one of the Naga leaders that was detained at [[Dum Dum]] for about a year.<ref name="Shimray2007b">{{cite book\|author=U. A. Shimray\|title=Naga Population and Integration Movement: Documentation\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBPRzDO-9KEC&pg=PA90\|year=2007\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|isbn=978-81-8324-181-6\|pages=90, 123–124}}</ref>

	Suisa was assistant to the vice president of the [[Naga National Council]] ~~1964-1966~~.<ref name="Shimray2007"/> In October 1966, following the deadlock in the peace talks, he presented a proposal to solve the Indo-Naga conflict through confederation, with shared responsibilities between India and Nagaland on foreign and military affairs, but full Naga sovereignty on internal affairs.<ref name="Shimray2007b"/><ref name="Ghosh2008">{{cite book\|author=Dr. Kunal Ghosh\|title=SEPARATISM IN NORTH EAST INDIA: ROLE OF RELIGION LANGUAGE AND SCRIPT\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_8ylAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT116\|date=1 January 2008\|publisher=Suruchi Prakashan\|isbn=978-81-89622-33-6\|page=116}}</ref><ref name="Mankekar1967">{{cite book\|author=D. R. Mankekar\|title=On the Slippery Slope in Nagaland\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XdeSwrXlbWMC\|year=1967\|publisher=Manaktalas\|page=178}}</ref> He sought to mediate between the Indian government and the Naga leaders.<ref name="BiswasThomas2006">{{cite book\|author1=Prasenjit Biswas\|author2=C. Joshua Thomas\|author3=Indian Council of Social Science Research. North Eastern Regional Centre\|title=Peace in India's North-East: meaning, metaphor, and method : essays of concern and commitment\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FkePAAAAMAAJ\|date=1 January 2006\|publisher=Regency Publications\|isbn=978-81-89233-48-8\|page=362}}</ref><ref name="Shimray2005">{{cite book\|author=A. S. Atai Shimray\|title=Let Freedom Ring?: Story of Naga Nationalism\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQSV50-O5-IC&pg=PA258\|date=1 January 2005\|publisher=Bibliophile South Asia\|isbn=978-81-85002-61-3\|pages=258}}</ref> Allegedly, [[Indira Gandhi]] was open to accept Suisa's proposal.<ref name="Ghosh2008"/> However, the NNC opposed these moves and did not accept his proposal, as it went against their demand of complete independence.<ref name="Shimray2007b"/> Suisa had travelled to [[London]] together with [[Vizol ~~Angami~~]] in June 1967 to present the proposal to [[~~Angami~~ Zapu Phizo]] but it ~~was rebuffed by him~~.<ref name="Shimray2005"/><ref name="Vashum2000">{{cite book\|author=Reisang Vashum\|title=Nagas' Rights to Self Determination: An Anthropological-historical Perspective\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MiHhNkvrWvwC&pg=PA91\|year=2000\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|isbn=978-81-7099-774-0\|pages=91}}</ref>		Suisa was assistant to the vice president of the [[Naga National Council]] 1964–1966.<ref name="Shimray2007"/> In October 1966, following the deadlock in the peace talks, he presented a proposal to solve the Indo-Naga conflict through confederation, with shared responsibilities between India and Nagaland on foreign and military affairs, but full Naga sovereignty on internal affairs.<ref name="Shimray2007b"/><ref name="Ghosh2008">{{cite book\|author=Dr. Kunal Ghosh\|title=SEPARATISM IN NORTH EAST INDIA: ROLE OF RELIGION LANGUAGE AND SCRIPT\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_8ylAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT116\|date=1 January 2008\|publisher=[[Suruchi Prakashan]]\|isbn=978-81-89622-33-6\|page=116}}</ref><ref name="Mankekar1967">{{cite book\|author=D. R. Mankekar\|title=On the Slippery Slope in Nagaland\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XdeSwrXlbWMC\|year=1967\|publisher=Manaktalas\|page=178}}</ref> He sought to mediate between the Indian government and the Naga leaders.<ref name="BiswasThomas2006">{{cite book\|author1=Prasenjit Biswas\|author2=C. Joshua Thomas\|author3=Indian Council of Social Science Research. North Eastern Regional Centre\|title=Peace in India's North-East: meaning, metaphor, and method : essays of concern and commitment\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FkePAAAAMAAJ\|date=1 January 2006\|publisher=Regency Publications\|isbn=978-81-89233-48-8\|page=362}}</ref><ref name="Shimray2005">{{cite book\|author=A. S. Atai Shimray\|title=Let Freedom Ring?: Story of Naga Nationalism\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQSV50-O5-IC&pg=PA258\|date=1 January 2005\|publisher=Bibliophile South Asia\|isbn=978-81-85002-61-3\|pages=258}}</ref> Allegedly, [[Indira Gandhi]] was open to accept Suisa's proposal.<ref name="Ghosh2008"/> However, the NNC opposed these moves and did not accept his proposal, as it went against their demand of complete independence.<ref name="Shimray2007b"/> Suisa had travelled to [[London]] together with [[Vizol Koso]] in June 1967 to present the proposal to [[Zapu Phizo]] but he rebuffed it.<ref name="Shimray2005"/><ref name="Vashum2000">{{cite book\|author=Reisang Vashum\|title=Nagas' Rights to Self Determination: An Anthropological-historical Perspective\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MiHhNkvrWvwC&pg=PA91\|year=2000\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|isbn=978-81-7099-774-0\|pages=91}}</ref>

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	'''Rungsung Suisa''' (4 March 1907 – 17 April 1971) was an ~~[[India]]n~~ politician.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957"/><ref name="Shimray2007b"/> Suisa was one of the key figures in the movement to unite [[Naga people\|Naga]]-populated areas in [[Manipur]] with the Naga Hills ([[Nagaland]]).<ref name="Shimray2007">{{cite book\|author=U. A. Shimray\|title=Naga Population and Integration Movement: Documentation\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBPRzDO-9KEC&pg=PA82\|year=2007\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|isbn=978-81-8324-181-6\|pages=82–85}}</ref> He was popularly known as 'Uncle Suisa'.<ref name="BiswasThomas2006"/>		'''Rungsung Suisa''' (4 March 1907 – 17 April 1971) was an Indian politician.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957"/><ref name="Shimray2007b"/> Suisa was one of the key figures in the movement to unite [[Naga people\|Naga]]-populated areas in [[Manipur]] with the Naga Hills ([[Nagaland]]).<ref name="Shimray2007">{{cite book\|author=U. A. Shimray\|title=Naga Population and Integration Movement: Documentation\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBPRzDO-9KEC&pg=PA82\|year=2007\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|isbn=978-81-8324-181-6\|pages=82–85}}</ref> He was popularly known as 'Uncle Suisa'.<ref name="BiswasThomas2006"/>

	Rungsung Suisa belonged to the [[Tangkhul Naga]] tribe.<ref name="Lintner">{{cite book\|author=Bertil Lintner\|title=GREAT GAME EAST\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbfjAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT65\|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India\|isbn=978-93-5029-536-6\|page=86}}</ref> He was the son of Rungsung Luithui.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957"/> He hailed from Somdal, [[Ukhrul district]].<ref name="a">''The Sangai Express''. ''[http://tse.manipur.us/2005/08/2005-08-31_14-00-02/thesangaiexpress.com/Others/Articles.htm Nagas' demand for integration: A historical perspective - II]''</ref> He studied at the Jorhat Christian High School.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957">{{cite book\|author1=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha\|author2=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha. Secretariat\|title=Who's who\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S7UeAQAAMAAJ\|year=1957\|publisher=Lok Sabha\|page=467}}</ref> He was amongst the first youths of the Manipur [[Hill tribes of Northeast India\|hill people]] to obtain matriculate education.<ref name="a"/>		Rungsung Suisa belonged to the [[Tangkhul Naga]] tribe.<ref name="Lintner">{{cite book\|author=Bertil Lintner\|title=GREAT GAME EAST\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbfjAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT65\|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India\|isbn=978-93-5029-536-6\|page=86}}</ref> He was the son of Rungsung Luithui.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957"/> He hailed from Somdal, [[Ukhrul district]].<ref name="a">''The Sangai Express''. ''[http://tse.manipur.us/2005/08/2005-08-31_14-00-02/thesangaiexpress.com/Others/Articles.htm Nagas' demand for integration: A historical perspective - II]''</ref> He studied at the Jorhat Christian High School.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957">{{cite book\|author1=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha\|author2=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha. Secretariat\|title=Who's who\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S7UeAQAAMAAJ\|year=1957\|publisher=Lok Sabha\|page=467}}</ref> He was amongst the first youths of the Manipur [[Hill tribes of Northeast India\|hill people]] to obtain matriculate education.<ref name="a"/>
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	Suisa was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the [[parliament of India]]) in the [[1957 Indian general election\|1957 general election]]. He stood as the [[Indian National Congress]] candidate in [[Outer Manipur (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Outer Manipur constituency]], obtaining 21,316 votes (26.24% of the votes in the constituency).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1957 TO THE SECOND LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)]''</ref> In parliament, he was represented in various committees.<ref name="Shimray2007"/> The Manipur Naga Council boycotted the [[1962 Indian general election\|1962 general election]] and Suisa was one of the Naga leaders that was detained at [[Dum Dum]] for about a year.<ref name="Shimray2007b">{{cite book\|author=U. A. Shimray\|title=Naga Population and Integration Movement: Documentation\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBPRzDO-9KEC&pg=PA90\|year=2007\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|isbn=978-81-8324-181-6\|pages=90, 123–124}}</ref>		Suisa was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the [[parliament of India]]) in the [[1957 Indian general election\|1957 general election]]. He stood as the [[Indian National Congress]] candidate in [[Outer Manipur (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Outer Manipur constituency]], obtaining 21,316 votes (26.24% of the votes in the constituency).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1957 TO THE SECOND LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)]''</ref> In parliament, he was represented in various committees.<ref name="Shimray2007"/> The Manipur Naga Council boycotted the [[1962 Indian general election\|1962 general election]] and Suisa was one of the Naga leaders that was detained at [[Dum Dum]] for about a year.<ref name="Shimray2007b">{{cite book\|author=U. A. Shimray\|title=Naga Population and Integration Movement: Documentation\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBPRzDO-9KEC&pg=PA90\|year=2007\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|isbn=978-81-8324-181-6\|pages=90, 123–124}}</ref>

	Suisa was assistant to the vice president of the [[Naga National Council]] 1964-1966.<ref name="Shimray2007"/> In October 1966, following the deadlock in the peace talks, he presented a proposal to solve the Indo-Naga conflict through confederation, with shared responsibilities between India and Nagaland on foreign and military affairs, but full Naga sovereignty on internal affairs.<ref name="Shimray2007b"/><ref name="Ghosh2008">{{cite book\|author=Dr. Kunal Ghosh\|title=SEPARATISM IN NORTH EAST INDIA: ROLE OF RELIGION LANGUAGE AND SCRIPT\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_8ylAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT116\|date=1 January 2008\|publisher=Suruchi Prakashan\|isbn=978-81-89622-33-6\|page=116}}</ref><ref name="Mankekar1967">{{cite book\|author=D. R. Mankekar\|title=On the Slippery Slope in Nagaland\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XdeSwrXlbWMC\|year=1967\|publisher=Manaktalas\|page=178}}</ref> He sought to mediate between the Indian government and the Naga leaders.<ref name="BiswasThomas2006">{{cite book\|author1=Prasenjit Biswas\|author2=C. Joshua Thomas\|author3=Indian Council of Social Science Research. North Eastern Regional Centre\|title=Peace in India's North-East: meaning, metaphor, and method : essays of concern and commitment\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FkePAAAAMAAJ\|date=1 January 2006\|publisher=Regency Publications\|isbn=978-81-89233-48-8\|page=362}}</ref><ref name="Shimray2005">{{cite book\|author=A. S. Atai Shimray\|title=Let Freedom Ring?: Story of Naga Nationalism\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQSV50-O5-IC&pg=PA258\|date=1 January 2005\|publisher=Bibliophile South Asia\|isbn=978-81-85002-61-3\|pages=258}}</ref> Allegedly, [[Indira Gandhi]] was open to accept Suisa's proposal.<ref name="Ghosh2008"/> However, the NNC opposed these moves and did not accept his proposal, as it went against their demand of complete independence.<ref name="Shimray2007b"/> Suisa had travelled to [[London]] together with [[Vizol Angami~~\|Vizol~~]] in June 1967 to present the proposal to [[Angami Zapu Phizo]] but it was rebuffed by him.<ref name="Shimray2005"/><ref name="Vashum2000">{{cite book\|author=Reisang Vashum\|title=Nagas' Rights to Self Determination: An Anthropological-historical Perspective\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MiHhNkvrWvwC&pg=PA91\|year=2000\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|isbn=978-81-7099-774-0\|pages=91}}</ref>		Suisa was assistant to the vice president of the [[Naga National Council]] 1964-1966.<ref name="Shimray2007"/> In October 1966, following the deadlock in the peace talks, he presented a proposal to solve the Indo-Naga conflict through confederation, with shared responsibilities between India and Nagaland on foreign and military affairs, but full Naga sovereignty on internal affairs.<ref name="Shimray2007b"/><ref name="Ghosh2008">{{cite book\|author=Dr. Kunal Ghosh\|title=SEPARATISM IN NORTH EAST INDIA: ROLE OF RELIGION LANGUAGE AND SCRIPT\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_8ylAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT116\|date=1 January 2008\|publisher=Suruchi Prakashan\|isbn=978-81-89622-33-6\|page=116}}</ref><ref name="Mankekar1967">{{cite book\|author=D. R. Mankekar\|title=On the Slippery Slope in Nagaland\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XdeSwrXlbWMC\|year=1967\|publisher=Manaktalas\|page=178}}</ref> He sought to mediate between the Indian government and the Naga leaders.<ref name="BiswasThomas2006">{{cite book\|author1=Prasenjit Biswas\|author2=C. Joshua Thomas\|author3=Indian Council of Social Science Research. North Eastern Regional Centre\|title=Peace in India's North-East: meaning, metaphor, and method : essays of concern and commitment\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FkePAAAAMAAJ\|date=1 January 2006\|publisher=Regency Publications\|isbn=978-81-89233-48-8\|page=362}}</ref><ref name="Shimray2005">{{cite book\|author=A. S. Atai Shimray\|title=Let Freedom Ring?: Story of Naga Nationalism\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQSV50-O5-IC&pg=PA258\|date=1 January 2005\|publisher=Bibliophile South Asia\|isbn=978-81-85002-61-3\|pages=258}}</ref> Allegedly, [[Indira Gandhi]] was open to accept Suisa's proposal.<ref name="Ghosh2008"/> However, the NNC opposed these moves and did not accept his proposal, as it went against their demand of complete independence.<ref name="Shimray2007b"/> Suisa had travelled to [[London]] together with [[Vizol Angami]] in June 1967 to present the proposal to [[Angami Zapu Phizo]] but it was rebuffed by him.<ref name="Shimray2005"/><ref name="Vashum2000">{{cite book\|author=Reisang Vashum\|title=Nagas' Rights to Self Determination: An Anthropological-historical Perspective\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MiHhNkvrWvwC&pg=PA91\|year=2000\|publisher=Mittal Publications\|isbn=978-81-7099-774-0\|pages=91}}</ref>

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'''Rungsung Suisa''' (4 March 1907 – 17 April 1971) was an [[India]]n politician.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957"/><ref name="Shimray2007b"/> Suisa was one of the key figures in the movement to unite [[Naga people|Naga]]-populated areas in [[Manipur]] with the Naga Hills ([[Nagaland]]).<ref name="Shimray2007">{{cite book|author=U. A. Shimray|title=Naga Population and Integration Movement: Documentation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBPRzDO-9KEC&pg=PA82|year=2007|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-8324-181-6|pages=82–85}}</ref> He was popularly known as 'Uncle Suisa'.<ref name="BiswasThomas2006"/>

Rungsung Suisa belonged to the [[Tangkhul Naga]] tribe.<ref name="Lintner">{{cite book|author=Bertil Lintner|title=GREAT GAME EAST|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbfjAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT65|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India|isbn=978-93-5029-536-6|page=86}}</ref> He was the son of Rungsung Luithui.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957"/> He hailed from Somdal, [[Ukhrul district]].<ref name="a">''The Sangai Express''. ''[http://tse.manipur.us/2005/08/2005-08-31_14-00-02/thesangaiexpress.com/Others/Articles.htm Nagas' demand for integration: A historical perspective - II]''</ref> He studied at the Jorhat Christian High School.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957">{{cite book|author1=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha|author2=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha. Secretariat|title=Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S7UeAQAAMAAJ|year=1957|publisher=Lok Sabha|page=467}}</ref> He was amongst the first youths of the Manipur [[Hill tribes of Northeast India|hill people]] to obtain matriculate education.<ref name="a"/>

Suisa was one of five hill leaders named by the President Manipur State Darbar to participate in the Constitution-Making Committee in 1946. However, Suisa and the other hill leaders did not attend the first session of the Committee.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957"/><ref name="Shimray2007"/> On 13 August 1947 he chaired a meeting of hill leaders, at which the assembled demanded that the hill peoples should have the right to secede from Manipur after a five-year period. However, these demands were not heeded by the Committee, and in the new constitution the administration of the hill areas was placed under the control of the Maharaja.<ref name="Shimray2007"/> In June 1948 he was elected unopposed to the Manipur State Assembly.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957"/><ref name="Shimray2007"/>

In 1949 he visited Burma, and came into contact with the [[Communist Party of Burma]]. His experience in Burma radicalized his political approach, taking a more revolutionary stance in local politics upon his return.<ref name="Shimray2007"/> He became a member of the Manipur Electoral College in 1951.<ref name="SabhaSecretariat1957"/>

Suisa was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the [[parliament of India]]) in the [[1957 Indian general election|1957 general election]]. He stood as the [[Indian National Congress]] candidate in [[Outer Manipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Outer Manipur constituency]], obtaining 21,316 votes (26.24% of the votes in the constituency).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1957 TO THE SECOND LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)]''</ref> In parliament, he was represented in various committees.<ref name="Shimray2007"/> The Manipur Naga Council boycotted the [[1962 Indian general election|1962 general election]] and Suisa was one of the Naga leaders that was detained at [[Dum Dum]] for about a year.<ref name="Shimray2007b">{{cite book|author=U. A. Shimray|title=Naga Population and Integration Movement: Documentation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eBPRzDO-9KEC&pg=PA90|year=2007|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-8324-181-6|pages=90, 123–124}}</ref>

Suisa was assistant to the vice president of the [[Naga National Council]] 1964-1966.<ref name="Shimray2007"/> In October 1966, following the deadlock in the peace talks, he presented a proposal to solve the Indo-Naga conflict through confederation, with shared responsibilities between India and Nagaland on foreign and military affairs, but full Naga sovereignty on internal affairs.<ref name="Shimray2007b"/><ref name="Ghosh2008">{{cite book|author=Dr. Kunal Ghosh|title=SEPARATISM IN NORTH EAST INDIA: ROLE OF RELIGION LANGUAGE AND SCRIPT|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_8ylAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT116|date=1 January 2008|publisher=Suruchi Prakashan|isbn=978-81-89622-33-6|page=116}}</ref><ref name="Mankekar1967">{{cite book|author=D. R. Mankekar|title=On the Slippery Slope in Nagaland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XdeSwrXlbWMC|year=1967|publisher=Manaktalas|page=178}}</ref> He sought to mediate between the Indian government and the Naga leaders.<ref name="BiswasThomas2006">{{cite book|author1=Prasenjit Biswas|author2=C. Joshua Thomas|author3=Indian Council of Social Science Research. North Eastern Regional Centre|title=Peace in India's North-East: meaning, metaphor, and method : essays of concern and commitment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FkePAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Regency Publications|isbn=978-81-89233-48-8|page=362}}</ref><ref name="Shimray2005">{{cite book|author=A. S. Atai Shimray|title=Let Freedom Ring?: Story of Naga Nationalism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQSV50-O5-IC&pg=PA258|date=1 January 2005|publisher=Bibliophile South Asia|isbn=978-81-85002-61-3|pages=258}}</ref> Allegedly, [[Indira Gandhi]] was open to accept Suisa's proposal.<ref name="Ghosh2008"/> However, the NNC opposed these moves and did not accept his proposal, as it went against their demand of complete independence.<ref name="Shimray2007b"/> Suisa had travelled to [[London]] together with [[Vizol Angami|Vizol]] in June 1967 to present the proposal to [[Angami Zapu Phizo]] but it was rebuffed by him.<ref name="Shimray2005"/><ref name="Vashum2000">{{cite book|author=Reisang Vashum|title=Nagas' Rights to Self Determination: An Anthropological-historical Perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MiHhNkvrWvwC&pg=PA91|year=2000|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-774-0|pages=91}}</ref>

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