Mayangnokcha Ao: Difference between revisions

| birth_place            = Assam Province, [[British India]]

| occupation              = [[Educationist]]<br/>[[Writer]]

'''Mayangnokcha Ao''' (1901–1988) was an Indian educationist and writer from [[Nagaland]] and the founder, vice president of the [[Naga National Council]].<ref name="SK_Chaube_Naga_Politics">{{cite book | last = Chaube | first = Shibani Kinkar | title = Hill politics in Northeast India | publisher = Orient Longman | orig-year = 1973 | year = 1999 | oclc = 42913576 | isbn = 81-250-1695-3 | pages = 153–161}}</ref>  

Hailing from the [[Ao Naga]] tribe, born in Changki village, Nagaland, he was the first graduate from the tribe<ref name="MGHSS: The journey so far…">{{cite web | url=http://www.nagalandpost.com/SundayPost/ArticleShow.aspx?sid=UzEwMDAwMDU4Mg%3D%3D | title=MGHSS: The journey so far… | publisher=Sunday Post | date=18 May 2015 | access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref> and the first Naga headmaster of the Impur Mission Training M. E. School,<ref name="Nagaland: A Journey to India's Forgotten Frontier">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p38kqid5L2cC&q=Mayangnokcha+AO&pg=PA82 | title=Nagaland: A Journey to India's Forgotten Frontier | publisher=Faber and Faber | author=Jonathan Glancey | year=2011 | pages=288 | isbn=9780571276073}}</ref> the oldest school in the region, where he served from 1927 to 1940.<ref name="CMHSS Impur, the Oldest School in Nagaland">{{cite web | url=http://www.theindiapost.com/nation/nagaland/cmhss-impur-the-oldest-school-in-nagaland/ | title=CMHSS Impur, the Oldest School in Nagaland | newspaper=India Post | date=6 June 2008 | access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref> In 1948, he was appointed as the headmaster of the Government High School Mokokchung.<ref name="MGHSS: The journey so far…" /> He was a member of the team which translated the [[Old Testament]] into [[Naga language]] and was the translator of the [[Psalms]].<ref name="Ao Literature Committee">{{cite web | url=http://www.languageinindia.com/sep2001/bibleaonaga.html | title=Ao Literature Committee | publisher=Language in India | date=2015 | access-date=18 July 2015}}</ref>

== Public Life ==

The British Government awarded Mayangnokcha the 'Certificate of Gallantry' in 1945 and the 'Member of British Empire' MBE in 1946. The [[Government of India]] conferred on him the President's 'Best teacher' award in 1964, and awarded Mayangnokcha the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1984.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=18 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

 

In 1966, Ao was part of the five member-Nagaland Peace Commission formed in [[Kohima]] as an initiative of the [[Nagaland Baptist Church Council]]. It passed a resolution asking government authorities and public to strengthen peace work in Nagaland. Along with Ao, [[Vizol Angami]], [[Nabakrushna Choudhuri]], [[Lakshmi N. Menon]], and Nivukha were part of the commission. They met the Naga underground leaders at Chedema.<ref>{{Cite news|last=PTI|date=11 May 1966|title=New Peace Team|page=1|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

 

 

The Mayangnokcha Award Trust was instituted in 1993 to felicitate toppers in the state Higher Secondary Certificate exams conducted by the [[Nagaland Board of School Education]]. In 2021, five awards were conferred on students: academic excellence (overall topper), and subject toppers in Ao Naga language, Science, Mathematics, and English. They were awarded to Keneino Thorie, Atula W. Mongro, Yimyatetla Longkumer, Vibeli K. Achumi, and Tiamong Aier respectively.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Eastern Mirror Network|date=31 July 2021|title=MAT shortlists five toppers for Mayangnokcha award|work=Eastern Mirror}}</ref>{{Portal|India|Education}}