Statistical Hand Book of Nagaland 1981

Abstract

From Introduction: Nagaland, the sixteenth State of Indian Union, was inaugurated on the 1st December, 1963. The administrative ‘Unit’ known as the Naga Hills and Tuensang Area (NHTA) came into being on the 1st December, 1957. This was renamed as Nagaland on the 18th February, 1961, as a first step towards the constitution of a full-fledged State. On this day, an Executive Council, consisting of five members with the Chief Executive Councillor as its Chairman and an Interim Body of 42 members was constituted. This Executive Council functioned as a ‘Defacto’ Council of Ministers for Nagaland in the discharge of their responsibilities and the Interim Body functioned as a ‘Defacto’ Legislature. The fiveman Executive Council was sworn in on the 16th March, 1961 at the Raj Bhavan in Shillong.