In one version, Gandhi told the Nagas that they could declare their independence if they wished that no one could compel them to join India and that if New Delhi sent in the army, Gandhi himself would come to the Naga hills to resist it. They also called on Mahatma Gandhi, in a meeting of which many versions have circulated down the years. Next, an NNC delegation went to Delhi, where they met Nehru, who once more told them that they could have autonomy but not independence. The two sides agreed that tribal land would not be alienated to outsiders, that Naga religious practices would not be affected and that the NNC would have a say in the staffing of government offices. In June1947 a delegation of the NNC met the governor of Assam, Sir Akbar Hydari, to discuss the terms by which the Nagas could join India.
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