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{{Infobox political party<br />
| name = Eastern India Tribal Union<br />
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| abbreviation = EITU<br />
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|leader1_title=President| leader1_name =<br />
|leader2_title=|leader2_name=|leader3_title=|leader3_name=| founder = [[Williamson Sangma]]<br />
| founded = 2 October 1954<br />
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| ideology = [[Indigenism]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| dissolved = <br />
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| merged = [[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]]<br />
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The '''Eastern India Tribal Union''' was a political party established in [[Assam]] to unite the hill tribes in their grievances against the Assamese government. It was the precursor to the [[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The Eastern India Tribal Union was established by [[Williamson Sangma]] on 2 October 1954 shortly after the states reorganization commission. The principal reason for the creation of the party was due to the Assam government appointing non tribal people to district councils of the hill districts. The sixth schedule in the [[Constitution of India]] permitted governments to nominate members for the district council. This became popular among the hill districts leading to Williamson Sangma to hold a meeting with delegates of the Hill districts. The party was formed in Tura.{{sfn|Zarzosanga|2024|p=52}}<br />
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The [[States Reorganisation Commission]] declined any possibility of forming separate hill states in the northeast. A recommendation of continuing autonomous hill districts under Assam was given in its outcome report. The commission also recorded that the hill districts of Mizoram, Mikir and North Cachar Hills held a view for the status quo. In Mizoram, the [[United Mizo Freedom Organization]] opposed this view. After the Assam language circulars were established, the EITU began to oppose the imposition of the [[Assamese language]] in their communities. The main ideology of the party was to strengthen the position of the tribals in the northeast and secure a hill state of all the autonomous hill districts of Assam. Reverend B.M. Pugh, president of the EITU and Sangma, vice president, made a visit to Aizawl to discuss their aims and ideology with local leaders and party members. As a result, the EITU established a branch in Mizoram on 30 May 1957. The Mizo right wing and the UMFO merged with the EITU on 2 October 1957.{{sfn|Zarzosanga|2024|p=53}}<br />
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In 1957, the EITU joined the Chaliha cabinet of Assam. This led to Lalmawia of the UMFO to become parliamentary secretary.{{sfn|Verghese|Thanzawna|1997|loc=Volume 2|p=7}} <br />
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After the [[mautam]] famine in Mizoram, the EITU would be supportive of the Assam Government thus alienating the Mizos. In a conference held in Tura in 1960, the Mizoram branch of the EITU split, leaving only the Gharo and Khasi EITU. As a result, the EITU was weakened. Many of its members joined the [[All Party Hill Leaders Conference]] founded by Sangma.{{sfn|Nunthara|1996|p=138}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{cite book |last=Nunthara |first=C |date=1996 |title=Mizoram: Society and Polity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jksn3c85KOkC&dq=mizo+chief&pg=PA24 |location=New Delhi |publisher=Indus Publishing Company |isbn=81-7387-059-4}}<br />
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*{{cite book |last1=Verghese |first1=C.G.|last2=Thanzawna|first2=R.L. |title=A History of the Mizos |date=1997 |publisher=Vikas Publishing House |location=New Delhi}}<br />
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*{{cite book |last=Zarzosanga|date=5 January 2024 |title=Political parties in mizoram: A case study of the Mizo National Front |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7WHvEAAAQBAJ|location=Newcastle Uupon Tyne |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-5275-6259-2 |access-date=22 January 2025}}<br />
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[[Category:Defunct political parties in Mizoram]]<br />
[[Category:Indian organisations established in 1954]]<br />
[[Category:Political parties established in 1946]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct political parties in Meghalaya]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct political parties in Assam]]<br />
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