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| birthname = Kihoto Hollohon Yepthomi<br />
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| birth_place = Khukishe, [[Naga Hills District, British India|Naga Hills District]], [[Assam Province]], [[British Raj|British India]] ''{{small|(Now in [[Zünheboto District]], Nagaland, India)}}''<br />
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'''Kihoto Hollohon Yepthomi''' (15 April 1932 – 15 October 2021) was a politician from [[Nagaland]], India. He was elected to the [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly]] three times from [[Aghunato (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Aghunato-34 A/C]], three times from [[Dimapur-III (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dimapur III A/C]] and one time from [[Ghaspani-2 (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ghaspani-II]]. Altogether, he was sat as a member of the legislative assembly from 1977 to 2013.<ref>[[Election Commission of India]]: ''[http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_Feb_2003/StatReport2003_NL.pdf Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050529125900/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_Feb_2003/StatReport2003_NL.pdf |date=29 May 2005 }}''</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web | url=http://www.nagalandpost.com/old-is-gold-celebrating-and-appreciating-years-of-wisdom-and-service/182994.html| title=Old is Gold Celebrating and appreciating years of wisdom and service|date=8 October 2018| website=[[Nagaland Post]]|access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Kihoto Hollohon Yepthomi was born on 15 April 1932. His mother and father were Zhekheli and Kiyezhe Yepthomi of Khukishe village. He did his schooling from Sukhalu and Zünheboto LP school, Tokiye UP school, Satakha ME and Government High School, Shillong.<ref name=":0"/><br />
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==Political career==<br />
Hollohon served in the Naga Home Guard and held a high rank in the [[Naga nationalism|Naga Underground Movement]]. He later became an inspector in the [[Nagaland Armed Police]] but resigned. He served as the President of Zünheboto Sadar in 1968, Joint Secretary UDF and UDF Central Committee. He was elected as RCM representing Satoi Tokiye region for three years.<br />
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He first contested state elections in 1977 as United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate and was elected to the Assembly from [[Aghunato (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Aghunato constituency]] in Zünheboto District. He was re-elected from the same constituency in 1982 and 1987.<br />
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In 1989, he won elections from [[Dimapur-III (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dimapur-III]].<br />
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He continued to be elected from Dimapur-III for subsequent terms till 2003, except in 1998, when heeding to the call ‘Solution, Not Election’, he decided not to contest the assembly elections.<br />
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In 2008, he was elected as the MLA from [[Ghaspani-2 (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ghaspani-II constituency]].<br />
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In 2013, Hollohon retired from active politics.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
===Attempted assassination===<br />
{{further|1996 Dimapur car bombing}}<br />
On 25 December 1996, while returning from Christmas service Hollohon's wife, daughter, granddaughter and grandson were killed in a car bomb blast triggered from remote control by the [[NSCN-IM]] in an attempted assassination on Hollohon and his family in the Arai Mile neighbourhood of Dimapur. Hollohon escaped as he was not in the vehicle. In the blast his wife Vitoli, his daughter Nishela, <br />
grand-daughter Hollotoli and grand-son Ninoto (2 year old) were all killed on the spot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/ex-jamir-aide-may-join-rival-camp/cid/846906#|title=Ex-Jamir aide may join rival camp|website=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]|date=27 January 2003|access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
Hollohon died on 15 October 2021 at a private hospital in Dimapur due to age-related illness.<ref>{{Cite news|date=15 October 2021|title=Nagaland loses two veteran leaders|work=[[Nagaland Post]]|url=https://www.nagalandpost.com/nagaland-loses-two-veteran-leaders/242368.html|access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1932 births]]<br />
[[Category:2021 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Nagaland MLAs 1977–1982]]<br />
[[Category:Nagaland MLAs 1982–1987]]<br />
[[Category:Nagaland MLAs 1987–1988]]<br />
[[Category:Nagaland MLAs 1989–1992]]<br />
[[Category:Nagaland MLAs 1993–1998]]<br />
[[Category:Nagaland MLAs 1998–2003]]<br />
[[Category:Nagaland MLAs 2003–2008]]<br />
[[Category:Nagaland MLAs 2008–2013]]<br />
[[Category:People from Zunheboto district]]<br />
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