evidence: Moreover, PDF Zoland, a smaller group but with an ambitious name, took over the junta hilltop base on Kennedy Peak in Tedim town. Zo or Zou is the northern Kuki-Chin-Mizo language spoken among tribes in Myanmar and India. In the Manipur conflict, this transnational ethnic identity was propelled by the idea of Zalengam (land of freedom for all Kuki people). In India, Zalengam constitutes parts of Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Karbi Anglong district in Assam; in Myanmar, the Kabaw Valley, Chin State, and parts of Sagaing Division; and in Bangladesh, the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The situation is reminiscent of the now partially exhausted Naga insurgency that dreamt once of ‘Greater Nagalim for Christ’. The Naga umbrella identity was founded upon bringing together over 16 main tribal groups with their own distinct names and languages, with a sense of unity forged with the advent of the British administration and Christianity. The idea of Nagalim, similar to the idea of Zalengam, pursued bringing tribes under an umbrella identity across the Northeast and in Myanmar.