Kevichüsa Angami
Kevichüsa Angami was an Indian politician and a Member of Parliament, representing Nagaland in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's Parliament. He was the first Naga IAS Officer and also the first Naga graduate. Kevichüsa was conferred the Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.
Early life
Kevichüsa Angami was born on 15 April 1903 to an Angami Naga family from Khonoma. He did his graduation from St. Paul's Cathedral College, Calcutta.His father Nisier was the first Christian convert from Khonoma. Kevichüsa was educated at Baptist Mission School.
Political career
Naga National Council
The Naga National Council had 29 officially elected members representing their respective tribal councils at its inception. These were elected from various clans or village councils. Kevichüsa was amongst its earliest members. Along with many representatives from the Angami and Zeme tribes, Kevichüsa then endorsed complete independence for the Nagas once the British left. In the NNC meeting held at Wokha in June 1946, he insisted,Self-government should mean a government of the Nagas, for the Nagas, by the Nagas. Nothing else means anything to the Nagas. We have to be masters of our own country and be free.After the 1951 plebiscite, Kevichüsa and some of the early leaders of NNC took a step back from their early articulations of self-determination as the movement evolved into a mass movement amidst intensified state repression. Kevichüsa soon resigned from the NNC. John Thomas places these actions amongst certain sections of the 'educated' Naga elites as typical response of national bourgeoise elsewhere.
In the Nagaland Legislative Assembly election, Kevichüsa stood as the United Front's candidate from Dimapur Town and Dimapur Outer constituencies. He lost in both seats. While Kevichüsa polled 706 votes in the Dimapur Outer constituency, the Naga Nationalist Organisation candidate secured 3186 votes.