the problem of ZO people (mizo translation) was never with the mainlander to begin with .It was the arrogancy of the assamese govt that really stirred their insurgency. The ZO people were independent all through their history and following independence they suddenly found their way of living threatened by formation of new nations all around them. By then Christianity had only begin to spread among the various ZO tribes .The present day Mizoram was included in Assam as lushai hill district and they strongly disliked the idea of someone far (in Dispur) making decisions for them(same arrogance exhibited against Manipur and nagaland also). The final blow came in late 1960s when Mizo people had warn the govt. at dispur about impending mautam
Mautam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia famine but the minister in charge in dispur dissmised it citing it as a tribal nonsense.
Many people in far flung areas died in the famine which angered them to start the insurgency.. They had almost captured whole of Mizoram when the dispur SOS ed delhi to help and had to take some unfortunate but unavoidable step to preserve the unity of republic. Many atrocities against the mizo people were allegedly committed by armed forces.
All this events are still fresh in minds of mizo people and probably it will take a long time to erase it , but then there is nothing more anyone can do. They are very progressive people albeit a bit clannish(tribals of NE usually are)
. They are not anti Indian and newer generation is definitely not anti Indian as long as rest of India is bit sensitive towards them (
racism against NEasterner is definitely not helping it).Economic development of the state(rest of the region) will hasten the integration.
Here is the picture of Jeje Lalpheklua who plays for India (Indian national football team).He is from Mizoram.
I hope my people (BODO) too would get separate state --bodoland --assamese hegemony is too much to take