Hokishe Sema

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Hokishe Sema
3rd
Governor of Himachal Pradesh
In office
13 April 1983 – 7 March 1986
Chief MinisterVirbhadra Singh
Preceded byA. K. Banerjee
Succeeded byPrabodh Dinkarrao Desai (additional charge)
Personal details
Born6 March 1921
Sütemi, Naga Hills District, Assam Province, British India
(Now in Zünheboto District, Nagaland, India)
Died31 January 2007(2007-01-31) (aged 85)
Dimapur, Nagaland, India
Political partyNaga Nationalist Organization Indian National Congress (until 1994)
Bharatiya Janata Party (from 1999)

Hokishe Sema (6 March 1921 – 31 January 2007) was an Indian politician who served as the third

fourth Governor of Himachal Pradesh. He was also a member of the drafting committee of Naga People's Convention
.

Early life

Sema was born on 6 March 1921 in the Sütemi village in the erstwhile Naga Hills District (present-day Zünheboto District of Nagaland). He studied in Mokokchung Government School before proceeding to Serampore College and St Anthony's College in Shillong.[1][2] He joined government service in the 1950s as a school inspector,[1] later serving as an assistant commissioner of the then Naga Hills district of undivided Assam.[1]

Political career

In the late 1950s, he became a member of the drafting committee of Naga People's Convention. A sixteen-point agreement signed with the Government of India on the basis of this Convention led to the formation of the separate state of Nagaland in 1960. Sema became a member of the interim body of the new state government in 1961.[1]

In 1964, Sema was elected unchallenged to the first legislative assembly of the newly-formed Nagaland state from Akuluto constituency.

T. N. Angami.[2]

In 1967, Sema was one of the two politicians inducted to the Home Mission Board of the Nagaland Baptist Church Church Council when it was reconstituted.[3]

Chief Minister of Nagaland

After the elections to the Second Legislative Assembly (1969-1974), the Naga Nationalist Organisation won 22 of the total 40 seats for which elections were conducted, 12 seats from Tuensang Area were nominated from the region. Eventually, the 12 nominated members as well as eight Independent members lent support to the NNO on 12 February raising the strength of the NNO to 41. Thereby, Sema who was elected the leader of the NNO legislative party was sworn in as the third Chief Minister of Nagaland[1] by the governor Braj Kumar Nehru. During his term, two no-confidence motions were moved against him. Both, however, were defeated.[4]

He lost his seat to

Congress (I). In 1986 he became Chief Minister for brief period.[1]

Sema's tenure as chief minister is remembered for the role he played in getting Naga underground members to surrender and their subsequent integration and redeployment[1] as a full battalion of the Border Security Force. From 1969 to 1974 and 1982–1987, his government provided Nagaland with a measure of political stability.[5]

Later political career

He joined the Indian National Congress in late 70's, the first national party to set up a unit in Nagaland.[1] He was elected to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly six times during which time he also served as the Finance Minister of the state and as the president of the Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee from 2004 to 2008.[6]

From April 1983 to March 1986 he served as

Governor of Himachal Pradesh and was later a member of the Rajya Sabha.[7][8]

In 1994, he left the

S C Jamir and formed the Nationalist Democratic Movement
.

Association with the Bharatiya Janata Party

He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1999[1] and went on to become that party's national executive member.

In 2003 he was re-elected to the

Dimapur-I constituency.[9] He became leader of the BJP's legislature party and chairman of the ruling Democratic Alliance of Nagaland[1] with Neiphiu Rio
as Chief Minister.

He authored The Emergence of Nagaland in 1986.[10]

Death

Hokishe Sema died on 31 January 2007 of cardiac arrest.[11] He was suffering from old age ailments and was admitted to hospital.[1] He was buried with state honours in his native village of Sutemi.[1] He was survived by his late wife at that time, five sons and a daughter.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Hokishe Sema, R.I.P." Outlook. 1 February 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Chishi, H (1 January 2007). "Proponent of peace takes his last bow". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  3. ISBN 9781138639928
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  4. ISBN 8120004000
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  5. ^ "Hokishe Sema elected Nagaland BJP chief". Rediff. PTI. 4 March 2003. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  6. ^ Singh, Chandrika (2004). Naga Politics: A Critical Account. New Delhi: Mittal Publications. pp. 129, 131.
  7. ^ "Former Governor of Himachal Pradesh Dr. Hokishe Sema passed away at Dimapur in Nagaland yesterday". Archived from the original on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  8. ^ "Former Member Of Parliament". Parliament of India. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2005.
  10. ISBN 9780706930313
    .
  11. ^ "Former Nagaland Chief Minister Hokishe Sema dies". Oneindia. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
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