Article on Naga Script

Naga Script and Biography Of

Eno. Lt  Luangreang

   

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Eno. Late Laokainang was born in 1908 at Luangreang ( Nungnang Village).He studied up to Class 4 (Four)  from Tamenglong Upper primary School. He served as a Goverment Teacher From 1927,and Converted into Christian in 1933 and Baptized in 1933. He was the first Christian at Luangreang Village.He served as Evangelist in 1934.And he became as an pastor -cum- Evangelist  in 1946. And as supervisor in 1954.

Life events & The Invention of Nagas Script in 1957.

In 1957 while the Indian Army were fighting against the Naga Army (NNC)  in full scale war in the entire Naga areas.The Indian Army arrested all the suspicious Nagas leaders, killing and torturing.The Naga Nation movement had been spread like a Wildfire in the Nagas areas in the 1957.At that period Mr. Laokainang was made the interpreter when the Naga leaders came in his own locality. Meanwhile, he was alleged as Secret agent of Nagas ( CID) On such false report levelled against him he was pick up by the Indian Army on 13 January 1957 and imprisoned him in the Indian jail at imphal. While he was in the dark corner room at Imphal jail he was thinking for the Nagas Nation, Speaking to God through his prayers. He said to himself that if the Nagas is a Nation, must have its `Script’.while he was in  deep meditation, for the Naga Script, "One night in the jail, in his vision God reavealed the  wonderful Script of the Nagas. He seal the vision in his heart which God had reavealed through his vision. The Naga Script in his vision, One hen lay 26 eggs,God spoke to him saying that to listen carefully the Chick's Sound which I have given for the Naga Nation, and the egg begins to hatched  and make different sounds and the Script written on the wall of the jail with clear pictures.

Once again, he had the very same vision and God spoke to him that, this is the Script which I had given to your forefathers and they wrote it in the leather long ago but they had eaten up. And I have given the same script for the Nagas. He got self - confidence that one day the people of Nagas Nation will make use of the Naga script which had  given by God.

After he was released from the Indian jail. Laokainang told the Missionaries and the Reverends about the Naga Script given by God, but no one take a thought for the said Naga Script. Except only his kith and kin and his own his own Luangreang village.

(Representational pic of Act) 

His Motto :

Neglect not the gift that is in thee.
                      
His Personalities :
Generous & Manoeverd Upon his own        resources to achieve his goals.

God choose Mr. Laokainang Phaomeih of Luangreang ( Nungnang village)  and reavealed the Script for the Nagas to him in his vision about fifty years ago in the Indian jail of Imphal, Manipur.
" The will and the wishes of God to Choose Laokainang was to make the script of the Naga Nation for reading, writing, Correspondence and communication within and without.
Mr. Laokainang advices to all the Nagas people that one day the Nagas Nation will rise up again.

He was call home on 20th April 1984.

(Source :NAGA PHAIKAAM.
English version by :Rob Phaomeih).