The Story of Nagaland’s Conversion to Christianity - 1901 - 2001
The Story of Nagaland’s Conversion to Christianity - 1901 - 2001 How a completely dharmic/ pagan state of India with 0% Christianity was converted within a century to almost 91% Christian majority. Nagaland is one of dharmic forces’ greatest defeats. This is how. The first ‘head hunters’ and dangerous ‘savages’ that the British encountered in the north-east were what the outside world called as the Nagas. The British had vested interests in tea-plantations of Assam and wanted to fortify Assam with ‘pacified hills’. This pacification meant military and religious occupation of these hills. Arunachal, then and even now was very sparsely populated and did not present such a hurdle but Nagaland was more populated and the tribes there more ferociously involved in raids. The Naga Hills were difficult enough as they were always laden with mist and fog; very soggy in rains; very humid in summers; and very misty and cold in winters. But they were not as inaccessible as most of Arunachal. Thi