India, Oct. 22 -- A large crowd has gathered at Tangkhul Long Ground in Ukhrul, the district headquarters n Wednesday eagerly awaiting the return of 91-year-old Thuingaleng Muivah to his birthplace after more than half a century.

Students have also thronged streets of Ukhrul Town, joining in the warm welcome for the esteemed visitor.

The Naga leader of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM) left Somdal village decades ago to join the insurgency and has not been back since.

His homecoming ushers in a "watershed moment in the region's political history, drawing people eager to witness the return of one of the most influential figures in the Naga movement," reports India TodayNE.

Medical teams are deployed at the venue to en...