This article takes a critical look at the relationship between subnational struggles, tribal politics and political aspirations in Mizoram, North‐east India. It examines how community dynamics and relationships shape the demand for autonomy in a diverse and complex region like North‐east India. Looking at communities registered as tribes in the government scheme of classification, it underlies how autonomy becomes an arena where communities mobilise both against the central state and within themselves. The paper examines the formation of Lushai Hills District Council and the Pawi–Lakher Regional Council (PLRC) in Mizoram, their subsequent development as in the case of the Mizo Hill District Council to Union Territory and statehood and the split in the case of the PLRC into three distinct autonomous councils. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, it notes that while territorial autonomy requires recognition and legitimation from the state, the way ethnic groups deploy demands for autonomy is inspired, if not instigated, by the nature of the relationship and interface within and across communities.

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尚未解决的自治：印度东北米佐拉姆邦的种族，部落和地方政治*

本文以批判性的眼光审视了印度东北部米佐拉姆邦的地方斗争，部落政治与政治愿望之间的关系。它研究了社区动态和人际关系如何影响印度东北等多样化和复杂地区对自治的需求。考察在政府的分类方案中注册为部落的社区，它成为自治如何成为一个舞台的平台，社区在该舞台上动员了中央政府和内部人士。本文考察了米佐拉姆邦（Luzohai Hills）区议会和米佐拉姆邦（Pawi-Lakher）地方议会（PLRC）的成立，其后的发展（如米佐希尔区议会联盟和州制的州议会）以及分裂的情况（如PLRC）分为三个独立的自治委员会。根据人种志田野调查，