Background
Reivilie Angami was born in 1923 in Jotsoma Village, Kohima District, Nagaland.
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Career
He joined the Assam Regiment of the British Indian Army on 23 July 1943 and trained as a soldier in Happy Valley, Assam. He was also awarded the Gallantry Certificate and released from service in October 1948. He formed the Naga Home Guard and the Naga Army along with Comrade Dotsolie Vihienuo and served the Naga insurgency in various capacities.
In 1976, he led his former Naga Army comrades to Chumukedima and established a new village, Vidima, in Dimapur and continued his Service towards the Naga Struggle.
He died on February 18, 1998.
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British Indian