The memorial plaque honouring late Apamo Lotha, an Interpreter during the erstwhile British-India rule and the lone Lotha signatory of the Memorandum submitted by the Naga Club to the Simon Commission, was unveiledin Phiro village on May 12. (Photo: Dy CM Media Cell)
Wokha, May 12 (MExN): The Deputy Chief Minister Y Patton, on May 12, unveiled a memorial plaque honouring late Apamo Lotha, in Phiro village under Wokha district. He was first Lotha Interpreter during the erstwhile British-India rule and one of the signatories of the historic memorandum submitted to the Simon Commission.
A press release from Deputy CM Media Cell informed that Patton called the occasion a proud moment because one of its sons had participated in a landmark event in the annals of Naga history and urged for upholding late Abamo’s ideals by learning to live in peace and harmony.
We are greatly indebted to our pioneers like Apamo and others from the Naga Club, who left an illustrious political history that we can be proud of our struggle and political legacy, he said.
Patton further noted that Phiro being the ancestral village of many Lotha villages, people upon it in everyday situations.
Also speaking on the occasion, Naga Club President Kuolachalie Seyie president Naga Club informed that late Apamo had participated in the World War I as part of the Naga Labour Corps in the city of Marseilles France from 1917-18 and later became the first Lotha Interpreter at the Deputy Commissioner's office Kohima.
He was also the lone Lotha signatory of the Memorandum submitted by the Naga Club to the Simon Commission on January 10, 1929, he added.
Others who spoke on the occasion included retired Commissioner M Patton, Principal Secretary, EM Patton and Ekyimthung Patton on behalf of the family.
