The movement was basically due to lack of support from the government during the great famine (called Mautam) in Mizoram in the late 1950s.

After a number of negotiations, the document titled Mizoram Accord, 1986: Memorandum of Settlement was finally signed on 30 June 1986.

In 1952, a subsidiary government called the Lushai Hills District was created under Assam, which basically covered the later Mizoram.

[1] The main goal was then to struggle for creating Greater Mizoram so as to encompass all the Mizo tribes in a single political governance.

The authorities of Presbyterian and Baptist churches jointly created a Peace Committee to negotiate between the rebels and the government.

[11] The first major communication between MNF and the government was in 1974 when Laldenga (from London as a political refugee) submitted his terms to Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India.

Signed by all party presidents, the memorandum stated: On this thirty first day of May, of the year Nineteen hundred and eighty three, We, the undersigned, representing all political parties in Mizoram, do hereby declare our united stand in urging the Government of India and the Mizo National Front to enter into fresh negotiations and dialogue in order to arrive at a peaceful settlement of political deadlock in Mizoram.

We affirm that all sections of people living in the Union Territory are in full accord with this plea, and we further declare our unanimous assurance of readiness to render any possible help towards creating a conducive atmosphere for peace talk to resume.

[13] As Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister, he focused on national harmony and immediately prepared agreement documents for MNF.

After a series of agreement failures, Pradhan invited Laldenga for a casual cup of tea at his office in New Delhi on 27 June.

After two days of silence, Laldenga entered Pradhan's office alone in the afternoon of 30 June to agree to the peace terms.

At the appointed time, they drove to 7 Race Course Road, where Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi arranged for emergency meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs.

In the presence of Laldenga's wife, MNF officials, and Lal Thanhawla, the then Chief Minister of Mizoram, the accord was signed and publicly broadcast at 9:30 p.m.

[15] The statement of the accord entailed the following terms and conditions:[2] MNF surrendered all their arms, ammunition and equipment to the government.

The Hmar People's Convention formed in 1986 to demand an autonomous self-governing area in Northern Mizoram.

[16] Shortly after the signing of the Mizo Accord, in celebration, the Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and his wife Sonia made a three-day good-will tour to Mizoram in July 1986.

[20] As part of the deal, the Mizoram University was established after a decade and half of the accord by an Act of Parliament on 25 April 2000.

30 June became the official public holiday "Remna Ni" (literally "peace day") of the Government of Mizoram.