About Mizoram -> History
HISTORICAL BACKDROP: The origin of the Mizos, like those of many
other tribes in the North Eastern India is shrouded in mystery.
The generally accepted as part of a great Mongol
About Mizoram -> History
HISTORICAL BACKDROP: The origin of the Mizos, like those of many
other tribes in the North Eastern India is shrouded in mystery.
The generally accepted as part of a great Mongoloid wave of
migration from China and later moved out to India to their
It is possible that the Mizos came from Shinlung or Chhinlungsan
located on the banks of the river Yalung in China. They first
settled in the Shan State and moved on to Kabaw Valley to
Khampat and then to the Chin Hills in the middle of the 16th
The earliest Mizos who migrated to India were known as Kukis,
the second batch of immigrants were called New Kukis. The
Lushais were the last of the Mizo tribes migrate to India. The
Mizo history in the 18th and 19th Century is marked by many
instances of tribal raids and retaliatory expeditions of
security. Mizo Hills were formally declared as part of the
British-India by a proclamation in 1895. North and south hills
were united into Lushai Hills district in 1898 with Aizawl as
The process of the consolidated of the British administration in
tribal dominated area in Assam stated in 1919 when Lushai Hills
along with some other hill districts was declared a Backward
Tract under government of India Act. The tribal districts of
Assam including Lushai Hills were declared Excluded Area in
It was during the British regime that a political awakening
among the Mizos in Lushai Hills started taking shape the first
political party, the Mizo Common People's Union was formed on
9th April 1946. The Party was later renamed as Mizo Union. As
the day of Independence drew nearer, the Constituent Assembly of
India set up and Advisory Committee to deal with matters
relating to the minorities and the tribals. A sub-Committee,
under the chairmanship of Gopinath Bordoloi was formed to advise
the Constituent Assembly on the tribal affairs in the North
East. The Mizo Union submitted a resolution of this
Sub-committee demanding inclusion of all Mizo inhabited areas
adjacent to Lushai Hills. However, a new party called the United
Mizo Freedom (UMFO) came up to demand that Lushai Hills join
Burma after Independence.
Following the Bordoloi Sub-Committee's suggestion, a certain
amount of autonomy was accepted by the Government and enshrined
in the Six Schedule of the constitution. The Lushai Hills
Autonomous District Council came into being in 1952 followed by
the formation of these bodies led to the abolition of
chieftanship in the Mizo society.
The autonomy however met the aspirations of the Mizos only
partially. Representatives of the District Council and the Mizo
Union pleaded with the States Reorganization Commission (SRC) in
1954 for integrated the Mizo-dominated areas of Tripura and
Manipur with their District Council in Assam.
The tribal leaders in the North East were laboriously unhappy
with the SRC Recommendation s : They met in Aizawl in 1955 and
formed a new political party, Eastern India Union (EITU) and
raised demand for a separate state comprising of all the hill
districts of Assam. The Mizo Union split and the breakaway
faction joined the EITU. By this time, the UMFO also joined the
EITU and then understanding of the Hill problems by the Chuliha
Ministry, the demand for a separate Hill state by EITU was kept
FACTS AND LEGEND:
But folklore has an interests tale of offer.
The Mizos, so goes the legend, emerged from under a large
covering rock known as Chhinlung. Two people of the Ralte clan,
known for their loquaciousness, started talking noisily while
coming out of the region. They made a great noise which leg God,
called Pathian by the Mizos, to throw up his hands in disgust
and say enough is enough. He felt, too many people had already
been allowed to step out and so closed the door with the rock.
History often varies from legends. But the story of the Mizos
getting out into open from the nether world through a rock
opening is now part of the Mizo fable. Chhinlung however, is
taken by some as the Chinese city of Sinlung or Chinlingsang
situated close on the sino-Burmese border. The Mizos have songs
and stories about the glory of the ancient Chhinlung
civilization handed down from one generation to another powerful
It is hard to tell how far the story is true. It is nevertheless
possible that the Mizos came from Sinlung or Chinlungsan located
on the banks of the river Yalung in China. According to
K.S.Latourette, there