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	Lushai Hills - LoveToKnow 1911
		LUSHAI HILLS, a mountainous district of Eastern Bengal and Assam, south of Cachar, on the border between Assam and Burma.
		The hills are for the most part covered with dense bamboo jungle and rank undergrowth; but in the eastern portion, owing probably to a smaller rainfall, open grass-covered slopes are found, with groves of oak and pine interspersed with rhododendrons.
		The management of the South Lushai hill country was transferred from Bengal to Assam in 1898.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Lushai_Hills (262 words)

	Mizoram
		It is bounded on the north by the district of Cachar (Assam) and the state of Manipur, on the east and south by Chin Hills and Arakan (Myanmar) on the west by the Chittagong hill tracts of Bangladesh and the state of Tripura.
		The hills are steep and are separated by rivers which flow either to the north or the south creating deep gorges between the hill ranges.
		The fascinating hills and lakes of Mizo-land literally pulsate and resound with the rhythms of the sonorous songs of the youths and the twang of guitars everywhere.
	www.whereincity.com /india/mizoram (1390 words)

	Cultural Evolution In Mizoram
		Mizoram, "the land of highlanders," is a mountainous region in northeast India formerly known as the Lushai Hills.
		The first Mizo chief came from the Lushai clan, and under this hereditary the Lushai clan, and under this hereditary system, the chieftainship was passed on to the eldest son.
		In Customs and Manners of the Lushai (1800), J. Rennel, the chief engineer of Bengal, writes, "A widow of this tribe is compelled to remain for a year beside the tomb of her deceased husband, her family bringing her food.
	www.worldandi.com /public/1993/march/cl4.cfm (2655 words)

	Features- Explaining Manipur’s Breakdown And Mizoram’s Peace: The State And Identities In North East India — Part ...
		The Lushai polity was composed of Hanmchawm, the ‘commoners’, governed by a chief of the Sailo clan who was aided by his officials.
		Lushai chiefs were an integral part of the administration, being given the responsibility for governing their villages.
		In the Hills, it was the chiefs’ conclaves and ethnic associations that brought political awakening.
	www.manipuronline.com /Features/May2006/manipurandmizoram07_1.htm (3890 words)

	Mizoram tour operators,Mizoram travel guide,Mizoram India tourism,Mizoram tour,travel guide,tourist attraction ...
		Lushai Hill District was the name given by the British.
		The hills with an average height of 900 mt, run in ridges from north to south.
		Earlier known as the Lushai Hills, Mizoram formed a part of Assam till the area was declared a Union Territory in 1971-1972.
	www.tourmyindia.com /states/mizoram/index.html (911 words)

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		In the north Lushai Hills, the predominant tribes were the Lushais, Raltes and Pawis.
		They also climbed hills with ease which was natural in the hilly terrain of the Lushai hills.
		During rains the climate in the lower hills is humid and enervating.
	scstsenvis.nic.in /mizoram2.html (3741 words)

	States and Union Territories
		It is the southernmost of the hill states, and lies between Burma in the east and Bangladesh in the west.
		Tourist Centres: Known as the land of the enchanting hills, Mizoram is famous for its vast expanse of jagged mountain ranges shrouded mystically in reddish blue haze.
		The Indian parliament renamed the territory the Mizo Hills District in 1954.
	indiansaga.com /others/mizoram_states.html (423 words)

	Features- Explaining Manipur’s Breakdown And Mizoram’s Peace: The State And Identities In North East India — Part ...
		Along with the gradual diminution of the authority of the chiefs in the Lushai hills, the commoners rose as a powerful social and political force.
		Amongst the Kukis- Chin family, ‘Mizo’ has long signified the general population of the hills, being derived from the phrase ‘mi-zo’, meaning ‘man of the hills’, and was meant to have little ethnic significance.68 This was against the official designation of the people living in these hills as Lushais, an ethnic category.
		One of the first tasks the MU dominated LHDC took up was renaming the Lushai hills as Mizo Hills.73 Earlier, in 1951; the Census Commission under the MU’s influence had recognized Mizo as a tribal category in Assam, facilitating the MU’s drive to consolidate the Mizo identity.
	www.manipuronline.com /Features/May2006/manipurandmizoram10_1.htm (2462 words)

	LUSHAI HILLS - Online Information article about LUSHAI HILLS
		These hills are inhabited by the Lushais and cognate tribes, but the See also:
		original inhabitants were Kukis, and the Lushais were not heard of until 1840, when they invaded the district from the See also:
		total number of Lushais in Assam was 63,452.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /LUP_MAL/LUSHAI_HILLS.html (420 words)

	Who are the Zomi?,Zogam,history,Generic Name / Imposed Names : Lushai,zro,Zogam,Reunification,Organisation
		The term Lushai, native ‘Lusei,’ is commonly used to refer to the Zomi of the Lushai Hills.
		From this writer it is apparent that the word “Lushai” is derived from “Lusei”, the name of the most powerful dominating tribe of the Lushai Hills who rule under the title “Sailo”.
		It was on the 9th of April, 1946 that the Mizo Union was founded at the Muallungthu (Lushai Hills) Conference.
	www.zogam.org /history.asp?article=history_1143 (300 words)

	Mizoram Tourism - About Mizoram
		Evergreen ranges of Mizoram hills with blooms of exotic flora and dense bamboo jungles rise sharply from the plains of Assam in a north south direction.
		In sharp contrast to the dense jungles and steep hills is a rugged quilt of lush paddy fields all the way from the center of the state towards the Myanmar border.
		In the nineteenth century this region was annexed to Assam, under the British rule, as the Lushai Hills District and in February 1972, it became the 23rd state of the Indian Union.
	www.mizotourism.nic.in /aboutus.htm (426 words)

	Profile of Mizoram
		A land of steep hills and deep gorges, Mizoram's highest peak 'The Blue Mountain' rises to a height of 2165 metres.
		Two of the tribes, the Lushai and Himar, migrated to India and occupied the Lushai hills.
		Mizoram was annexed in 1891 by the British as Lushai Hill district, and made a part of Assam.
	www.spiritofchennai.com /india-states/mizoram.htm (497 words)

	On Chittagong Hill Tracts
		Extensive administrative power of the hill districts were handed-over to tribals in district level which is similar to limited autonomy.
		The hill Bengalis and minority tribal communities are badly ffected due to the treaty.
		Any land, hill and forest area which is under control and purview of Hill District Council, will not be handed over by the government without discussion and consent.
	www.shodalap.com /AKZ_on_chittagong_hill_tracts.htm (2009 words)

	Mara Information Technology Website !!!
		The Maras occupy the southern portion of Mizoram,the hill tracts situated in the areas of Indo-Myanmar border.
		Several kinds of trees including flowering ones and variety of bamboo are in great abundance.The scenery of the jungle throughout the land is very pictureque, the hill and valleys are densely covered with boundless forest.Large areas of the forest have,however,been destroyed by the Maras over the years without any attention to the plantation.
		However,in late years, due to the efforts of the Mara Autonomous District Council,the hills are regaining their old picture with new plantation of many new species of trees.
	www.marait.com /marahistory.htm (836 words)

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		Still a contested area to date (2005) it is worth considering these regions for a time because it was the stubborn resistance of their inhabitants and the aid they gave the Allied armies that were to be crucial in blocking the further advance of the Japanese.
		In fact although In the Naga hills, the Lushai levies provided a valuable buffer for British India but the Nagas were on the front line of the retreat of the British army and the refugees in 1942.
		The Lushai Hills Total Defence Force was never put to the test to the same extent as the Shan, Chin, Kachin and Naga resistance in the Indian and Burmese hills to the north and east.
	sociologyesoscience.com /nagalandburma.html (6956 words)

	Kukiforum - Quotes on Kuki
		In the Lushai Hills now-a-days the term is hardly ever employed, having been superseded by Lushai.
		In the Chin Hills and generally on the Burma border all these clans are called ‘Chin’.
		“Before the Kuki (war) of 1918-1919 the administration in the hill areas of the Manipur State was not very close, and the Kukis, ruled as they were by their own well-recognised Chiefs, and treated as they had been in the past at any rate, by the Manipur State as allies….
	www.kukiforum.com /quotes.htm (637 words)

	Knowledge :: States of India :: Mizoram (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Lushai started moving westwards into India some centuries ago and soon become the dominant tribe in the region that came to be known as the Lushai Hills.
		The Mizo Hills area was a part of Assam at the time of independence, in 1947.
		The hills run from the north to the south towards Myanmar and are resplendent with green vegetation throughout the year.
	www.dimdima.com /knowledge/state.asp?tit=Mizoram&q_part2=show (674 words)

	LALA HARI CHAND SARDA v. MIZO DISTRICT COUNCIL & ANR [1966] INSC 237; [1967] 1 SCR 1012; AIR 1967 SC 829 (28 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In pursuance of this power the District Councils enacted the Lushai Hills District (Trading by non-Tribal) Regulation, 2 of 1953 the preamble of which merely states that it was expedient to provide for the regulation and control of trading within the Lushai Hills District by persons other than scheduled tribes resident in the District.
		The Mizo District formerly known as the Lushai Hills District is a tribal area in Assam, and is one of the autonomous districts constituted by paragraph 1 of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India.
		Rules 2 (a), 4, 5 and 7 of the Lushai Hills District (Trading by non-Tribals) Rules, 1954 made by the Executive Committee of the District Council with the previous approval of the the Governor of Assam in exercise of the powers conferred by s.
	www.austlii.edu.au /~andrew/CommonLII/INSC/1966/237.html (5098 words)

	Kukiforum - Kuki, Chin and Lushai (Mizo) Reunification
		Kukiforum - Kuki, Chin and Lushai (Mizo) Reunification
		The war has been recorded with different names such as Lushai expedition, Chin expedition, Khongsai lal, Zo gal, Thadou gal, Haokip gal and Kuki rebellion etc etc. Though different names are assigned to, the war was between the Britishers and this nation.
		But the enemy is wiser than the founders of this organization, and thereby MNF is made confined to the former Lushai Hills.
	www.kukiforum.com /menu_files/kcl_reunification.htm (1764 words)

	History of Mizoram - Assembly Elections 2003 - HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		North and south hills were united into Lushai Hills district in 1898 with Aizawl as its headquarters.
		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 District Commissioner of the Chittagong Hills Tracts, who entered Mizoram by way of Demagiri (Tlabung) in 1865, became so popular with the local tribesmen that as a mark of respect, he was called Thangliana which meant 'greatly famous'.
	www.hindustantimes.com /2005/Jul/13/6560_412997,0016002900100004.htm (2972 words)

	Mizoram has the most variegated hilly terrain in the Eastern part of India.
		The third youngest state of the Union - Mizoram, perched on the high hills of north-eastern corner, is an amalgam of the former north and south Lushi hill districts.
		The Mizos belonging to the Mongoloid race, are original settlers of the Shan State of Burma.Two of the tribes, the Lushi and Himar migrated to India and occupied the Lushai Hills.
		Mizoram was annexed in 1891 by the British as Lushai Hill district and made a State of Indian Union on 20th February 1987 following the historic Mizoram Peace Accord signed between the Central Government and the Mizo National Front in June 1986.
	www.nenanews.com /mizoram.htm (693 words)

	The Irrawaddy News Magazine Online Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This border region comprises the Chin Hills in the south and the Mizo Hills, otherwise known as the Lushai Hills, in the north.
		The western part was administered directly from Assam and Bengal and the eastern part directly from Burma, with the river used as a convenient administrative boundary between the Chin Hills District of Burma and the Lushai Hills District of Assam.
		In the 1960s the Lushai Hills, still an Assamese district, suffered widespread famine caused by the blossoming of a variety of bamboo that attracted rats, which then ate up rice and vegetable fields.
	www.irrawaddy.org /aviewer.asp?a=3507&z=102 (1242 words)

	Maradistrict.com: Mara History
		In British India, the entire Mizoram was part of Cachar Hill district of Assam and later Lushei hills district, administered by Superintendent Lushei Hills.
		In independent India, after the Bordoloi Committee report in 1952, Mizoram became an autonomous district council in the Lushei hill area and the Pawi-Chakma-Lakher Regional Council was established.
		The Maras occupy the southern portion of Mizoram, the hill tracts situated in the areas of Indo-Myanmar border.
	www.maradistrict.com /marahistory.htm (1515 words)

	Christian Literature and Living
		The knowledge of Meithei/Manipuri is found to be very scarce in the interior hills even now, whereas in the hills adjoining the plains it is fairly understood and used.
		The Lushais or the Mizos continue to be the largest block in the Kuki-Chin tribal group and also outside the Naga circle.
		The influence of English, Lushai and Biblical Translations have given spurt to the formation of a standard colloquial speech which the literates are very conscious about and are employing incessantly.
	www.languageinindia.com /march2004/languagesituation22.html (1890 words)

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		The Welsh Presbyterian Mission began work at Aijal in 1897, and the people have shown un, expected readiness to accept education.
		According to the census of 1901 the total number of Lushais in Assam was 63,452.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?content_id=41810&locale=en (284 words)

	MANIPUR RESOURCES Details
		Manipur (land of gems), engulfed by the lofty hills in the south-east corner of the North Eastern region, is stretched between 23.80
		It is bounded on the north by the Naga Hills [Nagaland], on the East by Myanmar, on the South by the Chin Hills of Myanmar and the Lushai Hills of Mizoram and Cachar Hills of Assam on the west.
		Manipur is inhabited by three major ethnic groups - the Meiteis in the valley, the Nagas and the Kuki-Chin tribes in the hills.
	www.neportal.org /northeastfiles/Manipur/index.asp (350 words)

	Language in India
		The present state of Mizoram (mi = human, zou = hill, ram = land; the land of hill people) was called the Lushai Hills and was a district of Assam, before it became a Union Territory and afterwards a full-fledged state.
		During the later part of the British rule, the people in Lushai Hills as well as in Manipur Hills felt that the British administration was trying to adopt the policy of control through the chiefs of the community.
		Though it may not ever become the major source of economic development in Lushai Hills, tourism has its due place in the economy of this beautiful mountainous region, which at present is largely a land of subsistence economy.
	www.languageinindia.com /sep2005/lusaisatrupa1.html (2424 words)

	The Boundaries of Manipur : Chapter IV
		In 1871 the Lushais again committed raids on Cachar, Sylhet, Manipur and Tipperah and were at the same time at feud with the Kamhows or Sooties a tribe that settled to the south of Manipur.
		His Lordship in Council further requested Chandrakirti Singh to establish Manipuri outposts along the hills, east of Tipaimukh and south of the Manipur Valley, and send his other forces to the south of Moirang, in the direction of Chiboo, with instructions to intercept the possible advance of the Lushais in that direction.
		In 1877 it was reported that the Lushais who were subjects of Poiboi, Lalbura and Lengkham, made severe and repeated raids on some Kabui Naga villages in the territory of Manipur.
	manipuronline.tripod.com /books/bound8a.htm (731 words)

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