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Mizoram was a part of the Assam state in the 1950s. The history of Mizoram encompasses the history of Mizoram which lies in the southernmost part of northeast India.It is a conglomerate history of several ethnic groups of Chin people who migrated from Chin State of Burma.
Mizo chieftainship refers to the system of chieftainship used by the Mizo people, which historically operated as a gerontocracy.The chieftain system persisted among the various clans and tribes from the precolonial era through to the British colonial period and Indian independence briefly.
The Mizoram Assembly House in Aizawl, seat of the state legislative assembly. Politics in Mizoram, a state in Northeast India had been dominated by the Mizo National Front and the Indian National Congress. As of 2024, the Zoram People's Movement is the ruling party in the states's legislative assembly.
The Mizo National Front (abbr. MNF) is a regional political party in Mizoram, India.MNF emerged from the Mizo National Famine Front, which was formed by Pu Laldenga to protest against the inaction of the Government of India towards the famine situation in the Mizo areas of the Assam state in 1959.
Mizo National Front (MNF); Zoram People's Movement (ZPM); People's Conference Party (PCP); Zoram Nationalist Party (ZNP); Note: Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) is a merged entity of a faction of Zoram Nationalist Party, Zoram Decentralisation Front, Zoram Reformation Front, Zoram Exodus Movement, and Mizoram People's Party.
[12] The Independence of India saw two Mizo political parties, namely the Mizo Union and the United Mizo Freedom Organisation, continue to the new Dominion of India. While the UMFO had lost its support with the Lushai Hills joining India, the Mizo Union continued to work on a premise of opposing the continuation of the institution of ...
[12] Chhunga took special measures to curb the insurgency of the MNF. The measures were successful as violent incidents began to recede considerably and 293 hostiles were arrested with 12 light machine guns recovered. However, the harshness of the security forces occupation and policy in Mizoram alienated support from the Mizos. [12]
Mizoram [a] is a landlocked state in northeastern India, with Aizawl as its capital and largest city. It shares 722-kilometres (449 miles) of international borders with Bangladesh to the west, and Myanmar to the east and south, with domestic borders with the Indian states of Assam, Manipur, and Tripura. [5]