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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 .
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 Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl was founded in 1976 as the largest women's body in Mizoram. Their political policy tended to focus on the resentment of male-biased Mizo customary laws. The MHIP lobbied for reforms of Mizo customary laws to divorce, inheritance, and sawn-man (compensation for the mother of an illegitimate child). [6]
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.
During the 1990 and the 2000s, Mizo immigration to America skyrocketed. Most Mizos live in Indianapolis; Tulsa; and Washington, DC. [10] Most of them are Burmese Mizos. In 1985, the Mizos in America founded the Mizo Society of America (MSU) to preserve their culture and language. It has since organised events like Chapchar Kut and Miss Chapchar ...
C. Chhunga (1915–1988) was the first Chief Minister of Mizoram, a state in northeast India. He served as a member of the Mizo Union , from 1972 to 1977. Political life
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.
United Mizo Freedom Organisation (UMFO), was a political party in the Lushai Hills (today the Indian state of Mizoram). UMFO was founded on 20 July 1947, [3] as a split from the Mizo Union. [4] At the time of Indian independence, UMFO was the second largest political force in the area.