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The Mizo District Council delegation met prime minister Indira Gandhi in May 1971 and demanded full-fledged statehood for Mizoram. The Indian government offered to convert the Mizo Hills into a Union Territory (UT) in July 1971. On 21 January 1972 official declaration of UT was made with the name Mizoram.
A district of Mizoram is headed by a Deputy Commissioner who is in charge of the administration in that particular district. He has to perform triple functions as he holds three positions as the deputy commissioner, the district magistrate and the district collector. As a deputy commissioner he is the executive head of the district.
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]
These refugees stayed in camps on the Mizoram border until 1986, in which, after statehood, the refugees were forcibly deported back to Bangladesh amidst the continuing conflict by Indian military personnel. [4] In the Autonomous Mizo District, foreign missionaries held influence on the Church alongside local leaders. However, in 1973, the ...
Location of Mizoram (highlighted in red) within India. The Mizoram Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of Mizoram state in Northeast India. The seat of the legislative assembly is at Aizawl, the capital of the state. The assembly comprises 40 members [1] directly elected from single-seat constituencies. It sits for a term of five ...
It won the first Mizoram District Council general election under the new Indian Union in 1951, and consecutively in 1957, 1962 and 1966. However, the mautam (bamboo famine) of 1958 and its protégé insurgency in 1966 downgraded its status, so that the party was compelled to dissolve in 1974 and merged with the Indian National Congress .
History of Mizoram; Ancient Vangchhia 600 BCE; Arrival of Luseis 1463–1625; Sailo rule 1675–1953 Haka–Lusei War 1720–1750; Selesih Confederation 1720–1790; Lusei–Zahau War 1757–1786; North–South War 1856–1859; Lushai Expedition 1871–1872 Lushai–Manipuri Conflict 1872; East–West War 1877–1880; Chin-Lushai Expedition ...
Location of Mizoram. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Mizoram: Mizoram – one of the states of Northeast India, with Aizawl as its capital city. The name is derived from Mi (people), Zo (Belonging to the people of Mizoram/Lushai Hills) and Ram (land), and thus Mizoram implies "land of the hill people".