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The recorded history started relatively recently around the mid-19th century when the adjoining regions were occupied by the British monarchy. Following religious, political and cultural revolutions in the mid-20th century majority of the people agglomerated into a super tribe, Mizo. Hence the officially recognised settlement of the Mizos ...
The Government of Mizoram declared that Christianity plays a very important role among the daily life of Mizo community and therefore further declared that Christianity as the religion of the state. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The culture of Mizoram is mainly influenced by Christianity .
The history of Christianity in Mizoram covers the origin and development of all forms of Christianity in Mizoram since the British occupation at the end of the 19th century until Indian Independance. Christianity arrived due to British intervention in tribal warfare, raids of British plantations.
Sakhua (lit. "diety divine force"), also known as Mizo religion, [3] Lushai animism [4] or Khua worship, is a traditional polytheistic ethnic faith practiced by the Mizo people prior to the widespread adoption of Christianity during the British annexation of Mizoram. [5] As of the 2001 census, 1,367 people in Mizoram continued to practice this ...
Mizoram [a] is a landlocked state in northeastern India, with Aizawl as its capital and largest city. It shares 722-kilometre (449 mi) 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]
Islam is Mizoram's fourth largest religion. With 14,832 followers, it constituted 1.35% of the population in 2011. [1] The Aijal Mosque, established in 1909, is the only mosque in Aizawl and the oldest mosque in Mizoram. [2]
Currently, in Mizoram, the Roman script is used to write the Mizo language using the Hunterian transliteration. Locally, it is commonly known as the "Mizo A AW B" , or "Mizo Hawrawp." [ 23 ] The Mizo language can be read by 91.3% of the population of Mizoram , making the state to have the third-highest literacy rates in India .
According to the 2001 Census, there were 31,562 Hindus in Mizoram constituting 3.5% of the state's population. [6] It decreased to 30,136 Hindus or 2.75% of the state's population in the 2011 census. [1] Most of the Hindus in Mizoram are Gorkhas [4] and Bru Reangs [7] Most of the Bru Reangs have left Mizoram following the 1997 Bru Reang ...