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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 Blue Mountain is the highest peak in Lushai hills. [3]
The British believed the Lushai chiefs would be brought within control by offering gifts and deepening relations of mutual benefit. After the death of Chief Munjihow of Cachar, Edgar decided to enter relations with Sukpilal. Sukpilal was the uncontested influential chiefs of the Western Lushai Hills which was advantageous to Edgar.
On 12 September 1891, the foreign secretary to the government of the British Raj received a telegram from the Government of Bengal. The message stated that two of the Lushai chiefs captured by R.B McCabe, political officer of the North Lushai Hills, had committed suicide in Hazaribagh prison. [36] Khalkam was found dead in the latrines of the ...
' the greatest of all under the skies ' [1]; c. 1800 - 1871) was the chief of the Eastern Lushai Hills. Vonolel expanded his influence over the Sukte and Poi tribes in the east and attempted incursions into Naga territories in Manipur. He was considered the most powerful chief in the Eastern Lushai Hills until his death in 1871.
The Lushai Hills participated in the 1952 general election on 4-5 January. [23] The seats concerning the Lushai Hills consisted of Aizawl East, Aizawl West and Lungleh. The Mizo Union won all three seats. [20] [23] The elections in the Lushai Hills district council were subsequently held on the same date. There were a total of 18 constituencies.
British rule in the Lushai Hills, spanning from the late 1889 to the 1947, commenced with the Chin-Lushai Expedition of 1889-90 leading to the formal establishment of the two administrative districts (North Lushai Hills, South Lushai Hills) in 1889 and continued through the integration of the regions into the province of Assam with both districts being merged as the Lushai Hills [4] until ...
The tribal districts of Assam, including the Lushai Hills, were declared "Excluded Area" by the Government of India Act 1935. It was during the British regime that a political awakening among the Mizos in Lushai Hills started taking shape. The first political party, the Mizo Common People's Union, was formed on 9 April 1946.
Zogam (or Land of Zo People) known as Zoland, [3] Zoram, Lushai Hills, [4] Kuki Hills, lies in the northwest corner of the Mainland Southeast Asia landmass.This is the traditional ancestry homeland of the Zo people or Zomi who lived in this area before the colonial period under British rulership.