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Mizo people
The Mizo people (historically called the Lushais) are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group primarily from the Indian state of Mizoram. Further communities beyond Mizoram live in neighboring northeast Indian states like Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura, with minority populations also found in Myanmar and North America, including the United States and Canada. Mizoram is the most literate state in India, and the first to become fully literate.
Oral history of the Mizos states Chhînlung as the original homeland of the people. The nature of Chhînlung as a location or an eponym is inconclusive in answering what or where it is. This origin story is shared among various other Zohnahtlâk tribes.
The Chin people of Myanmar and the Kuki people of India and Bangladesh are the kindred tribes of Mizos and many of the Mizo migrants in Myanmar have accepted the Chin identity. The Chin, Kuki, Mizo, and southern Naga peoples are collectively known as Zo people (Zohnahthlâk; lit. 'descendants of Zo') which all speak the Mizo language.
The Mizo language, also known as Duhlián ṭawng, is part of the Tibeto-Burman language family. Regionally the language is classed within the Zohnathlâk languages among the Zo people.
Before British rule in the Lushai Hills, the Mizo people organized themselves under a system of Mizo chieftainship. A notable chiefdom was the Confederacy of Selesih. Other notable chiefdoms were Tualte under Vanhnuailiana and Aizawl under Lalsavunga. Following British annexation of the Lushai Hills, the Mizos adopted Christianity via the influence of missionaries. In the decolonisation period, the Mizo people asserted political representation with the founding of the Mizo Union.
The Lushai Hills was constituted as an autonomous district of Assam before being renamed to the Mizo district. Following the mautam famine of 1959, the Mizo National Front declared independence in the Mizo National Front uprising in 1966. The Indian government responded with the Bombing of Aizawl and an extensive village regrouping policy to curb the insurgency. The unrest continued until 1986, when Mizoram was inaugurated as a state.
The term "Mizo" is a collective name for the people inhabiting the State of Mizoram who have close affinity in dialect, origins and customs. Pachuau states that the Mizo identity was a result of increased self-consciousness of a distinct ethnic group which has had no formal basis of inclusion and exclusion but rather moulded by pre-colonial and post-colonial history granting it legitimacy. The most popular discourse on defining Mizo identity is that tribes are identified as being chhînlung chhuak (transl. emerging form Chhînlung). Mizos see themselves as a tribe and a nation but do not deny subclassifications of clans and tribes.
The words Mizo liberally refers to the hill people living in Mizoram but certain groups such as Chakmas, Reangs and Nepalis are not considered Mizo due to their lack of affinity. Mizo is thus used to include the people who share a common origin of migrating into present-day Mizoram. The main clans under the Mizo term are Hmâr, Lusei, Râlte, Chawngthu, Khawlhring, Vangchhe, Chawhte, Ngênte, Rawite, Khiangte, Paite, Renthlei, Tlau, Fânai, Lai, and other minor clans in certain cases of Thado, Suktê etc.
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Mizo people
The Mizo people (historically called the Lushais) are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group primarily from the Indian state of Mizoram. Further communities beyond Mizoram live in neighboring northeast Indian states like Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya, and Tripura, with minority populations also found in Myanmar and North America, including the United States and Canada. Mizoram is the most literate state in India, and the first to become fully literate.
Oral history of the Mizos states Chhînlung as the original homeland of the people. The nature of Chhînlung as a location or an eponym is inconclusive in answering what or where it is. This origin story is shared among various other Zohnahtlâk tribes.
The Chin people of Myanmar and the Kuki people of India and Bangladesh are the kindred tribes of Mizos and many of the Mizo migrants in Myanmar have accepted the Chin identity. The Chin, Kuki, Mizo, and southern Naga peoples are collectively known as Zo people (Zohnahthlâk; lit. 'descendants of Zo') which all speak the Mizo language.
The Mizo language, also known as Duhlián ṭawng, is part of the Tibeto-Burman language family. Regionally the language is classed within the Zohnathlâk languages among the Zo people.
Before British rule in the Lushai Hills, the Mizo people organized themselves under a system of Mizo chieftainship. A notable chiefdom was the Confederacy of Selesih. Other notable chiefdoms were Tualte under Vanhnuailiana and Aizawl under Lalsavunga. Following British annexation of the Lushai Hills, the Mizos adopted Christianity via the influence of missionaries. In the decolonisation period, the Mizo people asserted political representation with the founding of the Mizo Union.
The Lushai Hills was constituted as an autonomous district of Assam before being renamed to the Mizo district. Following the mautam famine of 1959, the Mizo National Front declared independence in the Mizo National Front uprising in 1966. The Indian government responded with the Bombing of Aizawl and an extensive village regrouping policy to curb the insurgency. The unrest continued until 1986, when Mizoram was inaugurated as a state.
The term "Mizo" is a collective name for the people inhabiting the State of Mizoram who have close affinity in dialect, origins and customs. Pachuau states that the Mizo identity was a result of increased self-consciousness of a distinct ethnic group which has had no formal basis of inclusion and exclusion but rather moulded by pre-colonial and post-colonial history granting it legitimacy. The most popular discourse on defining Mizo identity is that tribes are identified as being chhînlung chhuak (transl. emerging form Chhînlung). Mizos see themselves as a tribe and a nation but do not deny subclassifications of clans and tribes.
The words Mizo liberally refers to the hill people living in Mizoram but certain groups such as Chakmas, Reangs and Nepalis are not considered Mizo due to their lack of affinity. Mizo is thus used to include the people who share a common origin of migrating into present-day Mizoram. The main clans under the Mizo term are Hmâr, Lusei, Râlte, Chawngthu, Khawlhring, Vangchhe, Chawhte, Ngênte, Rawite, Khiangte, Paite, Renthlei, Tlau, Fânai, Lai, and other minor clans in certain cases of Thado, Suktê etc.