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Lushai Hills
Hmuifang mountainside
Highest point
PeakPhawngpui
Elevation2,157 m (7,077 ft)
Coordinates23°10′N 92°50′E / 23.167°N 92.833°E / 23.167; 92.833
Geography
Lushai Hills is located in India
Lushai Hills
Lushai Hills
Location in India
LocationMizoram and Tripura, India
Parent rangePatkai Range

The Lushai Hills (Pron: ˌlʊˈʃaɪ, now called Mizo Hills) form a hilly region in the Patkai-Arakan Yoma mountain range system in Northeast India, which makes up the present-day state of Mizoram in India.[1]

  1. ^ Lushai Hills This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lushai Hills". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 130.

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Mizo people

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into the Lushai Hills. They built villages and called them by their clan names such as Seipui, Saihmun, Bochung, Biate, Vangchhia, etc. The hills and difficult...

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History of Mizoram

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official jurisdiction in Chittagong Hill Tracts from the neighbouring natives. By then they referred the land to as Lushai Hills. As a consequence of relentless...

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British rule in the Lushai Hills

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being merged as the Lushai Hills until India gained independence in 1947. After the Chin-Lushai Expedition of 1889-90, South Lushai Hills was occupied in...

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Mizo District

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The Mizo District, formerly called Lushai Hills District, was an autonomous district of the Indian state of Assam from 1947 till 1972 until it was granted...

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Kuki people

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Burmese spelling). The British also used the term "Lushais" to refer to the tribes inhabiting the Lushai Hills region to the south and southwest of Manipur...

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United Mizo Freedom Organisation

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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...

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Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India

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Naga Hills and Lushai Hills districts were the primary beneficiaries of the Sixth Schedule provisions of autonomy. When Naga Hills and Lushai Hills became...

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Mizoram

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well as neighbouring regions. The northern and southern Mizo Hills became the Lushai Hills, with Aizawl as their headquarters by declaring the whole area...

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Zogam

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Zogam (or Land of Zo People) known as Zoland, Zoram, Lushai Hills, Kuki Hills, lies in the northwest corner of the Mainland Southeast Asia landmass. This...

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British military expedition called the Lushai Expedition of 1871. The subsequent annexation of the erstwhile Lushai Hills to the British Empire opened the gateway...

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Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Sivasagar, Jayantia parganas, Garo hills, Lushai hills, Naga hills, Sylhet and NEFA. The British India protectorate 4 princely...

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Lushai Brigade

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there was a danger that Japanese units would infiltrate through the Lushai Hills, which were rugged and heavily forested, but not guarded other than by...

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Jampui Hills

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Jampui Hills is a part of the Mizo hills (Lushai Hills) range located in the North Tripura district in the north eastern part of the Indian state of Tripura...

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Chakma people

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Lushai Hills (then a part of the Chittagong Hill Tracts) were merged to form the district of Assam Province with headquarters at Aizawl. The Lushai hills...

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Mizo Union

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rule in india in 1947, the party was the only political force in the Lushai Hills (former name of Mizoram). It won the first Mizoram District Council general...

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Chin Hills

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in the Chin Hills, lying at their southern edge. The Chin Hills are the eastern part of the Patkai Range, which includes the Lushai Hills and runs through...

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Phawngpui

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known as Blue Mountain, is the highest mountain peak in the Mizo Hills (Lushai Hills) and in the state of Mizoram, India, with an elevation of 2157 m...

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Bawm people

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the earlier settlers in the Lushai Hills, along with Tlanglau, Khiang and Chawrai. These groups of people entered Lushai Hills through an area south of Lunglei...

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Nagaland

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in Northeast India, including the Naga Hills. After India's independence in 1947, the question of the Naga Hills' political status emerged. Nagaland was...

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are several past records of the Sumatran rhinoceros from Mizoram, then Lushai Hills. The small population of wild elephants can be seen in Ngengpui and Dampa...

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Assam Province

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capital of the Non-Regulation Province of Assam in September 1874. The Lushai Hills were transferred to Assam in 1897. The new Commissionership included...

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Arakan Mountains

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in the north. They include the Naga Hills, the Chin Hills, and the Patkai range which includes the Lushai Hills. The mountain chain is submerged in the...

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Mizo religion

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The Mizo religion, also known as Lushai animism, is an indigenous polytheistic ethnic religion that was practiced by the majority of the Mizo people before...

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Mizo people in Myanmar

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The Mizo people in Myanmar, historically Burma National Lushais (Burmese: လူရှိုင်း) are Myanmar citizens with full or partial Mizo ancestry. Although...

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Meghalaya

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districts from the state of Assam: (a) the United Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills and (b) the Garo Hills. The estimated population of Meghalaya in 2014 was 3...

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Northeast India border disputes

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Thadou people

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Culture. The Socio-Economics Of Linguistic Identity A Case Study In The Lushai Hills. Satarupa Dattamajumdar, Ph.D. Lieut. R. Stewart in the Journal of the...

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