Mizoram GK: Mizoram General Knowledge
Know About Your State Mizoram
Mizoram is an Indian state. It is located in the northeastern region of the nation, bordered on the east and south by Myanmar (Burma), on the west by Bangladesh, and on the northwest by the states of Tripura, Assam, and Manipur. The state capital is Aizawl, which is located in the north-central section of the country.
Before being dubbed the Mizo Hills District in 1954, Mizoram (“Land of the Mizos”) was known as the Lushai Hills District of Assam. Mizoram was established as a centrally managed union territory in 1972, and it became a state in 1987. It covers an area of 8,139 square miles (21,081 square kilometres) and has a population of 1,091,014.
History:
Mizoram’s early history is mostly unknown. The Mizo (previously known as Lushai) tribes arrived from the adjacent Chin Hills between 1750 and 1850, subjugating the indigenous peoples and assimilating them into their own civilization. The Mizo built a governmental structure centred on 300 hereditary chieftainships.
Until the British seized Assam in 1826 via the Treaty of Yandabo, the tribes of Mizoram were undisturbed by outside political influence. Mizo invasions into British territory during the following few decades prompted the British to launch sporadic punitive expeditions. The region was under British authority by the 1870s. It was subject to the British administration’s Inner Line Regulations in 1873, which restricted people from moving from the plains to the highlands.
Initially, the territory was divided into two parts: the North Lushai Hills (in Assam) and the South Lushai Hills (in Sikkim) (within the Bengal Presidency). The territory was renamed the Lushai Hills District of Assam in 1898. In 1935, the district was proclaimed a “excluded region,” which meant the province assembly lost power over the territory and the governor of Assam was given direct control over the district’s administration.
The district remained a part of Assam when India gained independence from the British in 1947. However, growing unhappiness among the Mizo led to the Mizo National Front declaring independence in 1966. As a result of the subsequent violent insurrection, India’s central government took over Mizoram’s governance and declared it a union territory in 1972. Until 1986, when the Mizoram Peace Accord was signed, the insurgency persisted. In 1987, Mizoram received statehood as a consequence of this agreement.
