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In 1959, Mizo Hills was devastated by a great famine known in Mizo history as 'Mautam Famine'. [33] The cause of the famine was attributed to the flowering of bamboos which resulted in a boom in the rat population. It caused mass destruction of food stores and crops. A number of people died of starvation.
The Mizo people in Myanmar, historically Burma National Lushais (Burmese: လူရှိုင်း) are Myanmar citizens with full or partial Mizo ancestry. Although various Mizo tribes have lived in Myanmar for past centuries, the first wave of Mizos migrated back to Myanmar in the mid-19th to the 20th centuries. [2]
Mizo culture is rooted in the arts and ways of life of Mizos in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar. Mizo culture has developed in plurality with historical settlements and migrations starting from Southern China to the Shan states of Burma, the Kabaw valley and the state of Mizoram under the British and Indian administrations. [1]
Sakhua (lit. "deity divine force"), also known as Mizo religion, [73] Lushai animism [73] 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. [74]
Tualte was one of the largest settlements in pre-colonial Mizo history. The earliest confirmation of its existence was in 1861 despite existing before from an unknown date. The settlement was estimated to consist of over 1000 households. [5] Unlike other notable settlements, which were confederations, Vonolel was the sole chief of this ...
The term Mizo became popular by the 1961 census, with over 96% of the population identifying under the term. [33] The popularity is argued to be due to political developments. The Mizo Union established its name to encompass all tribes in the then Lushai Hills. In 1954 the Mizo Union changed the name of the Lushai Hills to the Mizo district. [34]
The elections saw the Mizo Union win 21 of the 30 assembly seats. Mizo Congress won 6 seats. Three independents from Southern Mizoram filled the final remaining seats. The Mizo Labour Party and the Socialist party failed to establish any seats and as a result decided to merge into the Mizo Congress to oppose the Mizo Union. [4]
The Mizo union would win all three seats to the Assam assembly in the 1952 general election. The following election in the same year saw the Mizo Union win all 3 of the seats in the Assam assembly and 15 districts secured out of 18. [176] The first bill passed by the Mizo Union was the Lushai Hills (Chieftain Abolition) Act, 1952.