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Mizo people
Summary
The Mizo people (Mizo hnam) are a Tibeto-Burmese ethnic group native to the Indian state of Mizoram and neighbouring regions of Northeast India. They are related to the Zomi people and Chin people. The term Mizo covers several related ethnic groups or clans inside the Mizo group. The term Kuki, derived from Bengali, was used as a general classification in government records for the Zo ethnic groups who resided in the Lushai hills region. However, with the establishment of the state of Mizoram, the term Mizo became more widely recognized and used.
Some Mizos claim (from their folklore) that Sinlung (alternatively called "Chhinlung" or "Khul") was the cradle of the Mizos. Sinlung can either refer to "enclosed with a rock" in the Mizo languages or to a main ancestor named "Chin-Laung" from whom Mizo and other Chin clans descended.
The present Indian state of Mizoram (meaning Mizoland or land of the Mizos") was historically called the Lushai Hills or Lushai District. (The word "Lushai" is a now-deprecated British transliteration of "Lusei".) The Lushai Hills area was defined as an excluded area during the British Raj, and as a district of Assam in independent India.
The Mizo are divided into several clans, including the Ralte, Paite, Rokhum, Lai, Hmar, Lusei, Mara, and Thadou/Kuki. In addition to the state of Mizoram, Mizo people inhabit other states in the immediate vicinity, such as Tripura, Assam, Manipur, and Nagaland. The majority of Mizo outside India live across the border in neighbouring Chin State and Sagaing Region, Burma.
The dispersed distribution of Mizo people can be attributed to two factors: migratory practices due to the practice of Jhum agriculture by the Mizos, which in turn led to a rapid expansion of their territory during the 18th and 19th centuries, and the pacification of India under British rule. Khawnglung Run is a Mizo-language film, based on true events of the historical massacre of Khawnglung during 1856–1859.
The Mizo were particularly dissatisfied with the government's inadequate response to the 1959–60 mautâm famine.
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