British rule in the Lushai Hills

South Lushai Hills
(1889–1898)
North Lushai Hills
(1891–1898)
Lushai Hills
(1898–1947)
Mizoram[1]
Part of Bengal Presidency (1889–1898)
Integrated with Assam (1889–1912)
District of Assam Province (1912–1947)
1889–1947
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CapitalLungleh
(1889–1898)[a]
Aijal
(1889–1947)
DemonymBritish
Indian
Lushai
Population 
• 1901
82,434[1]
• 1941
152,786[1]
Government
Monarch 
• 1889–1901
Victoria
• 1901–1910
Edward VII
• 1910–1936
George V
• 1936
Edward VIII
• 1936–1947
George VI
Superintendent 
• 1891–1896 (first)[2]
John Shakespear
• 1943–1947 (last)[3]
Alexander Ronald Hume MacDonald
Historical eraColonial era
March 4, 1889
1871–1872, 1883–1888
• Divided into North Lushai Hills and South Lushai Hills
1889
• North given to Assam
July 3, 1890
• South placed under Bengal Presidency
April 1, 1891
• North and South merged
April 1, 1898
• Independence declared
15 August 1947
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Lushai chiefdoms
Lushai Hills District
Today part ofMizoram

British rule in the Lushai Hills, spanning from the late 1889 to the 1947, commenced with the Chin-Lushai Expedition of 1889-90 leading to the formal establishment of the two administrative districts (North Lushai Hills, South Lushai Hills) in 1889 and continued through the integration of the regions into the province of Assam with both districts being merged as the Lushai Hills[4] until India gained independence in 1947.

After the Chin-Lushai Expedition of 1889-90, South Lushai Hills was occupied in 1889, and the following year, it was formally annexed, becoming part of Bengal Presidency.[5] North Lushai Hills was also occupied in 1889, and became part of British Assam. On 1889, the two districts merged and continued to be part of British Assam. On 1912, it was put into British India's Assam Province.[6]

  1. ^ a b c "Mizo Chanchin, Bu II – A History of Lushai Hills, Part II [1947]", British Library, EAP454/13/12, https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP454-13-12
  2. ^ Rao, C. Hayavadana (ed.). "Shakespeare, John" . The Indian Biographical Dictionary . Madras: Pillar & Co.
  3. ^ Vanlalhmangaihsanga, R. "Political History of Lushai Hills since the Pre-Colonial Era" (PDF). Mizoram University Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences. VI (1). ISSN 2395-7352.
  4. ^ Chaterjee, Suhas (1985). Mizoram under the British rule. Mittal Publication. p. 225.
  5. ^ Zorema, J (2021). The South Lushai Hills. Om Publications, https://www.ompublications.in/product/books/OM50888
  6. ^ https://dclunglei.mizoram.gov.in/page/about


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