Written by Jane Robinson — Jack Longbottom’s daughter. On 13th November 2005 Jack celebrated his 95th birthday in Bassingham Nursing Home, Bassingham, Lincoln.
During March 1944 Jack was given the task of raising and training a new guerrilla unit which came to be known as the Lushai Scouts. As there were so few Officers he had to undertake this task single-handed, travelling into the Lushai Hills to raise 400 troops. By this stage in the War the Japanese had pushed beyond Tiddim in the Chin Hills, with heavy fighting in the Kohima and Imphal areas. The Lushai Hills lay to the rear of the Japanese and to the west of the Chin Hills.
This remote area required specialist troops and Brig. Marindin, Commander ‘V’ force, had been very firm in his orders. He said that although the Lushai Scouts would be used as guerrillas in the rear of the enemy they had to be raised and trained as regular troops. Their speciality was to be jungle warfare with special emphasis on mobility and minimum transport.Jack travelled for ten days by train, sampan and foot to reach Aijal, capital of the Lushai Hills.
Mules carrying army clothing, weapons and attestation papers accompanied him. On arrival in Aijal he was to find a platoon already being given primary training by the instructors from the Assam Rifles. Jack went on to Biate on the Chin Hill frontier where the new recruits were to follow a month later.
There was reluctance from GHQ Delhi to sanction the raising of the unit and although recruiting began in March 1944, it was not until some months later that the formation of the unit was finally agreed. Brig. Marindin suggested the Lushai Scouts were called “Slim’s Own” as it looked likely that Gen. Slim would have to pay them!
The Lushais were 18 to 20 years old and very keen to be trained to fight. Having been born and bred in the jungle they were completely at ease moving around in it. The young men were immensely proud of their unit and Jack helped to instil a feeling of confidence in their leaders and in each other, but also most importantly, themselves.
Chhiar zawm rawh le:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/30/a7106230.shtml
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July 10th, 2010 at 6:10 am
Zephenath hi ala mu aniang a!!
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July 10th, 2010 at 6:50 am
A post-tu pa hian Mizo site ah chuan Mizo tawnga thu post ni thei hram se’ a ti thin khan ka hria… te ka tia.. ka mang lamah emaw ni
(keini ang english thiamlo tan chuan dictionary keu zin a ngai lutuk a, a chhiar tui theihloh 
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* Funny’n (a ni sap tawng thiam deuhah) min leh(translate) sak sela va tha dawn em!
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July 10th, 2010 at 6:58 am
Zephenath, ti chiang e mawle. Lushai Scouts te chanchin a dintu ngei fa in a ziah ang ang BBC a an tih chhuah ka rawn pholang mai a ni e, pawi vak em ni tet tawt
sha la la Ka ngai hlu em mai a, keiin thiam vak lova lo lehlin atan ka ui vang a ni nge, ngaidam ngaidam tet tawt.
Link khi han hawng la han chhiar teh, i chhiar tui loh chuan pangpar khawi zir rawh hairehai
NOI
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July 10th, 2010 at 6:58 am
Eeeih,iaana
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July 10th, 2010 at 8:14 am
A va ngaihnawm hmel ve, hei chu!!!
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July 10th, 2010 at 8:17 am
keimah, link atang khian i hman chuan chhiar rawh, ka kham khawp lo a ni e kei chuan.
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July 10th, 2010 at 8:27 am
Pu HV, ka hman veleh a link khi ka lo chhiar dawn nia! Hna tul dang a awm rih tlat…nupuiten min vuak hmain kal thuai phawt mai teh ang…:)
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July 10th, 2010 at 8:29 am
keimah, i kham khawp bik chiahin ka ringlo
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July 10th, 2010 at 8:46 am
Lui hming te khi a mak tawp. Tui river te, Manipui river te… a awm tak tak em aw?
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July 10th, 2010 at 8:47 am
ngaihnawm hmel hle mai..insiam ngai tlat..nakinah ka chhiar zawm ang.
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July 10th, 2010 at 8:51 am
ZerO, Tiau* niawm tak a ni.
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July 10th, 2010 at 8:56 am
Thawh veleha chhiar atan chuan uiawm hmel tlat,ka’n inphih fai vel phawt ang emmmm..heeihdaw
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July 10th, 2010 at 8:59 am
HV, Tiau ni ta se, 1944 khan suspension bridge a la awm lo ang. Run lui a ni zawk ngem aw?
Tukthuan ei a hun ta. Uisa bai leh rawtuai bai(raw tak tuai ngat) nen bar puk puk teng. Chhunah Sialsukah leng bawk ila.
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July 10th, 2010 at 9:04 am
English thiam loh lutuk hi chu ava buaithlak thin tak em..! A ngaìhnawmna, hlutna bo thaka kan chhiar chu a.
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July 10th, 2010 at 9:22 am
Mizo tlangval ral beih chak a chiri lo chauh te chu Burma ramah Japan ral kap in an han rammu a. Hun rei tak ral lu la tawh lo an ni bawk a chung thil chu an ni tan chuan hlimhlawp bawlna a ni hawt mai!
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July 10th, 2010 at 9:34 am
Brig. Marindin, Commander ‘V’ force, said that although the Lushai Scouts would be used as guerrillas in the rear of the enemy they had to be raised and trained as regular troops. Their speciality was to be jungle warfare with special emphasis on mobility and minimum transport.
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July 10th, 2010 at 9:34 am
ZerO,#13 Lushai Scouts Mizo tawng kha ka en nawn leh loh chuan ka hre tawh lo
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July 10th, 2010 at 9:35 am
Most of the Scouts returned home to tend their fields and live the quiet life, reflecting
on the “fun” they had in Burma!
tih lai khi ka duh khawp mai, Pu HV
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July 10th, 2010 at 10:35 am
A ziak ngaihnawm hle mai! Kham awm loh deuh in a ziak a nih tak hi @HV
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July 10th, 2010 at 10:36 am
Lushai Scouts tih ri chuan ka lung ava ti leng ve mai mai. Mahse han comment zui vak dan tur chu ka hre lem lo’…
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July 10th, 2010 at 10:41 am
shai, Mizo tawnga an chanchin tluan ziak Synod Bookroom ah an zuar, a ngaihnawm khawp mai. Keipawn ka nei ran ania, ka lehkhabu dahna ah a ala awm ngei ang
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July 10th, 2010 at 10:43 am
kei misual junior ber hian ka kham khop lo hle mai!!! Pu HV hei ai a thui deuh hi mizotawng in ron post teh a!
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July 10th, 2010 at 10:48 am
bapt, phek 50 vel lai angai
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July 10th, 2010 at 10:53 am
jungle warfare ah kher hi chuan training nei tha i la mizo te hi kan nep lo viau mai thei a ni!!
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July 10th, 2010 at 10:56 am
survival ah hrim hrim poh mizo tlangval hrisel pangai hi chu ram hnuai ah min chhuah tawp se, karkhat vel hi chu tupawh kan survive thei in ka ring!! dik maw diklo maw?
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July 10th, 2010 at 11:20 am
bapt, tunlai ah chuan a ni tawh lo maithei. Mahni khum khuh that/khum siam thiam pawh an awm tawh manglo an tia ni lawm ni.
ramhnuai ah phei chuan an dam chhuak lo tawp ang, changpat pawh an hmu rul thei mai ang 
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July 10th, 2010 at 11:27 am
Ngaihnawm muah muah khawp mai. Imphal-a ka awm ve laia Run lui lian, a kuang dawlna-ah pawh liam lek leka a cham po thin te pawh min hriatchhuahtir alawm mawle.
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July 10th, 2010 at 11:31 am
@ 26 HV…gothica i sawi chhan…lolzzzz
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July 10th, 2010 at 11:34 am
@H.Vangchhia: ron post tha kher mai, hetiang hi lawm ngaihhlut awm thei chu. Tuna mi phei chu kemahni Mizo lam atanga ziah ni lovin hnam dang ho daih atanga rawn ziah a ni leh nghal. Tha khawp mai
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July 10th, 2010 at 11:35 am
Ti daih ila, Sap ho rawn luh lai taka mizo incheina hria in awm em aw…?
hria in awm chuan khawngaih rawn share keuh teh u a.
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July 10th, 2010 at 11:41 am
dik hmel khop mai Pu HV! mizo tlangval vangvat la kai miah lo hi kan tam toh khop mai ang a?
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July 10th, 2010 at 11:45 am
A ngaihnawm a ni maw… An sawi dan atangin ka hre mai
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July 10th, 2010 at 11:50 am
“Having been born and bred in the jungle”
min va hmu Barbarian awmve.. hetiang em em tachu kanni amawnile 1940’s ah techuan
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July 10th, 2010 at 12:00 pm
an thiam awm ve tho lo maw? An ram dinhmun atanga thlir in kei ni khawlian ve pawl pawh kha ramhnuai kar a khaw awm ve pheuh2 a nih duh hmel ve riau lo maw?
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July 10th, 2010 at 12:19 pm
@funny, Sap ho rawn luh lai tak chuan, Mizote khan kkawrte an ha lo vek.
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July 10th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
Mapuia: hahaha, hetiang te ziah chhawn chi dawn mi le
mizo puan leh thri ang chi tekha kan nei vek tawhin ka hria a, mipa in puan an venga hmeichhia in an bih a.. tihvel an kawr hak te, thri ang chi zawngin mawle.
kekawrte ang chi zawnga sawi techu a
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July 10th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
@funny,ka hre lo..haha
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July 10th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
bapt: hetiang hi alawm pawimawh chu, anmahni thlirna atanga an ziah bakah an ziak uar hret ve thrin bawka..
Civilisation define nan an in hmang kanti dawn nge, anmahni colonial policy justify nan tepawh an hmang ang chu. keini chauh lo pawh an colonised society ho represent nan an hmang thrin khawvel hmun dang dangah pawh. Sap ngaihsan naah te min luh pui thul..
History ziah dan hi a pawimawh khawpa, nakin thrangthar law awmzel tur pawhina kan pipute awmdan a imagine theih natur ania. Chuvangin kan history pawh midang thlirna atang nilova keimahni ina kan rediscover hi trul hle ani. Sap ho lo sawi ang, “aw” dual dual ringawt lovin.
Entirnan, “Head Hunters” min han tih ngawt ang chi tehi, tunlai ah chuan hnam huaisen ang zawngin kan la a kan lawm viau ani thei, mahse chutiang zawngin ka ngai velo keichu.
kan nihna ai daiha min chhuah barbaric hi a trul kati khelo a, nakina thrangthar ina kan pipute an rawn imagine nan pawh ka duh kherlo. hehehe
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July 10th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
funny: a dik khop mai! he ti zawng hian ka ngaituah lem lo a! mahse justification chu a ni lem don a maw ni le? an mahni hmuh dan an ziak a ni mai a! tin engmah han in justify na chhan tur an nei em em a maw ni le lushai scout chung chang ah kher hi chuan!Topic dang chu thu hran nise
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July 10th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
ka pu khan British hunlai khan Mizo hi kan rinawm in ka taima zawk ,
India awhbehna hnuai kan awm atang in Mizo hi kan diklo zo vek ati thin!!
India Independent hnu ah Mizo in ram kan chan laiin Meitei ho chuan tlangram(Mizoram leh Nagaland) an sat hek thei tlat! A fair lo khawp mai!!
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July 10th, 2010 at 1:36 pm
Funny: khoi lai tak khi nge barbaric i tih lai chu?Allied force sipai kha ti zozai awm zing a kan lushai scout tlemte chhuanawm tak tak te chanchin an rawn pholang hi lawm awm ka lo ti viau a sin!
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July 10th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
@ funny, #30, hemi post atang hian lo ‘imagine’ chhin han tum teh…
https://misual.life/2010/05/.....henkhatte/
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July 10th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
28, zualbonez chu leh hahahahahaha
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July 10th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Pu Hranga ziak kha ka chhiar tawh nain, ka theihnghilh leh tawh, 1997 khan a Bu ka lei a.
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July 10th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
pu shai I link min rawn pek ah khian keipawhin kalo comment tawh reng alawm le
“Head Hunter” minti a, mahse mihring hi kan hunt ngai leh ngailoh hretu kanni e.. ral beihna ah techuan mi lu chu anlo la thrin ngei, mahse “Head Hunters” han in tih thlawt hi chu “hring ei” tih nen a message ken a dnglamna a tamlo khawpmai.. chutianga tih tur em chu kanni in ka hrelo. hnam huaisen tih zawngin tunlaiah kan la a, mi lula hnam tiin kan letlinga.. chu chu animai. mahse… aaaa ka sawi tamlo zawk ange, ka hriat chin in a daihlo palh ang. lolzz
Tunah pawh 1940’s hnu lamah, “having been born and bred in the jungle” minla ti duh ania
link ah pawh khian 1880’s daih ni mahse jungle a pianga seilian chu kanni tawh biklo ania
link ami rawn post tu Epis teho hian hetiang lam chu an hrechiang turah ka ngai, colonial policy tihvel ang hi an tuipui angrengin ka hria.. hehehe
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July 10th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
Lushai scout, Pasaltha A, Pasaltha B kan lo nei kha a ropui ka ti khawp mai. Ka pu hi khawchhung vengtu Pasaltha B ah khan a telve thin a, amah awm tawh lo mahse tun thlengin a chhungte chuan Pasaltha B lawmman an la la ve thin.
Ka ngaihtuahna a awm daih chu Mizo hnahthlak hnam zingah hian Lushai hi an awm ka hre lova, Sap hovin Lushai min tih avanga tun thleng thlenga lo inla Lushai tawk an la awm hi chu a zia lo deuh ka ti.
@funny, keipawh ‘Head hunter’ tia min han sawi thin hi chu ka chekin a mil lo khawp mai. Hman lai khan mi lu lak tum ngar ngar hian an ral mu lem lo. Ral an that tih lantir nan mi lu kha an hmang mai chauh a ni. In ti engemae deuhten ‘ From head hunting to soul hunting’ an tih thin hian ka lo tim deuh thin.
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July 11th, 2010 at 12:51 am
Naga ho pheichu, “the naked Nagas” tih ten ania an ziah
A ziak tupa pawh khan 1930’s vel tekha chuan an naked bikloh zia a hmuve reng awm sia
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July 11th, 2010 at 5:21 am
Head Hunter/Lu la hnam kan ni ngai lova, kan hmelma te kan thah in a ti chiangtu atan trophy angin an lu kan hawn thin.
British ho min koh dan ang ang hi kan nihna a ni kherlo. Hnam chi tin reng, Zohnahthlak tiamin min ti darh tu, Lushai, Chin tih leh a dang ten min thliar hrang daih tu an nih hi. Kei ka haw hluah hluah ania. Kan history, culture, tradition leh religion engmah hrechiang lo khan an rilru a lut ang angin min bawl kual a. An mahni tawng ngei a NATION tih pawh ngaihsak lovin Nation hrang angin kan ram te chu hmun thumah min thendarh sak a, zawng var ho hi.
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July 11th, 2010 at 5:29 am
funny, Mongol ho te kha Barbarians an ti nangin,English ho leh midang ang lo takin, an hmelma an man te kha an sawisa in an ti hreawm ngailo reng reng a sawi a ni. An hmelma te an thah pawn rang thei ang bera thi ngei turin an tum thin tih a la ni zel zui mawle.
The Mongols did not torture, mutilate or maim, but their enemies did. Captured Mongols were dragged through streets and killed for sport and to entertain city residents. Nor did the Mongols partake in the gruesome displays of stetching, emasculation, belly cutting and hacking to pieces that European rulers often resorted to elicit fear and discourage potential enemies — as was soon to happen to William Wallace on orders from England’s King Edward I. The Mongols merely slaughtered, and preferring to do so from a distance
English ho hian barbarians an tih te, savage an tih te leh a dang te pawh hi an culture millo ho an hnuaichhiahna, physchological warfare thlenga an hman tangkai tawngkam te ni ta in ka hria.
Engpawh nise, Lushai Scouts/Biate Sipai te kha an chhuanawm thlawt a ni. Khita an ziah Japanese company 2 an “run over” a pakhat mah an thilo an tih erawh khi chu an ziak dan leh Mizo tawnga ka chhiar a dang hret. Mizo tawngah chuan, tlemte chauh emaw awm an ti a, thi lovin an camp kha an tlantlang theih an inring a company 2 lai an lo ni zawk si a, an thilo kha an vanneih zia a inziak. Tin, Japanese hoin an han kah let tak tak lai phei chuan mi 3 phei chu uipum tiat lek thingkung phenah an in chherchhuan a, kha thingkung lah kha an rawn kap khem hlawk hlawk mai si a, an hlauh zia an hlauh zia chu tih a ni. Mahse, an ngaihsan awm hrim hrim ka ti tawp mai, an pu te hmuh lemloh thleng pawh a hmelma te an basa ngam te pawh kha an lawmawm dangdai ve hrim2, ka chhuang thlawt a ni. Capt’ Wood kha a sual em mai a, an ‘talh” (an tawngkam hman) ta mai pawh a.
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July 11th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Pu HV: I comment ka thlawp khawpmai. Lushai Scout lam sawilovin I comment #48& 49 ang chi ah khian kalo pakai daih alawm le
Lushai scout chanchin hi ka hre vaklo a, lo inchhiar zui tur ani.
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July 12th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
#46, “Ka ngaihtuahna a awm daih chu Mizo hnahthlak hnam zingah hian Lushai hi an awm ka hre lova, Sap hovin Lushai min tih avanga tun thleng thlenga lo inla Lushai tawk an la awm hi chu a zia lo deuh ka ti.”
Misualah hian nick atan lushai hi a hmang awm chhun ka niin ka hria a, ka hman chhan pawh Zeph-a post ah khan ka sawi tawh a!
https://misual.life/2010/05/.....-thung-aw/
Hmanlai post WWII a Mizo Sipai tang te reng reng khan an hming tawpah ‘Lushai’ an telh vek thin! Mizo hnahthlak hnam zingah a hran in lushai chu an awm lo ngei a, Lusei hnam erawh chu an awm thung. Lusei tih atangin ‘Lushai’ hi lo chhuak ani tih pawh kan hre chiang hlawm fuin ka ring kei misual hian.
H.V chu min lo phawi khalh a.
Mahse ka rawn thual ve hrim hrim ang! Ka hman ve tep tawh e.
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July 12th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
lushai_er ni tuk e a, rawn phawrh mawlh rawh khai
Ka hmu remchang em a, kan lo khalh mai che a nih kha.
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