The term ‘Zomi’ meaning, ‘Zo People’ is derived from the generic name ‘Zo’, the progenitor of the Zomi. In the past, they were little known by this racial nomenclature. They were known by the non-tribal plain peoples of Burma, Bangladesh and India as Chin, Kuki, or Lushai. Subsequently the British employed these terms to christen those ‘wild hill tribes’ living in the ‘un-administered area’, and was subsequently legalised to be the names for the newly adopted subjects by Queen Victoria of England.
However, they called themselves Zomi since time immemorial. They are Zomi not because they live in the highlands or hills, but are Zomi and called themselves Zomi because they are the descendants of their great ancestor, ‘Zo’.
The Zomi or Zo people constitute a major tribe found in various parts of South and South East Asia. They are found in northwestern Myanmar, northeastern India and Bangladesh. Anthropologists classify them as Tibeto-Burman speaking member of the Mongoloid race. In the past they were little known by this racial nomenclature.. The Zo people have common primordial name (i.e. Zo) common history, cultural affinities, belief system, and economic life and cherished the dream of restoring their glorious past.
They remain independent, self-sufficient and were never subjugated until the advent of the British imperialist. They governed themselves according to their traditional polity and legal system ensuring justice for all. The consequences of British imperialism proved disastrous and painful for the Zomi as they were subjected to subjugation, segmentation, division and confusion. As a result their primordial identity was almost completely forgotten and neglected.
The Zo people and their land was dismembered, bifurcated and appended to three sovereign countries – India, Burma and Bangladesh – by British imperialists to fit their own administrative conveniences without Zo people’s knowledge and consent. The state boundaries within the nation-state further scattered Zo people and they became ethnic minorities wherever they are. They are deprived of their socio-economic, political and cultural rights and were subjugated as aliens in their ancestral homeland.
Nevertheless, it was the British themselves who later realized the undeniable common anthropological, historical, cultural and ethnic traits, existing among the Zo people whom they called Kuki, Chin or Lushai. Thus, the Britishers convened the famous Chin-Lushai Conference at Fort Williams in 1982 and decided to amalgamate the Chin-Lushai country (Zoland).
The process of bringing Zo people under a single administrative unit is not realized completely till today. Initially, the Zo people were politically ignorant to take full advantages of such bold steps initiated by the British, however today, they are aware of their true national identity and steadfastly pursue the vision to restore their glorious past.
[Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zomi ]
[Tunhma chuan Zohnahthlak te hi hming hran hran a koh kan lo ni tawh thin a.Heng kan hming putte hi keimahni nihna ni lovin hnam dangho min kohna zawk ani.Manipurah “Kuki” tia hriat kan nia, Mizoramah “Lushai” tia hriat kan ni leh a, Myanmar ah chuan “Chin” tia hriat kan ni leh bawk.
Keimah ni nihna diktak zawk chu Zomi/Mizo hi a lo ni renga. “Zomi” tih leh “Mizo” tih hi thumal pakhat “Zo” atanga lak ania. Zomi tih hmangtu tena an huam tir ang chiah chu Mizo tih hmangtu te pawn an huam tir ve a.Adang lamna chu thuhma belh leh thuhnu belh vang mai ani. “Zo” hi thuhma (prefix) a kan hman chuan “Zomi” a lo nia. “Mi” thuhma belh(prefix) a kan hman ve thung chuan Mizo a ni leh mai a.History ziaktu pu K.Zawla chuan “Mizo” hi hla thua “Zomi” sawi na ni in a sawi.
Zomi hi Mizo ai chuan a dik deuh zawk niin a lang.A chhan chu Zofa, Zoram tite in Zo hi thuhma belh ah kan hmanga Fazo, Ramzo tiin kan hmang ngai meuh lo.Zofa leh Zoram hi Fazo leh Ramzo aia a dik zawk a nih ngai chuan Zomi pawh a dik zawk tihna.Chubakah Zomi tih thumal hi Mizo aiin an hmang hmasa zawk bawk.Pu K.Zawla chuan Zofate hian kum zabi 14na vel atang daih tawh khan an hmang tawh nia a rinawm thu a sawi.
Mizo tih kan hman tanna chu kum 1954 a Lushai Hills Mizo hill a an thlak atang chauh khan ani.Chuvangin Zohnahthlak zawng zawng huapzo leh kan nihna dik tak ni bawk ZOMI ah insuih khawm leh zai i rel ang u khai!]
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May 9th, 2011 at 6:31 pm
teh khiah mai a.
May 9th, 2011 at 6:33 pm
Since time immemorial…as if we have a written history
Burma ah ‘Zo’ inti kher kha hmanlaiah an tlem khawp mai, Chin inti an tamzawk.
May 9th, 2011 at 6:39 pm
Unwritten history are based on facts as written ones are. Written or unwritten they are passed on and interpreted sometimes a little off from the other. Written or unwritten they are both our source of days gone. No history, written or unwritten is 100% accurate or is 100% deatailed (vai style).
May 9th, 2011 at 6:42 pm
Hairehai, Hmanni Mizo tih ka guigal a ‘Ralte’ tih a ka lut zet chu Mizo hnahthlak zawng zawng te hi Vaipheiah an chhunglut vek mawle
May 9th, 2011 at 6:44 pm
A tlar tawp ber khi
Chuvangin Zohnahthlak zawng zawng huapzo leh kan nihna dik tak ni bawk ZOMI ah insuih khawm leh zai i rel ang u khai!
tel dawn lo chiang rap..
May 9th, 2011 at 6:45 pm
Misinterpret hi pawi thui thei deuh asin. Zohnahthlak te phei chu risk/thil hriat thawi ni anga sawi kan ching hi nilo lo kan inhrilh teuh zel alawm. Pathian thu thlengin anih hi. Denomination pawh population wise chuan khawvel ah kan ngah ber hial lo maw… Pathian thu hre tak2 silo hian mahni interpret dan a kal kan ching thin hi a pawi. Engkimah a ni tawp, keini Zohnahthlak te ah chuan.
May 9th, 2011 at 6:45 pm
ACT FAST
May 9th, 2011 at 6:49 pm
Tei vet hlawm che u chuan. ACT FAST.
May 9th, 2011 at 6:55 pm
Enge maw MIZO tih pawh chu i helh em em maw le, post-tupa?
Mizo ni ve mai mai la, a hreawm vak lo asin.
May 9th, 2011 at 6:59 pm
hetiang post te chu ACT FAST deuha thlir liam mai mai tur…Fast takin next post please
May 9th, 2011 at 7:01 pm
Hei pawh Act Fast Type-III.Kei chu Hnam dangin ‘Naga emi inih’ min tih chuan ‘Zomi’ tiloin ‘Mizo’ ka ti zel tho ang.
May 9th, 2011 at 7:09 pm
LUSEIZOMI thil postte hi ka boycott e, coma lek pawh ka chhiar lo ang!!
Purun var zuar cham rei ani hrim hrim ka tih dawn chuan a huat ka hlau si a, ka ti leh lo mai ange!
Mizo tih hrim hrim hi a helh hle a, a do in a do niin ka hria! Ralte ho fuihpawrh te a rawn tum thul. A intention hi a chhe hle. Hnam hmelma a ni e.
May 9th, 2011 at 7:11 pm
MIZO nih duh chu MIzo,…. duh lo chuan an mahni hnam theuh vuan se, chaw tui takin ei se,….mu lum veng veng hlawm se a tawk chiahin ka hria. ZOMI e chuti e, nep set set lutuk, ZOMI nila Mizo te chu Mizo te kan ni mai,…… Chi(Hnam) peng thenkhat ho hi In sual hrit hret hlawm lutuk. Chi(hnam) hrang hrang muk taka inzawm khawm – MIZO te ti darh leh ti-der-thawng zawng a lo rak ve chhen ho hi ka haw riau ani.
May 9th, 2011 at 7:12 pm
Officially MIZO are the people of MIZORAM. ZOMI, ZOHNAHTHLAK,CHHINLUNGCHHUAK are just ethnic group, not same as MIZO.
May 9th, 2011 at 7:13 pm
Vaitawnga OT a lang tlat! Buangi Sailo chuan naktukah Padmashree a dawn lawmna pui tak Falkland, Aizawl-ah a lawm dawn. Ran lu kimin ruai a buatsaih ang, ALU pawh a tel ngei ang. Zomi/Mizo hmeichhe pangain he chawimawina hi an dawng ve ta. Khawlkungi, Nuchhungi, Lalsangzuali Sailo, ? leh Buangi Sailo.
May 9th, 2011 at 7:15 pm
Fasting rawh se, heng ho hian..
May 9th, 2011 at 7:19 pm
“Chuvangin Zohnahthlak zawng zawng huapzo leh kan nihna dik tak ni bawk ZOMI ah insuih khawm leh zai i rel ang u khai!” A dik chiah, i inlungrual mawlh ang u, mahse MIZO nen chuan ngaihfin lo ila.
May 9th, 2011 at 7:23 pm
comment duh tawh su hetiang postah hi chuan…en liam mai mai tur,….ACT FAST
May 9th, 2011 at 7:25 pm
MIZO – a tawk tiu teu khawp mai.
A dang – a ngai lova a tul bawk lo.
Duhtawk lo kan awm chhan : Lusei sawina emaw ti tlat, a lehla lehlama an awm vang a ni.
SIM VE VE SELA KAN BUAI LO TLANG MAI ANG
May 9th, 2011 at 7:27 pm
April 29, 1954 khan Lushai Hills District tih kha Mizo District leh District Council pawh Mizo District Counsil tia thlak a ni zawk, source- B.Zaliana, MIZORAM POLITICAL PARTIES AND LEADERS (Documentary record), Aizawl, 1997 p. 17- 19
May 9th, 2011 at 7:30 pm
To,
A ziaktu Pu duhtak,
He thuziak hi Wikipedia leh Zomi World Congress website lamah hian hmuh tur a awm mai bakah he website ah ngei pawh hian vawi enge maw zat referred a ni tawh a. Tin, nangmah ngei pawhin i rawn thailang tawh bawk.
Hetiang thuziak hian a lan danah in unauna aiin inthendarhna lam a awm mah avangin mi puitling ram leh hnam vei tak tak tan chuan fiamthuna chi niin ka hre lo a.
Nangma ngaihdan aimahin midangte ngaihdan tur lo nuihzat a a sir atang a lo thlir hi I nuam tih zawng a ni zawk chek a niang chu I rawn thawh leh thin a.
Ngun takin ngaihtuah chiang la, mi remkhawm sa ni lovin, nangma irawm chhuak ngei I rawn thawh thei lawm ni?
Mizo leh Zomi tihah hian I buai lo tih ka chiang ngam sak bawk. Khawngaihin post I submit hmain related post a tangte hian check ve tawh ang che.
Ka lawm em em e…
May 9th, 2011 at 7:33 pm
@thiana: Mizo tih hian zohnahthlak ni reng reng lo Bru leh chakma enge maw zat an tel reng a sin. MIZO leh ZOHNAHTHLAK kan thliar thiamloh vang hian buaina tam tak kan tawh phah reng a ni.
May 9th, 2011 at 7:40 pm
WIKIPEDIA hi duh duh tan edit theih…Parle G bisikut chanchin pawh duh chuah ziah nghek theih..
… misual member pakhat tal hi an chanchin ziah sak an ni tawh a ngem? lolzzzz ..
May 9th, 2011 at 7:41 pm
#21
keipawh le 
May 9th, 2011 at 7:49 pm
Ka OT dawn Hnam sakhua a.k.a Rorelliana a online
May 9th, 2011 at 7:51 pm
Kei chu Mizo ka nia, Zohnahtlak, Zomi, etc sawi ve sek hi ka ning hlui tawh.
May 9th, 2011 at 7:57 pm
ninawm
May 9th, 2011 at 8:05 pm
Hnih Riat
May 9th, 2011 at 8:07 pm
Hnihkua
@D_au lo nui vak vak tawh suh, ka comment sa an delete leh palk ang…….. ka titau reng sia ka lo theihnghilh leh tawh………. chhunzawm leh dawn
May 9th, 2011 at 8:09 pm
Meitei ho pawh inpumkhat duhna an neih hnuah an lungrual anih hi le:
“They were believed to have been different ethnically, speaking different dialects and occupying their own territory under a ruler who was both a political chieftain and a social head of the clan (Kabui 2003, 70).
Today there are seven salais (clans) in the Meitei society.
According to McCulloch, it was the Meitheis (Meiteis) who subdued the whole clan and the name Meitei became applicable to all. He states, “From the most credible traditions, the valley appears traditionally to have been occupied by several tribes, the principal of which were named Koomal, Moirang, and Meithei, all of whom came from different directions. For a time Koomal appears to have been the most powerful, and after its declension, the Moirang tribe. But by degrees the Meitheis subdued the whole, and the name Meithei has become applicable to all.” (McCulloch being quoted by T.C. Hodson 1908, 5-6)
https://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtr....._Meiteis_2
Mizo inti duh kan tamber a, a hranpa a thildang ngaihtuah pawh a tul ber lem love..
May 9th, 2011 at 8:12 pm
Hetiang post foreign tawng a rawn in ziak ho hi chu ka ngaina tehchiam lo……
May 9th, 2011 at 8:16 pm
Ka ning ta. He subject hi Zohnahthlak apian man ti awmlo ber niin ka hria. Kan inkoh dan chu awmna a zirin a dang thei, inkoh dan (how we’re indeitified) aiin tunge ka nih (who i am) hi hriata ngaih pawimawh zawk thin tur.
Awmna a hranga inkoh da adang thei, chumi avang chuan mihrang emaw midang emaw kan ni lo. Tin, mahni kan in hriatna (indentified na) ie, Mizo, Zomi, Zou, Chin, Kiki etc. whatever… dik ber a awm chuanglo. A hmun a zirin a ni mai.Mizo, Zomi, Zou, Chin, Kiki, Ralte, Lai Hmar etc. whatever…inti te hi Mizo ah an awm vek (Mizoram ah). Buai buai teh suh u. In kohdan (identity) hi kan hnam a nilo, kan hnam khaikhawm tu mai a ni e.
May 9th, 2011 at 8:17 pm
#32 typo avan tam nek nawk ve
EDIT THEIH SI LOH.
May 9th, 2011 at 8:29 pm
Ralte hi Mizo zingah in telh lo fo mai a, Mizo ah telh ngei ngei tur. “Mizo, Zomi, Zou, Chin, Kiki, Ralte, Lai Hmar etc. whatever…)
May 9th, 2011 at 8:29 pm
All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say, are just fables that have been agreed upon. ~Voltaire, Jeannot et Colin
May 9th, 2011 at 8:30 pm
Nia #33, ka lo ti kiki kiki rilru a
#34 pawh chu a rawn kiki ve miah miah mai
May 9th, 2011 at 8:31 pm
ka comment in delete alo? heta mi hi Submitted on 2011/05/09 at 7:41 pm
May 9th, 2011 at 8:31 pm
#36 Ani maw lukawlh
May 9th, 2011 at 8:36 pm
@Ozima___ i misual ngawrh lutuk,…. em em a…
OT em lovang chu
May 9th, 2011 at 8:37 pm
34
Sony # Ni e, lo telh ve tawh rawh u….
May 9th, 2011 at 8:38 pm
#38, ka lu a sei lo tihna…
May 9th, 2011 at 9:08 pm
Native American(Indian), Black American(Midum), White american te khuan American an inti mai,Indian ho khuan Mingo leh midum lo kal hmain kan hnam chu “Chayenee” ani a American tih hi tunhnua Mingo ho phuahchawp ani an ti ngailo reng reng,American ka ni anti mai.
Chutiang bawkin Midum ho khuan kan thlahtute kha America an luhhma in ‘KUNTE” hnam anni anti anti lo AMERICAn an inti mai.
Mingo ho pawh khuan kan pute chu Germany/England etc. atanga USA a lut ani chuvangin German/England etc. ka ni ti an awmlo, an pute chu Europe khawi ram ber atanga USA a pem lut pawh nise anmahni chuan “AMERICAN” ka anti mai.(PU HV a cho chhuanan USA lam ka hmang anih hi hehehe)
May 9th, 2011 at 9:15 pm
keini Ralte bengchheng ho hian, kan Ram leh Hnam (MIZO) inzawmkhawm nan theihtawp kan lo chhuah zel a nge
May 9th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
I rawtna hi engti taka relevant thei nge ni ang aw. Tunah rih hi chuan Mizoram-a awm ‘Mizo’ inti te hi Zohnahthlak ah chuan kan dinhmun hi a tha ber a. Burma rama mizo awm-Chin an ni emaw State danga awm-Zomi an ni emaw Mizorama awm Mizo te atang lo hi chuan i duhthusam hi a thleng thei mawlh lo ang.
Zohnahthlak i hmangaihna erawh tha ka ti viau….
May 9th, 2011 at 9:25 pm
“Zomi hi Mizo ai chuan a dik deuh zawk niin a lang.”
Tih lai te reuh khi ka pawm lo bawn tawp….hehhehe…
May 9th, 2011 at 9:28 pm
“Mizo tih kan hman tanna chu kum 1954 a Lushai Hills Mizo hill a an thlak atang chauh khan ani.Chuvangin Zohnahthlak zawng zawng huapzo leh kan nihna dik tak ni bawk ZOMI ah insuih khawm leh zai i rel ang u khai!]”
Hei pawh hi i duhthusamah a zamral ngeiin ka ring, chumi atan chuan lo tawngtai nghe nghe ila….
May 9th, 2011 at 10:23 pm
May 9th, 2011 at 10:34 pm
ZOMI, zo hnahthlak tih ah ka lungawilo, MIZO tih ah hian ka lungawi. Eng hnam nge ka nih HMAR ka ni a mizo ka ni. Zomi tih leh zo hnahthlak tih vel hi chu MIZO rawn ni ve chak ho duhthusam mai a ni
May 9th, 2011 at 10:43 pm
Zomi tih leh Mizo tih chu thil danglam vak a ni lo ve. An dahthlakthleng kual vel mai mai a ni. Zomi tih hi a hman lai tawngkam deuhva, Mizo tih hi a tun lai tawngkam deuhva, a tun lai a piang hi a tha mai. Chhuan lo kal leh turte chuan Zozo te pawh an la ti mai thei asin. Tun dinhmunah chuan Mizo hi pawmtlan pawh duh lo mah ila, automatic-in Mizo tih hi a Zohnahtlak zawng zawng huap turin a piang mek zel a, a thang lian zel dawn bawk. Hei hi chu kan duha tlan leh tlan lohvah a innghat dawn chuang lo, hman kan tum leh tum lohvah pawh a innghat dawn chuang lo. Kan tu chhuante’n hun an rawn hman ve hunah chuan khi khi-ah a awm tawh ang. Literature hi khandaih hriam tawn eng ang ai pawhin thil a tithei zawh si a.
May 10th, 2011 at 12:02 am
A in lakhran tum thlak mai mai reng reng khawp mai..
May 10th, 2011 at 12:41 am
Nimin chu ka room ah chaichim/sazu a rawn lut anih chu le…khumah idle deuhin ka mu a, ka en reng a, a rawn vak zawt zawt a..ka vawhlum dawn tep a, ka peih leh lo a.
A hnuah a lo luhna awm tur kha ka hnawh nghal a, tui pipe a rawn zui a..rawn luh leh tho chu a tum ka ring..
May 10th, 2011 at 1:47 am
VaiVa #41 lukawlh lukawlh thangah awk awk. A thi theilo ka vuak hlum
May 10th, 2011 at 4:45 am
Mizo nih an chak ve a, mahse Mizo an intih chuan Mizoram rawn copy nih an hreh ve deuh sia Zomi an inti ta ringawt mai anih kha
May 10th, 2011 at 7:32 am
He pa hi luseizomi a inti ve ringawt a, lusei chu a ni lo chiang ang chu aw. .
Nang zomi, kei mizo!!
May 10th, 2011 at 8:07 am
Mizo, Zomi tih a thlak duh tlat Mizo a leng lo tlat a inhriat na rilru hi chu a fa sual thawmhnaw riau. .khiii tah, khuu tah saw. . .tah va zomi mai rawh u .kei ni Mizo a lungawi ho hnam chihrang te hi MIZO kan ni kumkhua ang .
May 10th, 2011 at 8:45 am
a va han ho mai mai thin ve o.. Tunlaia buaina tur atan cuan a ho tlat.. I awm dan ah khan lungawi mai rwh Post tupa.. Lo awm khawm vek pawh ni ila, nikhat tlai pawh i hmu lo ang..
May 10th, 2011 at 11:03 am
Zomi tih hi Kuki leh Paite buai hma khan ka hre ngai love…. Post tupa hi PaiteLushai in ti nghe nghe se.
May 10th, 2011 at 11:04 am
MIZO means MIZO, ZOMI means ZOMI. I nihna ah khan lungawi mai rawh midang confluence kher tum suh, a mawl/thing/at thlak ltk.
May 10th, 2011 at 11:25 am
He khawvel hun kal zel ah hian, a dik ber hi hman ber a ni chuang lo. Zomi tih chu trawng kal hmang leh kramatikally in a dik zawk mai thei. Mizo tih pawh a sualna a awm chuang lo. Kan lo hmang rei tawh avangin thlak a harsa tawh khawp ang. Tin, “Mizo” tih hi India consititution ah tel tawh anih avangin, thlak leh a harsa veu ang. Chuvangin heihi kan hman tlan vek a thra ang. Myanmar lam kan unaute leh Manipur lam kan farnute problem lian ber chu “mi” leh “mi” inkar “zo” awmna inchhi hnih chauh khi a ni e. Inchhi hnih lo insawn u la kan in pumkhat mai ang.
May 10th, 2011 at 11:28 am
Ka edit thiam ve lo. “Inchhi hnih” nih lovin “sentimeter hnih” a ni zawk e.
May 10th, 2011 at 11:32 am
A chiang reng lawm!
May 10th, 2011 at 11:39 am
hahah..! unau duh tak te u,Kan nihna dik tak kan inhriat tir tumna avanga inngaihdan ni lo te ka lo sawi palh anih chuan pu admin leh member ten min lo hrethiam dawn nia,keizawng ka veizawng hi ka sawi leh hluai thin a…..
May 10th, 2011 at 11:43 am
lusei pawh hi seilu ti tawh ila!. . .haha a tul kher lo ti raw? Khatiang deuh chiah kha mawle.
May 10th, 2011 at 7:12 pm
ZOMI BRUCE LEE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKz_mDUxpzA
May 10th, 2011 at 7:24 pm
#57, keipawh tunhma chuan ka hre ngai lo…ka la naupan deuh vang aniang..
May 12th, 2011 at 12:40 am
Ka tuipuiral tawng thiang tawkin:
Lusei/Mizo/Chin/Zou/Zomi/Kuki/Hmar/Thado etc. is the identity of one big nation in different places who were separated by the British and the Indian government. Just because of how we are identified or are called it does not mean that we’re of different ethnics. Let us all remember we’re of the same Clan. Let not how we are known separate us but let us all unite because of our blood, the blood that flows from the same vein of our ancestors.
Mizo i hih ki cian ni.