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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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