By Vumson Suantak At the beginning of the year 1892 the impact of the British presence was felt everywhere. Coolies were demanded of the villages, and roads for British use had to be built. The British imposed increasingly heavy fines for any sign of opposition. What made the Zo people most determined to oppose the…
By S.Z Howe The British Army annexed the upper Burma in 1883 and the little Shan state of Kale also fell to them instantly. Afterwards Capt.Raikes of the British Army acting Deputy Commissioner of the Upper Chindwin sent for Chief Tson Bik of Tashon (Falam) and held a peace talk with him at Sihaung village…
Khai Kam (1864–15 September 1919) was a Chin leader who fought the British forces when they invaded Chin Hills/Chin State in the late 19th century. Two years after the British had conquered the Chin Hills, he led a rebellion to overthrow the British administration from Chin Hills. Unsuccessful in his rebellion, Khai Kam was sentenced…
The 1964 movement began without any organization or planning and resulted from a variety of government actions and policies. One factor was that Zo members of parliament were angry with the military government of General Ne Win for dissolving parliament. This meant that their hard won seats provided no more work or income, and they…
[Note: Compiled from the “Profile of A Burma Frontier Man” – 1963 by Vum Ko Hau (Ph.D)] “The Chin is of interest, because he reveals the material out of which Buddhism and civilisation have between them evolved the Burmese people; the Chin, in short, is the rough wood out of which the Burman has been…
By Mungpi Suantak What does the term “Chin” imply? The word or the term “Chin” may have had its roots far beyond our recordable memories and could possibly have been used elsewhere in Mongolia, China or Tibet. Yet it is not the history of the term that we are concerned here in this article. In…
Following article is compiled from the Pu Thang Za Dal’s paper “THE CHIN/ZO PEOPLE OF BANGLADESH, BURMA AND INDIA” I. FAMILY Born: July 1, 1927 Parents: Ex-Chief Khan Lian, Pi Lian Cingh(Khuasak) Bros & Sis: Son Za Cin, Niang Pum, Tuang Kho Kam, Pau Kho Hau, Man Vung, Lian Za Cing, Tuang Za Cin Marriage:…
Following article was compiled from the “Conversion of the Chin in Burma: The Creation of an Elite” by Bianca Son (Mang Khan Cing) Ph.d, daughter of the late Dr. Vumson Suantak, her thesis paper for Master of Science at International School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Contemporary Asian Studies, Universiteit van Amsterdam (August 2007).…
It was summer time in Tokyo. I woke up to my alarm clock at four O’clock in the morning and prepared for one day vacation to Nihon-ji Daibutsu, Nokogiri Yama with friends. Since we arranged to meet outside Shibuya station’s dog statue with friends at five thirty in the morning, I ran to the nearest…
By Major F. M. Rundall, D.S.O., 4th Gurkha Rifles, late O. C. Chin Hills and Political Officer, Northern Chin Hills Origin of the Chins : “I believe some people are of the opinion that they were aboriginal tribes of Upper Burma, and were gradually forced back into the hills, driving back in their turn the…
This article is compiled from the book “THE CHIN HILLS” by Bertram S. Carey and H.N Tuck, printed and published in 1896, in Rangoon. Names of the people, and places are differently spelled now adays. I. ORIGIN AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE SIYINS Original of the Siyins. The origin of the progenitors of the Siyin tribe…
By E.Pau Za Kam,B.A.,BED. (State inspector of School, Retired) The State High School, Thuklai see the fiftieth anniversary of its birth this year, 1997. The Parent-Teachers’ Association of the school decided to issue a School History in commemoration of its Golden Jubilee.
To borrow the name of one of the better movies of the ’90s, the Republican Party needs a few good men (and women) who can tell the truth about today’s GOP. But for many rank-and-file Republicans, engaging with reality may be very difficult. As the tough-as-nails Marine colonel (played to perfection by Jack Nicholson) bellowed:…
This article was written by Yawwun and published in the Guardian newspaper around 1955, and quoted from the book “Profile of a Burma Frontier Man”. The foundation of the Union of Burma comprising the whole areas of the various small kingdoms for the first time in the history of the whole greater Burma is the…
He possessed seven guns at the time of British arrival in the Chin Hills. When the British ordered the surrender of guns he gave in 4 and kept 3 which he used again at the time of Siyin rebellions. The British invited some leading Siyin Chiefs to view the power of their weapons at Kalemyo.…
By Dr. Vum Ko Hau This article was published in The Guardian in 1955 During the latter part of Alaungpaya’s dynasty, Burma was split into different states again. Although Alaungpaya welded so many small states into the largest Burmese empire he did not do it by any treaty or agreement.
America om Chin/Zomi te taw thu son khawm tu in Dr. SaSa USA hong pai aa, Chin Community USA te ii vaihawmna taw Maryland sung hotel khat ah, August 25, 2012 nitak, thu sonna nei hi. Tua thu sonna ah Chin/Zomi pawlpi tuatuam ahi CBMC, CBC, SBMC, Mara pawlpi tuatuam, Zotung pawlpi tuatuam te le…
A book written by Dr. Thuam Cin Khai is recently available online from LAP Lambert Acedemic Publishing, Germany. It was entitled “Spiritual Intelligence (SQ) among Administrators”. On the back cover of the book, a brief content about the book, and author was mentioned as follow:-
By. Dr. Vumson Suantak (This is a comment I wrote on the Chin State Capital in response to Dr. Lian Hmung Sakhong’s book. He writes) “Since the arrival of the British, Haka became the capital of Eastern Chinram.” To my recollection Haka had never been the capital of Eastern Chinram until 1964. Let me give…
by Kam Khaw Thang (Yangon) Introduction The Chin Christian Centenary of the first Converts among the Chins (CCCC) namely Thuam Hang and wife, Pau Suan and wife of Khuasak village, Tedim, Chin State who were converted in 1904 by the preaching of American Baptist Missionaries and baptized on May 11, 1905 by Dr. East is…
This article was published in The Guardian in 1954 July seven years ago, and rain had just set in Rangoon. At the iron gates of the Secretariat a few traffic constables and Yebaws were seen in khaki uniforms. Their duty was to control motor traffic into the Secretariat. They did not check the . identity…
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