British rule in the Lushai Hills
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 until India gained independence in 1947.
| South Lushai Hills (1889–1898) North Lushai Hills (1891–1898) Lushai Hills (1898–1947) Mizoram | |||||||||
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| Part of Bengal Presidency (1889–1898) Integrated with Assam (1889–1912) District of Assam Province (1912–1947) | |||||||||
| 1889–1947 | |||||||||
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| Capital | Lungleh (1889–1898) Aijal (1889–1947) | ||||||||
| Demonym | British Indian Lushai | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1901 | 82,434 | ||||||||
• 1941 | 152,786 | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||
• 1889–1901 | Victoria | ||||||||
• 1901–1910 | Edward VII | ||||||||
• 1910–1936 | George V | ||||||||
• 1936 | Edward VIII | ||||||||
• 1936–1947 | George VI | ||||||||
| Superintendent | |||||||||
• 1891–1896 (first) | John Shakespear | ||||||||
• 1943–1947 (last) | Alexander Ronald Hume MacDonald | ||||||||
| Historical era | Colonial era | ||||||||
| March 4, 1889 | |||||||||
• Lushai Expeditions | 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 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Mizoram | ||||||||
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. 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.