The Mizo National Front is a regional political party in Mizoram,India. MNF emerged from the Mizo National Famine Front,which was formed by Pu Laldenga to protest against the inaction of the Government of India towards the famine situation in the Mizo areas of the Assam state in 1959. It staged a major uprising in 1966,followed by years of underground activities. In 1986,it signed the Mizoram Accord with the Government of India,renouncing secession and violence. The MNF then began contesting elections and has formed state government in Mizoram three times. It is currently the state's ruling party,with its president,Zoramthanga,as the Former Chief Minister of Mizoram.
Zoram Nationalist Party is a political party in Mizoram,India. The party was formerly known as Mizo National Front (Nationalist). It was founded by former MP Lalduhoma. MNF(N) was formed in 1997 through a split in the Mizo National Front.
The Mizoram People's Conference is a regional political party in Mizoram,India. It was formed by Brig Thenphunga Sailo on 17 April 1975. Ṭhenphunga was the party chairman and Chief Minister of Mizoram from 1979 to 1984,and an army officer and then a human rights activist before starting his political party.
Laldenga was a Mizo separatist and politician from Mizoram in northeast India. He was the founder of the Mizo National Front,a social organisation turned political party. He was the first Chief Minister of Mizoram as a federated state,the office of which he held from 1986 to 1988.
Pu Lal Thanhawla is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Mizoram,belonging to the Indian National Congress party. He holds the record for longest-serving Chief Minister of Mizoram,occupying the position for five terms:1984 to 1986,1989 to 1993,1993 to 1998,2008 to 2013,and 2013 to 2018. He served as President of the Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee from 1973 to 2021. His electoral constituencies were Serchhip and Hrangturzo from where he successfully contested the Mizoram Legislative Assembly elections nine times,in 1978,1979,1984,1987,1989,1993,2003,2008,and 2013.
Vanglaini is a daily newspaper in Mizoram,northeast India,published in the Mizo language. It is registered with the Registrar of Newspapers for India. It is owned,edited,and published by K. Sapdanga. It remains the newspaper in Mizoram with the largest circulation.
The Mizo National Front uprising was a revolt against the government of India aimed at establishing a sovereign nation state for the Mizo people,which started on 28 February 1966. On 1 March 1966,the Mizo National Front (MNF) made a declaration of independence,after launching coordinated attacks on the Government offices and security forces post in different parts of the Mizo district in Assam. The government retaliated and recaptured all the places seized by the MNF by 25 March 1966.
Mizo Zirlai Pawl is a Mizo multinational student organization and apex students body in Mizoram state. Established on 27 October 1935 in Shillong by Mizo earlier educated students. Originally as the Lushai Students Association (LSA),which was later replaced with the "Mizo Zirlai Pawl" on 1 September 1946. As Mizoram State government notified MZP raising day 27 October was observed as "Zirlaite Ni" from 2008 in Mizoram. It was registered as SR No. 35 of 1969–70 under Indian Societies Registration Act. Its general headquarters is in the state capital of Mizoram,Aizawl. And it has 12 headquarters inside and outside of Mizoram state,such as Churachandpur,Behliangchhip,and in Mizoram state - Serchhip,Biate,Champhai,Darlawn,Kolasib,Mamit,Zawlnuam,Saitual,Lunglei and Khawzawl. It has 50 Sub-Headquarters and many branches.
Robert Romawia Royte is an Indian politician from Aizawl,Mizoram. He had been elected to the Mizoram Legislative Assembly 2018 from Aizawl East - II Constituency,and from Hachek Constituency from the Mizoram Legislative Assembly 2023. He was the Minister of State in the MNF ministry and held the portfolios of Sports and Youth Services,Tourism and Information and Communication Technology.
Zoramthanga is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Mizoram from 1998 to 2008 and 2018 to 2023. He is also the president of Mizo National Front (MNF) party. He represents the Aizawl East I constituency in the Mizoram Legislative Assembly since 2018 and Champhai constituency from 1998 to 2008.
The Mizoram Peace Accord,1986 was an official agreement between the Government of India and the Mizo National Front (MNF) to end insurgency and violence in Mizoram,India,that started in 1966. The Mizo National Front was an organisation of Mizo secessionists led by Laldenga to fight for independence from India. The movement was basically due to lack of support from the government during the great famine in Mizoram in the late 1950s. Political insurgency and social unrest ensued in the next decades. After a number of negotiations,the document titled Mizoram Accord,1986:Memorandum of Settlement was finally signed on 30 June 1986. It was signed by Laldenga for MNF,R.D. Pradhan,Home Secretary,Government of India,and Lalkhama,Chief Secretary,Government of Mizoram. It is remarked as the most and only successful peace agreement in India after its independence from British Empire in 1947.
The Zoram People's Movement is an alliance of six regional parties formed under the leadership of MLA and former IPS Officer Lalduhoma. The party believes in secularism and the protection of religious minorities in India. In 2023 Mizoram Assembly polls,the party won 27 seats out of 40 seats and Lalduhoma became the Chief Minister of Mizoram.
Aizawl is the capital of the state of Mizoram in India. Aizawl was officially established on 25 February 1890. With a population of 293,416,it is the largest city in the state. It is also the centre of administration containing all the important government offices,state assembly house and civil secretariat. The population of Aizawl strongly reflects the different communities of the ethnic Mizo people.
Hnahthial district is one of the eleven districts of Mizoram state in India. The creation of Hnahthial District was first notified on 12 September 2008 but until 2020,it remained non-functional despite a number of promises made by top political leaders and an all-out effort by Hnahthial District Function Demand Committee to let the state government make it functional. Hnahthial district was made functional only 12 years later on 3 June 2019 with the creation of the office of the Deputy Commissioner.
Serchhip Legislative Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Mizoram state in India. it has been a constituency since the first elections in the state in 1972.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Mizoram on 7 November 2023 to elect all 40 members of Mizoram Legislative Assembly,which had 174 candidates and saw 80.66% voter turnout. The votes were counted on 4 December 2023 which showed the Zoram People's Movement's victory winning 27 seats out of 40.
Vanlalthlana is an academician and politician from Mizoram,India.He is currently the Cabinet Minister for School Education Department,Higher &Technical Education Department,Taxation Department,Information &Public Relations Department and Information &Communication Technology Departments. He was the assistant professor of commerce at Pachhunga University College,Mizoram University. He is the founding member of the Zoram People's Movement,a regional political party in Mizoram. He was elected to the Mizoram Legislative Assembly from Aizawl North 2 constituency in the 2018 general election and the 2023 general election.
Lalrinpuii is an Indian politician in the state of Mizoram. She is currently serving as an MLA from Lunglei East constituency of Lunglei district.) She is the first woman to become minister of Mizoram with cabinet rank on December 8 when she took oath as the Minister for health,social welfare and tribal affairs,women and child development and tourism portfolios. Lalhlimpuii Hmar in 1987 and Vanlalawmpuii Chawngthu in 2017 were her two predecessors who held the rank of ministers of state.
K. Sapdanga is an Indian politician and a journalist who is elected as a Member of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly in December 2023 from Aizawl North 3 Assembly constituency. He is a Cabinet Minister under the Zoram People's Movement government lead by Lalduhoma,as Chief Minister. with the following portfolios allocated to him - Home Department,Urban Development &Poverty Alleviation Department,Department of Personnel &Administrative Reforms and Disaster Management &Rehabilitation Department. He is the working president of Zoram People's Movement.
Lorrain Lalpekliana Chinzah is an Indian politician in the state of Mizoram. He is currently serving as Adviser to Chief Minister on Health &Family Welfare &Agriculture. He was elected as an MLA from Lawngtlai East constituency of Lawngtlai district. In the 2023 Mizoram Legislative Assembly Elections he defeated sitting MLA H. Biakzaua by a huge margin of 2,101 votes.
