The Mizos are a scheduled tribe in northeastern India, primarily in the state of Mizoram, of which they are in the majority. The Mizos are divided into numerous tribes, which includes the Lushai, the Ralte, the Hmar, the Paite, the Mara, and the Pawi. Their languages (of which the largest is Lushai) belong to the Tibeto-Burman family, and are closely related to those of the Chin in the adjacent Chin State of Burma, as well as those of the Nagas. Kukis and others. Ādivāsīs (आदिवासी) or tribal peoples comprise a substantial minority of the population of India. ... Mizoram is a state in northeastern India. ... Hmar is the name of one of the numerous tribes of India, spread over a large area in the northeast. ... The Paites are one of the constituent tribes of the Zomi who inhabited Burma, India and Bangladesh. ... The word Mara can mean: Mara people living in southern part of mizoram state of the Republic of India and Western part of Myanmar a species of the cavy family, see Mara (mammal) an administrative region of Tanzania, see Mara, Tanzania an Italian commune in the province of Sassari in... The Tibeto-Burman linguistic subfamily of the proposed Sino-Tibetan language family is spoken in various central and south Asian countries: Myanmar (Burmese language), Tibet (Tibetan language), northern Thailand (Mong language), Nepal, Bhutan, India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and the Ladakh region of... Chin is one of the ethnic groups in Myanmar (Burma). ... Chin is a state of Myanmar. ... The Naga people of two million is found in Nagaland, parts of Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Myanmar. ... The term Kuki refers to an ethnic entity that spreads out in a contiguous region in Northeast India, Northwest Burma (Myanmar), and the Chittagong Hill tracts in Bangladesh. ...

Mizos have long complained of political isolation and neglect from India, and these sentiments have fueled aspirations for independence or greater autonomy. The Mizo National Front, which espouses such goals, has become the leading political party among Mizos and is currently the strongest player in the Mizoram government. Mizo National Front, a regional political party in Mizoram, India. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mizoram is a state in northeastern India. ...

There are also smaller numbers of Mizos in Burma (chiefly in Chin State) and Bangladesh (chiefly in the Chittagong Hill Tracts). Chin is a state of Myanmar. ... This article is in need of attention. ...

Religion

Almost all ethnic Mizos are Christian, mostly Presbyterian and Baptist. They adopted Christianity in the 19th century with the intervention of missionaries from the British, extinguishing nearly every trace of their native Shinlung religion. Mizos have adopted the idea of evangelising Christianity to a large degree. A Christian is a follower of Jesus of Nazareth. ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... Baptist churches are part of a Christian movement often regarded as an Evangelical, Protestant denomination. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A minority of the Mizos have recently been observing Judaism following the announcement of a local researcher that the Mizos were one of the Lost Tribes of Israel (see Bnei Menashe). Roughly 5,000 Mizos and Kukis, a related ethnic group, have become or are the children of those who began to convert to Judaism during the mid-1980's. The state's powerful churches dismiss this belief. Image:Hitler. ... Lost Ten Tribes, also referenced as the Ten Lost Tribes or the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, usually refers to ten of the tribes of the ancient Kingdom of Israel that were reported lost after the Kingdom of Israel was totally destroyed, enslaved and exiled by ancient Assyria. ... The Bnei Menashe (Children of Menasseh, Hebrew בני מנשה) are a small group of Jews from Indias northeastern states of Manipur and Mizoram, claiming descent from the Ten Lost Tribes, specifically, from the tribe of Menasseh (Menashe, in Hebrew). ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...

On 1 April 2005, the Chief Rabbi of Sephardic Jews in Israel, Shlomo Amar, recognized the Jewish community as authentic descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel. The decision coupled with a gesture to send a contingent of Rabbis to India to perform formal Orthodox Jewish conversions. With the conversions, the Mizo Jews, who claim ancestry to the Tribe of Manasseh, would be allowed to move to Israel under Israel's Law of Return. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... Rabbi (Classical Hebrew רִבִּי ribbÄ«;; modern Ashkenazi and Israeli רַבִּי rabbÄ«) in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root-word RaV, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished,. In the ancient Judean schools the sages were addressed as רִבִּי (Ribbi or Rebbi... Sephardim (ספרדי, Standard Hebrew SÉ™fardi, Tiberian Hebrew ardî; plural Sephardim: ספרדים, Standard Hebrew Sfaradim, Tiberian Hebrew ) are a subgroup of Jews, generally defined in contrast to Ashkenazim and/or . ... Introduction Rabbi Shlomo Amar was born in Morocco in 1948 and immigrated to Israel in 1962. ... Lost Ten Tribes, also referenced as the Ten Lost Tribes or the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, usually refers to ten of the tribes of the ancient Kingdom of Israel that were reported lost after the Kingdom of Israel was totally destroyed, enslaved and exiled by ancient Assyria. ... Orthodox Judaism is that stream of Judaism which adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized in the Talmud (Oral Law) and later codified in the Shulkhan Arukh. ... Religious conversion is the adoption of new religious beliefs that differ from the converts previous beliefs; in some cultures (e. ... The Bnei Menashe (Children of Menasseh, Hebrew בני מנשה) are a small group of Jews from Indias northeastern states of Manipur and Mizoram, claiming descent from the Ten Lost Tribes, specifically, from the tribe of Menasseh (Menashe, in Hebrew). ... Viewed historically or developmentally, a tribe consists of a social formation existing before the development of, or outside of, states. ... This entry incorporates text from Eastons Bible Dictionary, 1897, with some modernisation. ... The Law of Return (Khok ha-Shvut) is Israeli legislation that allows Jews to settle in Israel and gain citizenship. ...

Mizo related websites

• Official website of Mizoram government
• Maraland.NET: Information on Mara people
• Hmar.net : Information on the Indigenous Hmar tribals in Northeast India
• Mizoram News, Mizo News, Zoram News and Articles, Northeast News, Manipur News, Zo News
• The first webportal of Kolasib town
• Zoram.com : Mizoram News, pictures, forum, etc