ABSTRACT
The State of Mizoram, formerly the Lushai Hills District at the tip of the southern extension of Assam, is in the north-eastern region of India. It juts southwards, out of India, into an angle between the countries of Bangladesh (to the west) and Myanmar (formerly Burma, to the east). In the north, this ‘land of the highlanders’ has inter-state boundaries with the former princely states of Tripura to the west and Manipur to the north-east. Directly to the north lies Assam (of which Mizoram formed a part until 1972, when it became a Union Territory under its present name, achieving full statehood on 20 February 1987). Mizoram has an area of 21,081 sq km (8,139 sq miles).
