LUSHAI HILLS  , a mountainous See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Eastern See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal and See also:

• ASSAM

Assam, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• CACHAR, or KACHAR

Cachar, on the border between Assam and See also:

• BURMA

Burma . See also:

• AREA

Area, 7227 sq. m.; pop . (1901) 82,434 . The hills are for the most See also:

• PART

part covered with dense See also:

• BAMBOO

bamboo See also:

• JUNGLE (Sans. jangala)

jungle and See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank undergrowth; but in the eastern portion, owing probably to a smaller rainfall, open grass-covered slopes are found, with groves of See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak and See also:

• PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine interspersed with rhododendrons . These hills are inhabited by the Lushais and cognate tribes, but the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population is extremely scanty . From the earliest known times the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original inhabitants were Kukis, and the Lushais were not heard of until 1840, when they invaded the district from the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north . Their first attack upon See also:

• BRITISH

British territory took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1849, and after that date they proved one of the most troublesome tribes on the north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east frontier of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India; but operations in 1890 resulted in the See also:

• COMPLETE

complete pacification of the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern Lushai villages, and in 1892 the eastern Lushais were reduced to See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order . The management of the South Lushai See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country was transferred from Bengal to Assam in 1898 . To obtain more efficient See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control over the country the district has been divided into eighteen circles, each in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of an interpreter, through whom all orders are transmitted to the chiefs . The Welsh Presbyterian See also:

• MISSION

Mission began See also:

• WORK

work at Aijal in 1897, and the See also:

• PEOPLE

people have shown un, expected readiness to accept See also:

• EDUCATION

education . According to the See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census of 1901 the See also:

• TOTAL

total number of Lushais in Assam was 63,452 . See See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel T .

H . Lewin, See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

Wild Races of N.E . India (1870) ; Lushai Hills Gazetteer (See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta . 1906) .