Lushai Expedition

Lushai Expedition

Illustration of Vanhnuailiana's tomb found by the expedition.
Date15 December 1871 - 20 February 1872
Location
Lushai Hills
Result British Victory
Recapture of Mary Winchester (Zoluti)
Subjugation of Poiboi
Subjugation of Lalbura
Subjugation of Bengkhuaia
Subjugation of Savunga
Belligerents
British Raj
British Empire
Kingdom of Manipur		 Lushai chiefdoms
Commanders and leaders
Charles Henry Brownlow
George Bourchier
William Frost Nuthall		 Lalbura
Poiboi
Bengkhuaia
Yotal
Units involved
Chittagong Column
Cachar Column
Manipur Contingent		 Tribal Militias
Raiding parties
Strength
2,500 infantry Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The British Indian Army Lushai Expedition of 1871 to 1872 was a punitive incursion under the command of Generals Brownlow and Bourchier. The objectives of the expedition were to rescue British subjects who had been captured by the Lushais in raids into Assam—including a six-year-old girl called Mary Winchester—and to convince the hill tribes of the region that they had nothing to gain and everything to lose by placing themselves in a hostile position towards the British Government.

For the British, the expedition was a success: the prisoners were freed and the hill tribes agreed to negotiate peace terms. The border region was to remain peaceful until 1888 when large-scale raiding was resumed and another punitive expedition was organised.

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