Mizo District
| Lushai Hills (1947–1954) Mizo District (1954–1972) Mizoram | |||||||||
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| Former autonomous district of Assam | |||||||||
| 1947– 1972 | |||||||||
Map of Autonomous Hill Districts of Assam demanded by the All Party Hill Leaders Conference for a separate Hill State. | |||||||||
| Capital | Aizawl | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1951 | 196,202 | ||||||||
• 1961 | 261,014 | ||||||||
• 1971 | 332,339 | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| Deputy Commissioner | |||||||||
• 1949-1954 (first) | S.N. Barkataki | ||||||||
• 1972 (last) | G.C. Srivastava | ||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
| 15 August 1947 | |||||||||
• Abolished chieftainship (Lushai Hills Reorganisation of Chiefs’ Rights Act, 1954) | 1954 | ||||||||
• Renamed as Mizo District (The Lushai Hills District (Change of Name) Act, 1954) | 1954 | ||||||||
• Mautam famine | 1959 | ||||||||
| 28 February 1966 | |||||||||
• Ascension to Union Territory of Mizoram | 21 January 1972 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Mizoram | ||||||||
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The Mizo District, formerly called Lushai Hills District, was an autonomous district of the Indian state of Assam from 1947 till 1972 until it was granted the status of a Union Territory. This region was a significant part of Mizo history as it formally abolished the Mizo chieftainship system in 1954. It also encountered the 1959 Mautam famine, which led to the Mizo National Front uprising and the subsequent 20-year insurgency.