MIZO HNAM ZAHAWMNA HUMTU ZAKAPA

 -          Prof. Malsawmliana

 

‘Eng ang mi fakau nge maw I nih a, kan hmeichhiate zah lo tak mai leh hmusit tak mai a, I nawm I maka an chunga I awmna tur hi a awm em ni? Ka nupuite chu mi la dil zui leh ta nghal a, khawnge keimah Zakapa, vawiin ni zet chu I vapual lu leh zawng lu hi, I han inthleng teh ang.’

-          Fanai Lal, Zakapa, Khawhri

 

Mizo lalte zinga ram leh hnam chhan nana theihtawp chhuaha beitu tam tak zingah Ropuiliani leh Zakapa te hi khaw inhnaih taka khawsa an ni a. An huaisenna leh Mizo hnam an dahsanna te, Mizo lalte inchhuanna ‘ni leh thla kara leng’ ni a an inngaihna te hi khawvel lal ropuite nihna ang thova ropui leh chhuan tlak a ni. ‘Kan ram chhuahna in dal’ ti a Sapho leh an hnathawkte vawi tam an r<n \hin te hian Mizo hnam hi mi hnuaichhiah theih loh hnam ropui takah kan Mizo lalte khan an lo dah a lo ni.

Mizoten Marliana ti a an lo hriat, South Lushai Hills District –a Bawrhsap (Superintendent ) hmasa ber CS Murray khan thil chin \ha lo tak mai leh a hnu thlenga Kumpinu sawrkar hmel ti mawi lo thei tur tih a ching tlat mai a. Chu chu a zinna khua a nula ngen a ching kha a ni. Tumkhat chu Bawrhsap mawhphurhna a chelh hnua reiloteah Khawhri khua tlawh turin a hote nen an chhuak a, a hma a\angin an lal Zakapa hnenah thil ngen leh lo ruahman lawk tura thil duh a neih chu a lo thlen lawk hmasa a, chu chu ‘puakphur (kuli) tam tham tak leh zana mutpui tur nula’ a ni. He thil hian Fanai lal Zakapa thin a ti rim hle a ni. Hetiang hian a \awng chhuak nghal a, ‘ Hetiang taka Mizo hmeichiate hmusit a, inthlahrunna nei lek lo mai leh, zah lo tak maia a rawn tih ngawt mai chu, Mizo hote min va hmusit fahran ve, eng ang mi nge maw a nih bik a, ka khua leh tuite chung a nawm a maka a khawsakna tur a awm lo. A \ul ang angin ka lo hmachhawn ang a, a \ul leh ka thih chilh mai ang ang’ a ti ta khur kur mai a. (HC Thanchungnunga, Fanai Lal Huaisen Zakapa chanchin, 2008,p.88)

Bawrhsap Marliana te chu Khawhri khuaah chuan an kal ta ngei a, Zawlbukah lo thlen tirin a thil beisei te a lo ngaihtuahsak leh sak loh a zawt a. Hemi \uma a thil sawi hian Zakapa thin a khei zar mai, ‘ Zakap, zana ka mutpui tur nula min hmuh sak theih loh chuan I nupui tal mi pe tur a ni’, chutah Zakapa thinrim lutuk chuan a silai chu Marliana ^wmah chuktuahin kah a tum ta a, Marliana hian a hlau hle a ni awm e. Hetianga an inbiak fuh hleih theih tak loh avangin a tuk lamah Marliana leh a hote hian Zakapa khua Chhek In an hal a, an inkap zui ta a. A tawi zawngin Zakapa ho te hian Sap sipai 6 an that a, Bawrhsap Marliana te hi baklengin an tlan chhe ta a ni.

A khawnbawl upa ten an dinhmun ngaihtuahin Sap sipai lo do chu an huphurh hle a, an duh ang leh beisei anf lo ngaihtuah mai chu an duh hlawm a. Chutihrualin Zakapa erawh chuan chutianga tlawm tak mai lo awm nghal ringawt chu a tum lo hle a, hnam ropui zawk leh sawrkar chak zawk, ralthuam leh sipai pawh ngah zawk an ni tih hrereng chungin mahni hnam zahawnmna hralh ai chuan a nih ang angin a lo dawngsawng ngam a. Mihring inzahtawnna awm lo leh inngaihpawimawhna awm miah lova indawr kha a ni ‘Mizo Lal’ tan chuan tih chi ah a ngai lova, a duh lo bawk a ni. A rilruah ama ropuina aiin ‘Mizo hnam zahawmna’ a lian hle zawk a ni tih a hriat theih. Hei tak hi a hnuah Tarmita, John Shakespear-a’n a hmuh fuh tak kha a ni.

Bawrhsap Marliana hian thil awmdan chu an hotu lu lamah thlenin Zakapa man turin Darzo a Fort Treager-a mi Capt. Hutchinson-a hote an rawn thawk chhuak a, mahse an hlawh chham a. A hnuah South Lushai Hills-a Assistant Political Officer, Capt. J. Shakespear leh a hote an thawk chhuak veleh a, engtin tin emaw an man thei ta a. Tarmit-a hian thil awmdan a hriat chian hnuah chuan Zakapa man chung tho in Zakapa ropuina a hmu chiang hle a, a hnua Calcutta a Marliana leh Zakapa te inkar thubuai remnaah pawh Zakapa lamah a \ang ta hial zawk a ni. Tarmita hian Marliana thil tih dik loh dan leh chumi avanga British sawrkar mualpho dan te a hriatchian tlukin Zakapa’n Mizo hnam a humhalh dan leh hnam himna tur chuan engpawh a inhuam dan te a hmu chiang hle a. Hemi avang hian Zakapa hi a ngaisangin ropui a ti hle a ni.

Tarmit-a hian \an tur dik a \an a, thil dik lo laka mahni hnam humhalhtu a \an tlat avangin amah pawhin dinhmun \ha a luah phah ve ta hial a. CS Murray chu South Lushai Hills-a Superintendent ni zui tlak lovah ngaiin thuneituten an ban a, amah John Shakespear-a chu a aiah kum 1891- 1896 chhung atan South Lushai Hills District Superintendent atan dah zui a ni ta a ni. Tarmit-a hian Chhim bial mai ni lovin kum 1897 a\anga 1898 inkarah North Lushai Hills District ah Political Officer a ni leh a; kum 1898-ah chhim bial leh hmar bial chu rorelna pakhat hnuaiah dah a ni ta a, tichuan hemi kum a\ang hian Lushai Hills pumpui awptu Bawrhsap a ni zui ta nghe nghe a, kum 14 lai Mizoramah a awm a ni.

Engpawh nise, Tarmita (J. Shakespear) chanchin pawh hi ngaihnawm tak tak ziah tur a awm a, Mizorama Sap officer rawn awmte zingah chuan chanchin ngah pawl tak a ni a, Zakapa chungchangah pawh hian Tarmita hi a pawimawh chho zel a ni.

Mihring nun tichhe thei leh mualphona thlen thei thil pahnih langsar tak mai chu mipat hmeichhiatna chungchang leh rinawmna hloh hi a ni. Marliana hi mipat hmeichhiatna lamah a chau rau ve hle niin a lang a, chubakah a chunga thil thleng hi dik zan lovin thuneitute hnenah a thlen niin a lang a. Amaherawhchu thuneitute a hmin zo lo a, a tawpah Zakapa nen an inkarah a tlawm zawkah a \ang ta a ni.

Sapho chanchina an ropuina tak mai leh hnam pui an nihna lanchhuahna \hin chu an hmelma te pawh nise, an ram leh hnam tana dikna \ana huaisen taka ding ngam te hi an dah hniam ngai lova, an ngaisang em em \hin a ni. Tun thleng hian Sapho in Zakapa leh Marliana te indawr dan chipchiar hi zir chiang leh pawh nise, Zakapa hi an dah chungnung zawk ngei ang. A chhan chu hnam pui leh ram ni tla seng lova roreltu ni a inngai an ni a, an hmel ti mawk tu chu anmahni zinga mi pawh nise an \an ngai lo.

Mahni phak ang anga ram leh hnam, a chhunga chengte nen an himna tura theihtawpa lo \an ve hi khua leh tui te mawhphurhna a ni.