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Where did the Mizo tribes migrate from between 1750 and 1850?

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Map highlighting the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram in orange, with its capital Aizawl marked. Surrounding countries including Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and the Maldives are shown in relation to India, with major bodies of water like the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, and Indian Ocean labeled. — Mizoram Mizoram, India.

Between 1750 and 1850, the Mizo tribes migrated from the nearby Chin Hills into the region that is now Mizoram, India. Upon their arrival, they subjugated the indigenous peoples and assimilated them into their own society, eventually establishing an autocratic political system governed by hereditary chieftains.1