No, 01/UN/CIPC/AZL-1997                                                                                                                                        Dated 10 Feb 1998


TITLE: MEMORANDUM OF APPEAL


SUBJECT: This memorandum seek to represent the case of the Chhinlung - Israel people, presently known as Mizo in India for our right to unity, re-unification and solidarity and for the realization of our true identity as the 'Lost tribe of Israel' in India for which a fervent appeal is submitted to the UNITED NATION ORGANIZATION to proclaim to the world, fulfill and uphold our true identity as the Lost tribe of Israel.


To,
The Secretary General
UNITED NATION ORGANIZATION

This memorandum of appeal seek to clarify and represent the case of all the Chhinlung Chhuak Israel ethnic origin living now in India, Myanmar and Bangladesh for our rights to be recognized as the Lost tribe of Israel and be proclaimed to the world and also our rights to be re-unified and restored under one administration unit in the spirit and charter of the Chin-Lushai Conference at Fort William Calcutta on the 29th January 1892, a copy of which is attached in, as Annexure 1. As we are known by different names in different countries that we are divided into so the name - Mizo, Zo, Zomi, Chin-Kuki, Lushai or Chhinlung Chhuak are all the same name that we are called by. Hence the name used in different parts shall be treated as the same name for the Chhinlung-Israel people of the Lost tribe of Israel.

Brief History:

1. The Chhinlung Chhuak as we called ourself or the Chin-Lushai, etc. as called by the British Government and Popularly known as MIZO in Indian Constitution are the Lost tribe of Israel of the tribe of MANNASEH and EPHRAIM the sons of Joseph born in Egypt through his Egyptian wife Asenath, daughter of Potipherah, Priest of On -Genesis 41 :45, 51, 52.

2. The forefather of the Chhinlung Chhuak/ Mizo hailed from a place called Chhinlung, a mythical rock cave somewhere in the northern part of China, before that they were in captive in Babylon, Assuria, from there they move eastwards. So the word Chhinlung Chhuak means one who comes out of the rock or cave as in the Book of Isaiah 51: 1-2. Migration map by the AMISHAV, by Rabbi Eliyahu Avichail attached in Annexure II.

3. The administrative system of the Chhinlung Chhuak was simple and efficient. The people had a King with Chiefs in villages under them. The King and the Chiefs were assisted by the Elders. There are priest, artisan, warrior and youth leaders of the village. The youth were trained in the 'Zawlbuk', a youth dormitory for training in all aspects of life.

4. The cultural and social life of the Chhinlung Chhuak in the past was peaceful and independent one. They lived freely and happily for about 500 years from 1100 A. D. to 1600 A.D. till the advent of the British Expedition from 1767-1771, 1871-1872 and from 1888-1890 as on record available.

5. The British annexed the whole of Chhinlung Chhuak land and brought it under its rule in 1890. Then they divided the land/ country into three separate administrative units; The eastern parts of the present Chin Hills and Arakan were put under the Chief Commissioner of Burma. The Central and northern parts of the country - present Mizoram state and part of Assam, Manipur and Tripura states of present India fell under the administration of the Chief Commissioner of Assam. The western area of present Mizoram state of India, including the present Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh fell under the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal. So the division of Chhinlung Chhuak land/ Chin-Lushai country was imposed in 1890 against the freely expressed wishes of the Chhinlung Chhuak Israel ethnic group to whom those land is inseparable since time immemorial. As Prophet Jeremiah of Israel said in Chapter 22: 10- 11, 26,27.

6. The British rulers had considered it very desirable to put the whole of the acquired Chin-Lushai country/ Chhinlung Chhuak area under one administrative head. The Chin-Lushai Conference at Fort William in Calcutta on January 29, 1892 had also adopted a resolution to this regards. Besides, the Government of India Act 1935 come into force with the definition, and defined 'Tribal Areas' as the areas not part of British-India or Burma or of any Indian State or of any foreign state. On the basis of the Acts, the Excluded Area Order was issued on March 3rd 1936 from the Court of Buckingham Palace. So the tribal area including Lushai Hills, the present Mizoram state was placed under the Executive Authority of the Governor General of India, and the Governor of Assam was directed to act as Agent of the Governor General in respect of the border area tribes and in the matter of political control.

7. His Excellency Sir Robert Reid, the Governor of Assam and High Commissioner of British-India visited Aijal (now called Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram State) in 1940 of present India. Here the representative of Chhinlung Chhuak/ Chin-Kuki-Lushai submitted a representation urging the visiting Sir Robert Reid to take step for the territorial re-unification of Chin-Lushai land in the spirit of the Chin-Lushai Conference 1892. With this in mind, Sir Robert Reid made a proposal for the re-unification of Chin-Lushai land under one administrative head in 1941. The late Sir Winston Churchill, the then Prime Minister of Britain had approved Sir Robert Reid plan in principle. But the matter was not taken up by the Labour party which come into power after World War II. So the matter is kept pending to date.

8. On April 3, 1942 the Chiefs of Lushai Hilts declared war separately and independently against the invading forces and so resolved to fight the war side by side with the allied forces. These Chiefs made the declaration because of the fact that Lushai Hills and Chin-Lushai country was an excluded area. Likewise in the Chiefs of Chin-Hills also made a separate declaration of war in favour of the allied forces. For this recognition the Burmese Constitution had provided the people of Chin Hills and other frontier Hill Tracts with the Tight of Session after ten (10) years.

9. The late Prime Minister of Great Britain Sir Winston Churchill and the state President of America Mr. Roosevelt had an important meeting in August 1941. In which the two world leaders made a joint declaration which said, among others that they desire to see no territorial changes that do not accord with the freely expressed wishes of the people concerned. This point is deemed to be relevant in the case of the then Chin-Lushai people/ Chhinlung Chhuak which had formed a part of the allied forces, as in the case of other colonial counties like India, Burma(Myanmar), Ceylon (Sri Lanka), etc., because of being an Excluded Area as per The Order of 1936 from the Court at Buckingham Palace.