Chin-Lushai Expedition

Chin-Lushai Expedition of 1889–90
Artillery shells fired on Poiboi's settlement Map of settlements and Lusai chiefs in 1890
Date November 15, 1889 – April 30, 1890 Location Chin Hills and Lushai Hills Result British victory Annexation of Lushai Hills Lushai Rising
Belligerents
British Raj	Tribes of the Chin Hills and Lushai Hills
Commanders and leaders
Maj.Gen. William Symons Col. Charles McD. Skene DSO Col. Vincent William Tregear	Lushai Commanders: Howsatta Jahuta Dokola Khalkam Lengpunga Jarok Kairuma Nikama Chin Commanders:
Strength
3,608 British and Indian troops	10,000+
Casualties and losses
3 officers 78 soldiers 916 invalided	500+

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History of Mizoram
Precolonial Mizoram Lushai Wars Haka-Lusei War North-South War East-West War Institutions of chieftainship Bawi system Jhum Zawlbuk Zu Early Lushai Chiefs Zahmuaka Lallula Western Lushai Chiefs Lalmanga Pibuk Sukpilal Banaitangi Khalkam Lengpunga Sailenpui Eastern Lushai Chiefs Lalsavunga Vanhnuailiana Lalbura Poiboi Vuta Kairuma Nikama Southern Lushai Chiefs Vandula Ropuiliani Zakapa Rothangpuia
Anglo-Lushai History British Expeditions Blackwood Expedition Lister Expedition Lushai Expedition (1869) Lushai Expedition Mary Winchester Chin-Lushai Expedition Lushai Rising Khuangchera Frontier officers Frederick George Lister Thomas Herbert Lewin John Ware Edgar William Frost Nuthall John Fraser Stewart Herbert Richard Browne Charles Stewart Murray John Shakespear Granville Henry Loch
British Lushai Hills Events Mautam famine Lushai Brigade Organisations Young Mizo Association Superintendents Neville Edward Parry Anthony Gilchrist McCall Arthur Ranald Hume MacDonald Leonard Lamb Peters
Religion Traditional religion Mizo animism Pialral Christian Missionaries William Williams James Herbert Lorrain Frederick William Savidge Reginald Arthur Lorrain David Evan Jones
Modern Era Administrations Mizo District Union Territory of Mizoram Mizoram Events Mautam famine Mizo National Front uprising Mizo Accord Political parties Mizo Union United Mizo Freedom Organisation Mizo National Front Mizo Congress Mizoram People's Conference Leaders Ch Chhunga Thenphunga Sailo Lal Thanhawla Laldenga Zoramthanga Lalduhoma
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The Chin-Lushai Expedition of 1889–90 was a British punitive expedition in Burma and India against the tribes of the Chin Hills and Lushai Hills.^[1]