Mr. and Mrs. M. Suaka, posing with Durtlang football team [1950]
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The photograph features M. Suaka, was one of the most important early chiefs and early converts to Christianity in Aijal. He ruled in Durtlang. He poses with a winning football team. Both football and grass hockey, introduced during British rule, were incredibly popular even post-independence...
Various sports were introduced during the British rule, including the tug of war. Here, Pu Suaka, chief of Durtlang, poses with the winning team in 1936. One can recognize Pu Suaka's colonial style bungalow in the background; he has had written in chalk the words “WINNERS OF THE TUG OF WAR, NO...
Paper records of Pu M. Suaka, Durtlang Chief [1917-1930]
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Exam certificates (x2). The third record is an early (1930), full-scale census of the Christians in North Lushai Hills. The record covers twelve villages, and includes information on the numbers and sexes and ages of church attendees, the numbers of (thuhriltu) preachers, church elders, Sunday...
