Later known as Synod press since 1973. This photograph originally belonged to Pu Lalhruaitluanga Ralte's father. One photograph, measuring 135mm x 85mm. Damage from age.
Mission Workers Conference 1951. Features missionaries Rev. E.L. Mendus, Rev. Samuel Davies, Miss Katie Hughes, Miss Gwladys Mary Evans and many pastors and evangelists of the Presbyterian Church of Mizoram This photograph originally belonged to Pu Lalhruaitluanga Ralte's father. One photogra...
Upa Hualkunga's collection of early paper records [1901-1939]
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Upa Hualkunga's collection is strongest on the certificates of early educational institutions in Mizoram. He also has a rare eye-witness account of the early history of Aizawl, written by then Superintendent J. Shakespeare. Two bound books, several loose paper files, and one photograph. Addit...
A rare book by J. Shakespeare, the famous, early Superintendent of Lushai Hills, on the creation of Aijal/Aizawl city and of its early growth. One bound book, measuring 222mm x 335mm. Good condition.
Educational and ecclesiastical paper records [1901-1913]
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These records contain early certificates from the India Sunday School Union, Assam Education, the Government of India, the Upper Primary Standard, as well as early written histories of the region and of government and missionary activities in the sphere of public education. The records also con...
Tlabung Police Station collection of historical police records [1899-1971]
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This collection is kept by the officers of the Tlabung Police Station, in a steel shelf in their historical compound. The Tlabung Police Station was founded in 1899 in what was then called Demagiri (or Demagri), an early and strategic outpost of the British colonial government in then Lushai Hil...
This Building Register (1899) contains information on the construction and maintenance of buildings at Demagiri (also known contemporarily as Demgri, and today known as Tlabung), a then key station of British colonial administration situated along today's Mizoram and Bangladesh border. Contains...
This inspection record book of Demagiri contains official reports from various officers and locales. Many reports contain useful information about the strength of local police forces, the rates of crime in and around Demagiri, the internal workings of the colonial government in Lushai Hills, an...