WAVES OF MIGRATION OF THANGSINGS PRIOR TO THE SETTLEMENT AT MANIPUR

Burma Settlement: In Chiimnuai Pu Ngaihte and his offsprings multiplied and became the chief of a village.Chiimnuai was referred to by Carey and Tuck,both of them British ethnographers, as the "Chin Garden of Eden".Chiimnuai was believed to be located somewhere in the present Chin state of Myamnar. The offsprings of Pu Ngaihte were Thangsing, Leivang, Biangtung, Sonna, Hangluah, Taitom,Seldou,Hautual,Khumlai,Vang-aw and Vang-hau.During the first half of the 12th century,Pu Thangsing left Chiimnuai and founded the village of Zuangkhua.There were 72 houses and they settled there till the eight generation from Thangsing to Tonglun:1)Thangsing 2)Dougeu and his twin brothers Tonsing and Hausing(born at the house of Guite when Pi Zualning,the wife of Thangsing was taken as a captive by the Guite chief).3)Singlun 4)Geuhthang 5)Lunpum 6)Thangthawng 7)Pumkhual 8)Tonglun and his lost brother Singzaniang(Kawlni/Colney).After the death of Pu Tonglun his son Singel left Zuangkhua and founded the village of Tuaidim,but the people abandoned it and founded the village of Baaljang.The village was close to Teddim.After settling in Baaljang for a considerable period of time,the village of Khuangnung was founded.Khungnung was a big village and was a melting pot of different clans.This was in the years 1500-1550.Khuangnung village lies betweent the present Lailo and Tuilang in the Teddim area of Myanmar.The begginning of 1700 saw the continous raids and attacks of Khuangnung by the Zahau Pawis who were aided and offered guns by the Burmese king.Thus,the Khuangnung people unable to offer ressistance fled in two groups, one group went towards Lailo and the other group to the Lushai hills and gradually proceeded to Manipur. MIZORAM SETTLEMENT: The Khuangnung people led by the Thangsings entered into aan alliance with the Lushai chief lalphunga Sailo.Till the the time of reaching Lalphunga they founded a number of villages enroute,namely,Songtal,Tualtongphai,Gelon,Sebulon,Kelmeng,Maukot and Khuangnung(named after the original Khuangnung of Myanmar).The Khuangnung people at this period were led by Gouneng Thangsing.Pu Lalphunga Sailo ordained Pu Gouneng Thangsing as the chief of Labung(now Tlabung).These events were tentatively believed to have occured around 1820. MANIPUR SETTLEMENT: The Khuangnung people marched on towards Manipur from Ponlan to Tuaitong to Teikhang,then to Tuikuak and so on.In around 1850 they arrived at the Moirang plains.The Khuangnung people under the leadership of Pu Khamzahen Thangsing were given lands to settle in by the Manipuri maharaja Chandrakirti Singh and his son Bir Tikendrajit Singh(also called Sana Koireng).Chandrakirti Singhand Khamzahen were close friends and as a show of affection,the Maharaja even presented to him 30 single barrel guns.The particular village where they had settled is known as Lamtan village near Moirang.The hill range Thangjing was originally named after Pu Khamzahen Thangsing who offered great assistance to the Manipuri king Chandrakirti Singh and his son Sana Koireng by putting an end to Mao extremism.This eventually led to the birth of Mao-Thane. Some other villages inhabited by them were Nahbil,Singbung,Saikul near Moirang and they proceeded towards the hills and founded villages namely Sanching,Phaikholum,Kaihlam,Haanlon and finally Tualbual(popularly known as Thanlon). Meanwhile,the elders of Thangsing who headed the other migratory Khuangnung people proceeded from Lailo,to Laikheng,to Chijam,to Tuikai(Mimbung),to Hiangmual,Khoduhlian,Buanli,Hianjaang,Khiangte,Puaktam,Saisih,Muallum,Tualkhiang,Lasan and finally entered Manipur to establish a village called Suangdai on the Indo-Burma border. The villages founded by the Thangsings were clearly stated in the memoirs of Pu Lumthang Thangsing who founded the village now popularly known as Thanlon;Lumthang was accorded to the status of a Raja by the British because of his superiority and large ownership of lands in the South-west corner of Manipur,particularly the areas in and around Thanlon.His memoir dated April 14,1924 stated the following: "The villages founded by us from our origin at Khul were Zuangkhua(Chin hills),Tuaidim(Chin Hills),Baaljang(Chin Hills),Khuangnung(Chin Hills),Songtal(Chin Hills),Tualtongphai(Lushai Hills),Gelon(Lushai Hills),Sabulon(Lushai Hills),Kelmeng(Lushai Hills),Maukot(Lushai Hills),Khuangnung(Lushai Hills;founded for the secondth time),Labung/Tlabung(Lushai Hills),Ponlang(Lushai Hills),Tuaitong(Lushai Hills),Teikhang(Luahai Hills),Tuikual(Lushai Hills),Moirangphai(Manipur),Thangsing Taang(Manipur;now known as Thangjing range),Nabil(during the time of Chandrakirti Singh),Maumun(Manipur),Lamtan(Manipur),Singbuang(Mnipur),Saikul(Manipur),Kaihlam(Manipur),Sanching(Manipur;now called Santing),Phaikholum(Manipur),Hanlon-Tualbual(Thanlon). The glory and honour of the Simtes in general and the Thangsings in particular was at its zenith under the chiefship of Raja Lumthang Thangsing,the son of khamzahen thangsing;Raja because he was so called by the British authorities.The wisdom and remarkable leadership of Raja Lumthang Thangsing brought about unity,progress and fraternity among the people.He was possessed with a large area of land under his control and thus created new villages whereby he appointed his brothers as the chiefs in these villages.Singnifant new villages were Mongon,Zoutung,PAmzal,Sainouzang,Dialkhai,Leijangphai,Suangpeehmun,Sumtuh(originally Sumtuah),Gamhui,Bungjang,Vaipheimual and Tallian.