RAJA LUMTHANG THANGSING

RAJA LUMTHANG THANGSING: 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. The Remembering Stone erected in early 1900's(pic):