Tlangpi (Burmese: တလန်ပီးရွာ) also known as Klangpi is a mountainous village of Chin people in Thantlang Township, Chin State, Myanmar.[1] It is located in the west of Chin State, 13 km away from the south of Camp Victoria, Headquarters of Chin National Front at India-Myanmar border.[2] In the 2014 Myanmar Census, the population in Tlangpi was 1,648 (females: 823 and males: 825). There were 346 'conventional households' in Tlangpi in 2014.[3]
Village | |
.jpg) An Aerial Photography of Tlangpi 2023 | |
 Seal | |
| Motto(s): 'Khuaṭan Lungkhat, Aanruangte In.' | |
| Anthem: 'Semnak Khuazung Tlangpi Khuadawh' | |
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| Coordinates: 22°58′39″N 93°19′36″E / 22.97750°N 93.32667°E | |
| Country |  Myanmar |
| State |  Chin State |
| District | Hakha |
| Township | Thantlang |
| Highest elevation | 1,530 m (5,020 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,648 |
| 2014 Myanmar Census | |
| Time zone | GMT+6:30 |
History
editIn The Chin Hills Book Volume II 1896, Carey & Tuck mentioned Tlangpi as ‘Klangpi’ that had 70 houses.[4] In contrast, in the Chin-Lushai Land Book 1893, Reid correctly spelt the village name as 'Tlangpi' that had 100 houses.[5] In 1896, the houses in ‘Klangpi’ were built with bamboo in the manner of Lushai (Mizo) style.[6] Approximately in 1850, the Lai people of Vanzang village established Tlangpi village which now constitutes one of the six villages in Vanzang Hill Tract.[7]
Until 1895, Chinland (also known as Chin State or the Chin Hills) including Tlangpi was a sovereign territory with its own ruling system of chieftainship.[8] In 1872, 1888, 1889-1890 and 1895, the British invaded Chinland for colonisation. After the 1895 invasion, the British declared that Chinland was a British Colony separately.[8] The British legislated the Chin Hills Regulation (1896) to rule the Chin people in the Chin Hills and Lushai Hills.[9] The British did not abolish the Chin ruling system of chieftainship. Under the Chin Hills Regulation (1896), they applied the indirect rule to Chin people through the existing Chin Chiefs.[9]
In 1947, Mang Ling became the Chief of Tlangpi under the Hakha sub-division of the British Colony. Tlangpi Chief was one of the 19 Chin Hills Chiefs representing the Chin people's wish to the Frontier Areas Committee of Enquiry.[8] The Committee was formed to unify the Frontier Areas and 'Ministerial Burma' with the Frontier Areas people's 'free consent' before the British conferred independence upon Burma in 1948.[10]
Tlangpi has a bedrock mortar site at its northern outskirt. It is locally known as 'lungsum', literally meaning 'rock mortar'.[11] Prehistoric peoples used this type of bedrock mortars to grind foods.[12] Their use of bedrock mortars was world-wide from Americas to Asia.[12]
Just a stone's throw from the site of the bedrock mortar at the northern outskirt of Tlangpi, there exists a bedrock gayal (also known as mithun) which Tlangpi villagers call 'Lungsia', literally meaning 'rock gayal'. It is unknown whether the bedrock gayal is nature-made or historically man-made.[13] [14]
Geography
editTlangpi is a mountainous village bordering Tahtlang Village in the east, Zaangtlang Village in the west, Farrawn Village in the south and Lungding Village in the southwest.[15] Tlangpi is located between Tio River in the north, Lahva River in the east and Thingva Creek in the west.[15] Its steep places are the characteristic features of Tlangpi. Tlangpi is in the elevation at 1,530 metres (5,020 feet) above the sea level.[16]
Education
editTlangpi has two Primary Schools and one Middle School operated by Myanmar Government. It also has a nursery school called 'M. Za To Lian Nursery School' run by its residents.[17]
Notable People
edit- David Van Bik (1926 – 2000), the Lai [Hakha Chin] Bible translator, the author of Chin-English and English-Chin dictionaries, an ordained Christian minister, and a recipient of Doctor of Divinity from Berkeley School of Theology, USA.
References
edit- ^ Benezer, Salai (2021). "Army orders people in five villages of Htantalan Township to stay indoors". Burma News International. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ Hasnat, Karishma (2023-02-26). "Junta conducts multiple air strikes in Thantlang, two Chin fighters killed in fresh offensive". The Print. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- ^ "The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census, Chin State, Haka District, Thantlang Township Report" (PDF). Myanmar Information Management Unit. Myanmar: Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population. 2017. p. 8.
- ^ Bertram S, Carey; HN, Tuck (1896). The Chin Hills: A History of the People, Our Dealings with Them, Their Customs and Manners, and a Gazetteer of Their Country (PDF). Vol. II. Rangoon: Government of Burma. pp. xcii.
- ^ Reid, A Scott (1893). The Chin-Lushai Land including a Description of the Various Expeditions into the Chin-Lushai Hills and the Final Annexation of the Country (PDF). Calcutta India: Thacker, Spink and Co. p. 143.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Bertram S, Carey; HN, Tuck (1896). The Chin Hills: A History of the People, Our Dealings with Them, Their Customs and Manners, and a Gazetteer of Their Country (PDF). Vol. I. Rangoon: Government of Burma. p. 160.
- ^ Chin, Cung Lian Hu (2018). Vaddhanaphuti, Chayan (ed.). Community Networking and Remittances as Social Capital for Rural Community Development in Chin State, Myanmar (PDF). Chiang Mai: Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development. p. 25.
- ^ a b c Haokip, TS Letkhosei (2018-08-30). Ethnicity and Insurgency in Myanmar /Burma: A Comparative Study of the Kuki - Chin and Karen Insurgencies. Educreation Publishing. pp. 20–21. ISBN 97-8-1-5457-2271-8.
- ^ a b Scarlis, Christine Anne. "Chin". EthnoMed. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ "Frontier Areas Committee of Enquiry 1947: report submitted to His Majesty's Government in the... - Catalogue | National Library of Australia". catalogue.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ Hramkam, C (2024-01-10), English: Locals call this 'Lungsum', meaning 'bedrock mortar'. Nobody knows whether it is nature-made or man-made., retrieved 2024-01-10
- ^ a b Stuart, Drew (2018-11-15). "In "Bedrock Features," West Texas Prehistory Is Etched in Stone". Marfa Public Radio, radio for a wide range. Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- ^ Hramkam, C. (2024-01-10), English: Locals call this 'Lungsia', meaning 'bedrock gayal'. Nobody knows whether it is nature-made or man-made., retrieved 2024-02-21
- ^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
- ^ a b "Tlangpi · Myanmar (Burma)". Tlangpi · Myanmar (Burma). Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ^ Kam, M Thawng. "Tlangpi". www.ichins.org. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
- ^ "M. Za To Lian Nursery School". Google Maps. Retrieved 2024-09-24.
