Mizo District

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Mizo District was a former administrative district in northeastern India that later evolved into the present-day state of Mizoram.

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Mizo District canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative district
administrativeCentre Aizawl
borderedBy Myanmar
surface form: Burma

Cachar district
surface form: Cachar District

People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan)
surface form: East Pakistan

Manipur
Tripura
capital Aizawl
commonlySpokenLanguage Mizo language
country India
ethnicRegionOf Mizo Hills
ethnolinguisticGroup Mizo people
surface form: Mizo
followedBy Mizoram
surface form: Mizoram State

Mizoram
surface form: Mizoram Union Territory
formerName Lushai Hills
surface form: Lushai Hills District
governingBody Government of Assam
historicalEvent Mizo National Front uprising
locatedIn Assam
Lushai Hills
Northeast India
surface form: Northeastern India
locatedInMountainRange Patkai Bum
surface form: Patkai range
majorityEthnicGroup Mizo people
officialLanguage English
partOf Assam
surface form: Assam State
predecessorOf Mizoram
regionType hill district
religionMajority Christianity
successorAdministrativeUnit Mizoram
surface form: Mizoram State

Mizoram
surface form: Mizoram Union Territory
timePeriod mid 20th century

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Mizoram precededBy Mizo District