WIKIPEDIA-AH "TAHAN" CHANCHIN SIAM DANGLAM A NI TA...

WIKIMEDIA-a khawchhak Mizote khawpui "TAHAN" chanchin kha heti hian siam danglam a ni : -

Location

Tahan is located in Sagaing Division, Upper Burma near Chin State Chin Hills at 23° 12.8″ North ,94° 19.1″ East. It is situated about 450 feets above sea level.

[edit] Economy

Upstream from Mandalay and Monywa on the Chindwin River , Tahan is gaining importance as a staging point for trade between Burma and India (Kalaymyo is about 150 km from the Burma-India border at Tamu ).

[edit] Market

Tahan Bazaar (market) is well known for its variety of goods from India, Burma and Foreign such as Japan and Thailand.

[edit] Education

Tahan has High School and University. Chin University is located in Tahan called nine-miles. Tahan has a few english speaking hostel and private hostel. Since majority of Tahan are Christian and they adapted to western culture than the Burman. Young Christian wear pants, suits and listen to western music in Tahan.

[edit] History

Tahan was found by Mizo people.Later on Falam people from Chin state moved to Tahan and try to chase Mizo people out of Burma since Tahan has to offer more economic, social opportunities than Chin state. A lot of law suit were filed by Falam people against Mizo to chase out of Burma, stating that Mizo were foreigner from Mizoram, India. Even though Mizo were born and generations and generations were lived in Burma, they were not considered full citizenship of Union of Burma. Some of the Falam people from Chin state moved to Tahan and try to give Mizo people a hard time to live in Burma until now. Tahan Mizos suffer a great amount of discrimination in Burma. Mizo rebel MNF (Mizo National Front)(Volunteer) from Mizoram state, India came to invaded Tahan and claiming that Tahan and Chin state as part of Mizoram. The Government of Burma chased Mizo rebel (Volunteer) easily back to Mizoram but considered Tahan Mizo as traitor. Even though Tahan Mizo has nothing to do with invasion Burmese government arrested a lot of Tahan Mizo. At one point the Government try to set fire to Tahan.At that time group of Ex-servicesmen in Tahan negotiated with the authority of Kalaymyo.Frotunately,the authority was Karen (Christian) ang they made agreement to drive Mizo(rebel) out of Burma by the Tahan Mizo Ex-servicesmen not by the military.That's is the only reason they didn't set fire to Tahan.Tahan is facilitate with Theological colledges, high school, market, clinics (private and church based) and lots of churches.

[edit] Religion

99% of inhabitants in Tahan are Christian even though Burma is a Budhhist country and 90% of population are Budhist. Only 4% of Burmese population are Christian. There are over 50 Churches in Tahan. This is the only place in Burma that you can see churches every street corner and celebrate Chritmas as a whole in Tahan. A lot of Mizos from Tahan migrated to United States and established two churches in Washington D.C. areas. They are Mizo United Methodist Fellowship (www.mizoumfellowship.org) and Mizo Presbyterian Church (USA).

[edit] Chin & Lushai Battalions

The Government of Burma still treat Mizo as outsider since there is a mizo state in India called Mizoram. Mizo people don't get full citizenship of Union of Burma. But now the government is considering to give full citizenship, since there were so many mizo servicesmen in Burmese military and lots of them lost their life for Burma.If there weren't Chin&Lushai(Mizo) battalions, Burma will not become Union of Burma, It might be Karen country!. Because Karen Army almost conquered the whole Burma. Nobody willing to fight back to Karen but Chin & Mizo(Lushai) (Chin Battalions 1,2,3 etc) military. That's why Burma is still Union of Burma, as we see now.

[edit] Transpotation

There is an airport at Kalaymyo which has Max Runway: 5502 x 102 feet (1677 x 31 meters) Kalay Airport , ( about 3 miles from Tahan) which is an extension of a British built World War II airstrip that was used to ferry troops and supplies into Burma during the British reconquest of Burma in 1945.[1] File:Mandalay 96.07072E 21.93155N.jpg

A lan dan hlui kha : -

Tahan is a small place in Burma, located between Kalemyo and Chin state, in Sagaing division. Tahan was found by Mizo people (some said Tedim people). Later on Falam people from Chin state moved to Tahan and try to chase Mizo people out of Burma since Tahan has to offer more economic, social opportunities than Chin state. A lot of law suit were file by Falam people against Mizo to chase out of Burma, stating that Mizo were foreigner from Mizoram, India. Even though Mizo were born and generations and generations were lived in Burma, they were not considered full Burmese citizen. Some of the Falam people from Chin state moved to Tahan and try to give Mizo people a hard time to live in Burma until now. Tahan Mizos suffer a great amount of discrimination in Burma. Mizo rebel (Volunteer) from Mizoram state, India came to invaded Tahan, claiming Tahan and Chin state as part of Mizoram. Burmese government chased Mizo rebel (Volunteer) easily back to Mizoram but considered Tahan Mizo as traitor. Even though Tahan Mizo has nothing to do with invasion Burmese government arrested a lot of Tahan Mizo, tortured and killed them. At one point Burmese government try to bomb Tahan to kill all Mizos in Tahan. But there is other race like Tidim, Hakha, Falam and some burman live among Mizos. Burmese government doesn’t want to kill other race. That’s is the only reason they didn’t bomb Tahan and kill all Mizos.

Now, Tahan is mixed with Mizo, Tidim, Hakha, Falan, Zangiat and Burman. Now becoming apart of Kalay town under administration of Township Officer. Tahan is facilitate with a college, high school, market, clinics (private and church based) and lots of churches. 99% of inhabitants in Tahan is Christian even though Burma is a Budhist country. Burmese government still treat Mizo tribal as outsider since there is a mizo state in India called Mizoram, in the border of Burma and India. Mizo tribal don’t get full citizenship in Burma like other Burmese. But now Burmese government is considering to give full citizenship, since there are so many mizo’s serve in a Burmese military and lots of them lost their life while fighting war for Burma. If not for Mizos people in Burmese military, Burma will not become Burma, It might be Karen country!. Because Karen people almost conquest the whole Burma. Nobody willing to fight back to Karen but Chin & Mizo (Lushai) (Chin Battalions 1,2,3 etc) military. That’s why Burma is still Burma now.

Upstream from Mandalay and Monywa on the Chindwin River, Taha is gaining importance as a staging point for trade between Burma and India (Kalaymyo is about 150 km from the Burma-India border at Tamu).

As it was uncommon for all the other cities, towns and villages in Myanmar, Tahan is also suppress by the military. The military were raping cilivian daughters and wives, rapping young ladies. Forcing them for labor, collecting the money, taking their lands, houses and properties by force were very common, and is probably worst than the other towns and cities.Since they considered Mizos as foreigner, they treat them like property. As this things were happened years after years, the result lead their ladies to become prostitute not because they want, but to please the military.

It is also noticed that Human trafficking is also very popular in this small town of Tahan. To the person, and to their mother and father it is promised that they will provide a good job in foreign like Thailand, Malaysia, and in Singapore. Yes, they were provided, but the job to lead them to be prostitution, and they themselves doesn’t know that they were bought by some one else for their business.

Electricity, oils and good facilities were not provided by the govt. There is an airport at Kalaymyo( about 3 miles from Tahan) an extension of a British built Second World War airstrip that was used to ferry troops and supplies into Burma during the British reconquest of Burma in 1945.[1]