Chin Forum CND61 message burmese version
On this auspicious 61st. anniversary oft he CHIN NATIONAL DAY, the CHIN FORUM urges all its compatriots to contemplate on our past history as follows:-
Even though the Burman Kingdom was totally colonized by the British in 1885, Chinland – being a self-governing territory and never been subjugated by any outside power in its history – remained an independent country. The British launched the Chin-Lushai Expedition starting from 1890 to invade Chinland and only after years of heroic sacrifices by our forefathers our beloved land was fully occupied and became part of the British empire under the Chin Hills Regulation Acts of 1896, which was based on the peace agreement made between the British invading forces and the Chin native rulers. Thus, the year marked the occupation of Chinland by a foreign force for the first time ever in our entire history;
The Chin and all the other nationalities, including the Burmans fought for Independence and on 12th. February 1947 a political treaty, historically known as the Panglong Agreement, was signed between Bogyoke Aung San, the Burman representative, and all the other representatives of the nationalities, including the Chin rulers. Through the said treaty a new independent country known as the Union of Burma emerged in this part of the world on 4th. January 1948;
