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{{ | {{War|name=Lushai Expedition |dates=1871-72 |image=|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lushai_hills Lushai Hills], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizoram#Origin Mizoram]|combatant1=British army |combatant2=Lushai tribes|result= Submission of tribes|medal=[http://www.britishmedals.info/india_general_service_medal_1854.html India General Service Medal 1854]<br>Clasp: Looshai | ||
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== Summary == | |||
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lushai_hills Lushai Hills], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizoram#Origin Mizoram] | Raids by Lushai tribesmen became more frequent and serious in early 1871. A punitive expedition was therefore mounted which restore peace for nearly twenty years. The chiefs submitted and agreed to the following terms: | ||
| | # Free Government access to tribal villages | ||
| | # Captured guns to be returned | ||
# Payment of a fine of two elephant tusks, one set of war gongs, one necklace, ten goats, ten pigs, fifty fowls abd twenty maunds of rice. | |||
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== Lushai Field Force == | == Lushai Field Force == | ||
'''Cachar (Left) Column'''<br> | '''Cachar (Left) Column'''<br> | ||
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*500 men [[2nd Gurkha Rifles|2nd Gurkhas]] | *500 men [[2nd Gurkha Rifles|2nd Gurkhas]] | ||
*500 men [[4th Gurkha Rifles|4th Gurkhas]] | *500 men [[4th Gurkha Rifles|4th Gurkhas]] | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
Revision as of 18:18, 30 November 2009
| Lushai Expedition | |
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| 1871-72 | |
| Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns | |
| [[Image:|250px| ]] | |
| Location: Lushai Hills, Mizoram | |
| Combatants: | |
| British army | Lushai tribes |
| Result: Submission of tribes | |
| Medals: India General Service Medal 1854 Clasp: Looshai | |
| Links: | |
| Category: Lushai Expedition 1871-72 | |
Summary
Raids by Lushai tribesmen became more frequent and serious in early 1871. A punitive expedition was therefore mounted which restore peace for nearly twenty years. The chiefs submitted and agreed to the following terms:
- Free Government access to tribal villages
- Captured guns to be returned
- Payment of a fine of two elephant tusks, one set of war gongs, one necklace, ten goats, ten pigs, fifty fowls abd twenty maunds of rice.
Lushai Field Force
Cachar (Left) Column
General G Bourchier CB commanding
- Half Peshawar Mountain Battery (Capt Blackwood RA)
- No 1 Coy Sappers & Miners (Lt Harvey RE)
- 500 men 22nd Punjaub Native Infantry (Colonel Stafford)
- 500 men 42nd Assam Light Infantry (Col Rattray CB)
- 500 men 44th Assam Light Infantry (Col Hicks)
- 100 Police (Mr Daly)
- Support
- 1,440 coolies (Lt-Col Davidson)
- 800 coolies for sepoys baggage (Maj Moore)
- 121 elephants
- Senior Staff Officer Col Roberts
- Brigade Major Capt Thomas
- Aide-de-Camp Capt Butter
- Inspector General of Hospitals Dr Buckle
- Political Officer Mr Edgar
- Topographical Survey Capt Badgley
- Telegragh Mr Pitman
Chittagong (Right) Column
Brig-Gen Charles A Brownlow CB commanding
- Half Peshawar Mountain Battery
- No 3 Coy Sappers & Miners
- 500 men 27th Punjaub Native Infantry
- 500 men 2nd Gurkhas
- 500 men 4th Gurkhas
External Links
Roberts' Lushai Campaign Google Books
Lushai Expedition Google Books
Lushai Expedition 1871-72 archive .org
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