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Raids by Lushai tribesmen became more frequent and serious in early 1871. A punitive expedition was therefore mounted which | Raids by Lushai tribesmen became more frequent and serious in early 1871. A punitive expedition was therefore mounted which restored peace for nearly twenty years. The chiefs submitted and agreed to the following terms: | ||
# Free Government access to tribal villages | # Free Government access to tribal villages | ||
# Captured guns to be returned | # 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 | # Payment of a fine of two elephant tusks, one set of war gongs, one necklace, ten goats, ten pigs, fifty fowls and twenty maunds of rice (1 maund = approx 80 lbs). | ||
== Lushai Field Force == | == Lushai Field Force == | ||
'''Cachar (Left) Column'''<br> | '''Cachar (Left) Column'''<br> | ||
Revision as of 18:22, 30 November 2009
| Lushai Expedition | |
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| 1871-72 | |
| Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns | |
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| 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 restored 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 and twenty maunds of rice (1 maund = approx 80 lbs).
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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