Gokhothang

Gokhothang, Raja (c. 1821–1872) was a prince from the Guite family of Zomi, also known as Chins in Myanmar (Burma) and Paite in India.[1] He was known as the then leader of all Zo people as Carey and Tuck also noted him as the Yo (correct Zo people) Chief of Mwelpi (correct Mualpi).[2] According to his documentary video presentation released in 2006,[3] he was born in Tedim-Lamzang of present Chin State (Myanmar-Burma), one of the then political centers of the Guite dynasty. He succeeded his father, his lordship Prince Mang Suum II, in 1855, and moved the capital to fortified city of Mualpi of present Tonzang township of Chin State. In commemoration of his lordship, a football tournament is bi-annually held in Lamka (Churachandpur) by Ropiang Foundation Trust.[4][5][6]

Footnotes
  1. He was also recorded as Go Khaw Thang or Go Khua Thang in common local address, or even as Gokothang or Kokutung by B. S. Carey and H. N. Tuck. Quotations, whether favorable or not, were also made in various publications, e.g., K. B. Singh, An Introduction to Tribal Language and Culture of Manipur (Manipur State Kala Akademi, 1976), 163; T. Gougin, History of Zomi (Lamka, India: T. Gougin, 1984), 67ff; Suhas Chatterjee, Mizo Chiefs and the Chiefdom (New Delhi, India: M. D. Publications Pvt. Ltd., 1995), 445, ISBN 81-85880-72-7; and others.
  2. Bertram S. Carey and Henry N. Tuck, Chin Hills, Vol 1 (1896), page 141.
  3. For a preview of the video, please, check this out here at Zogam Salpha.
  4. "Raja Goukhothang Guite Football Memoriam 2020 to begin today". The Sangai Express. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020 – via E-Pao.
  5. Naulak, Golan Suanzamung (20 May 2020). "Why the Manipur Govt Should Rethink the Maharaja Chandrakriti Memorial Park". The Wire. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  6. More pages on Raja Gokhothang can be read in a recent publication on the Guite family history in Ngul L. Zam, Mualthum Kampau Guite Hausate Tangthu (Amazon/Create Space: Lexington, KY, 2018), 158-163. ISBN 9781721693559.
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