Gokhothang

Goukhothang, Raja (c.1821–1872) was a prince from the Guite family of Zomi also known as Tedim Chin in Myanmar (Burma).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) he was later capture by meetei Maharaj Chandrakirti and died in Imphal jail unconditionally.[1] According to his documentary video presentation released in 2006,[2] 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.[3][4][5]

Footnotes

  1. Bertram S. Carey and Henry N. Tuck, Chin Hills, Vol 1 (1896), page 141.
  2. For a preview of the video, please, check this out here at Zogam Salpha.
  3. "Raja Goukhothang Guite Football Memoriam 2020 to begin today". The Sangai Express. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020 via E-Pao.
  4. Naulak, Golan Suanzamung (20 May 2020). "Why the Manipur Govt Should Rethink the Maharaja Chandrakriti Memorial Park". The Wire. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  5. 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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