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{{Use Indian English, date=December 2018 Maraland is a region in the southeastern part of Mizoram state, India, referring not to a political or district name but specifically to the area inhabited by the Mara people. The region is one of the three Autonomous administrative divisions of India, Autonomous District Councils in the state. The Mara Autonomous District Council government is headed by Chief Executive Member, currently by Puhpa N. Zakhai, a veteran Congress politician. Religion All ethnic Mara people, Maras are Christians, Christian, mostly evangelicalism, evangelical. With the arrival of Reverend and Mrs. Reginald Arthur Lorrain in 1907 who had had earlier founded James Herbert Lorrain#Lakher Pioneer Mission, Lakher Pioneer Mission in Penge, South London in 1905, within a decade the Maras had accepted Christianity. Because the missionaries were from a congregational background, the newly founded church in Maraland was unaffiliated. The current Evangelical Church of Mara ...
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{{Use Indian English, date=December 2018 Maraland is a region in the southeastern part of Mizoram state, India, referring not to a political or district name but specifically to the area inhabited by the Mara people. The region is one of the three Autonomous administrative divisions of India, Autonomous District Councils in the state. The Mara Autonomous District Council government is headed by Chief Executive Member, currently by Puhpa N. Zakhai, a veteran Congress politician. Religion All ethnic Mara people, Maras are Christians, Christian, mostly evangelicalism, evangelical. With the arrival of Reverend and Mrs. Reginald Arthur Lorrain in 1907 who had had earlier founded James Herbert Lorrain#Lakher Pioneer Mission, Lakher Pioneer Mission in Penge, South London in 1905, within a decade the Maras had accepted Christianity. Because the missionaries were from a congregational background, the newly founded church in Maraland was unaffiliated. The current Evangelical Church of Mara ...
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Evangelical Church Of Maraland
Evangelical Church of Maraland is a church in southern Mizoram in northeast India. It was founded by English missionary Reverend and Mrs Reginald Arthur Lorrain (brother of missionary James Herbert Lorrain) in 1907. It is the largest church among the Mara people. It is one of the three Mizoram churches pioneered by English missionaries in the 19th century; others are Mizoram Presbyterian Church and Baptist Church of Mizoram. History Prior to his arrival in British India, the Rev. Reginald Arthur Lorrain founded Lakher Pioneer Mission in 1905 in London. Two years later he arrived in Saikao (also known as Serkawr), a sleepy town in Saiha district of Mizoram. The church began as an Independent Church of Maraland (ICM) which later split into the Evangelical Church of Maraland, India ECMI and Congregational Church in India (Maraland); his ministry oversaw all the Mara-inhabited areas of British India that included Mara people in western Myanmar, which now function as a separate c ...
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Mara Evangelical Church
Mara Evangelical Church, or MEC in short, is one of the churches in Myanmar, formerly Burma, founded by English missionaries Reverend and Mrs. Reginald Arthur Lorrain in the year 1907. It is one of the oldest churches in Chin state, Myanmar. It was part of the unified Mara Church among the Mara people until it had to become independent after India and Myanmar attained independence from the British Raj in 1947. The Mara Church in India became the Evangelical Church of Maraland and Congregational Church of India, Maraland (CCI-M), while the one in Myanmar became MEC. Headquarters Mara Evangelical Church (MEC) has its headquarters at Lialaipi (Lailenpi) and Sabyhpi (Khihlo) in Chin State, Myanmar. It has its mission headquarters at Sittwe, previously known as Akyab, Rakhine State. It also has an office in Yangon, the largest and former capital city of Myanmar. History English missionaries Reverend and Mrs. Reginald Arthur Lorrain (brother of missionary James Herbert Lorrain) ...
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Mara Autonomous District Council
Mara Autonomous District Council (MADC) is one of the three Autonomous District Councils within Mizoram state of India. It covers Siaha subdivision and Tipa subdivision of Siaha district. Primarily, an autonomous administrative government meant for the Mara people living in the state. It is situated at the southern tip of Mizoram state bordering Myanmar. Its autonomy was established and carved out from the erstwhile Pawi-Lakher Regional Council on 29 May 1971 and separated the next year as Lakher Autonomous District Council, and renamed to its current name in 1988.Zohra, K. (17 June 2003"Mara History, Maraland Location, Physical features" Maraland Net It covers 1445 square kilometres. The government has jurisdiction over land administration, administration of justice, limited legislative powers, and a few other local powers.Roy, Devasish, Raja (2005) ''Traditional Customary Laws and Indigenous Peoples in Asia'' Minority Rights Group International, London, p. 15. In 2009 the ...
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Mara Thyutlia Py
Mara Thyutlia Py (MTP) is the largest Non-governmental Organisation in Maraland, Mizoram state, India. Mara Thyutlia Py literally means Mara Young Organisation/Association. It has its headquarters at Siaha - the capital of Mara Autonomous District Council. It draws members across Maraland {{Use Indian English, date=December 2018 Maraland is a region in the southeastern part of Mizoram state, India, referring not to a political or district name but specifically to the area inhabited by the Mara people. The region is one of the thr ... from the age group of teen age to late 40s. Related linksMaraland.NET: The home of the Mara PeopleMara portal in EnglishSiaha Online website

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Mizoram
Mizoram () is a state in Northeast India, with Aizawl as its seat of government and capital city. The name of the state is derived from "Mizo people, Mizo", the endonym, self-described name of the native inhabitants, and "Ram", which in the Mizo language means "land." Thus "Mizo-ram" means "land of the Mizos". Within India's northeast region, it is the southernmost landlocked state, sharing borders with three of the Seven Sister States, namely Tripura, Assam and Manipur. The state also shares a border with the neighbouring countries of Bangladesh and Myanmar. Like several other northeastern states of India, Mizoram was previously part of Assam until 1972, when it was carved out as a Union Territory. In 1986 the Indian Parliament adopted the 53rd amendment of the Indian Constitution, which allowed for the creation of the State of Mizoram on 20 February 1987, as India's 23rd state. According to a 2011 census, in that year Mizoram's population was 1,091,014. It is the list of stat ...
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Siaha
Siaha (official name given by the Mara Autonomous District Council, popularly known as Saiha) is a census town in Siaha district in the Indian north-eastern state of Mizoram. It is the Headquarters of the Mara Autonomous District Council, one of the three autonomous district councils within Mizoram. It is located in the South Central part of the state. The word 'Siaha' in the local Mara language comes from 'Sia' for Masia which means elephant and 'ha' meaning tooth - An elephant tooth. It was a place where a large amount of elephant teeth were found. Though the local people name the town as Siaha, Mizos called it by the name 'Saiha', which is purely a translated term in Mizo language. Siaha is a commercial hub for Mara people. Geography Siaha is located at . The average elevation is 729 metres (2391 feet). Demographics India census, Siaha had a population of 19,731. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Siaha has an average literacy rate of 79%, h ...
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Tlosaih People
{{unreferenced, date=May 2013 The Tlosaih are one of the major groups of the Mara people, who inhabited the southernmost part of Mizoram under the Mara Autonomous District Council. The Tlosaih language was transliterated into the Roman script by late missionary Reverend Reginald Arthur Lorrain, founder of the Evangelical Church of Maraland, and it is used as a liturgical language and in literature. The Tlosaih language formed a common language for all of the Mara people and is commonly known as the Mara language. All Tlosais live in India. The group lives mostly in the western and northwestern part of Maraland, India. The towns Siaha, Thosai, Tisopi, Amobyuh, Amotlah, Thiahra, Saikao, Laty, Pala, Tokalo, Kiasie, Lodawh, Lomasu and Bymari are all Tlosai villages. Tlôsaih people can be divided into two groups; Siaha-Tlôsaih and Saikao-Tlôsaih. The village Saikao was previously known as Tlôsaih as in the past Mara villages were usually named after their sub-tribes, in contras ...
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Congregational Church Of India (Maraland)
The Congregational Church in India wants to be the continuation of the former Independent Church of Maraland. Under the leadership of Rev. Mark Lapi a sizeable group left the Evangelical Church of Maraland in 1989. The headquarters is in Serkawr. The church has 5,500 members and 23 congregations as of 2004. It is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches The World Communion of Reformed Churches (WCRC) is the largest association of Calvinist churches in the world. It has 230 member denominations in 108 countries, together claiming an estimated 80 million people, thus being the fourth-largest Chris .... References {{Churches in India 1989 establishments in India Members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches Congregationalism in India ...
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Mara People
The Mara are the native inhabitants of Mizoram in India, native to northeastern India, primarily in the Mara Autonomous District Council of the state of Mizoram, where they form the majority of the population. The Maras are related to Kuki and Mizos in India and Kachin, Karen, Shan and Chins in Myanmar. Significant numbers of Maras also live in the southwestern and south-central parts of Chin State (Burma) in Myanmar - the contiguous area of Mara area in India mostly separated by Kolodyne / Chhimtuipui / Beino river, which forms an international boundary. They have gone by a number of tribal names to the outside world. The Mara were earlier known as ''Magha'', ''Miram'', ''Baungshel'', ''Maring'', ''Zyu'' or ''Zao/Zho'', ''Khuangsai''. Additionally they were known as ''Lakher'' by the Tlaikao/Lushai, ''Miram'' by the Lai, and ''Shendu'' by the Khumi, Dai, Shô, Matu, and Rakhaing people. The new name ''Mara'' was added to the List of Scheduled Tribes in Mizoram state ...
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United Pentecostal Church In India
United Pentecostal Church is a major Christian denomination in India belonging to the United Pentecostal Church International. Its seat is Bangalore. It was established in the mid-20th century. After sometime, out of the United Pentecostal Church of India, the United Pentecostal Church of Northeast India Unit was formed because of the vast areas and cultural differences. But both units are still under the Global Missions of United Pentecostal Church whose Headquarters is at the United States of America. It believes that the Bible is infallible. References See also *Adivasi *Christianity in India Christianity is India's third-largest religion with about 27.8 million adherents, making up 2.3 percent of the population as of the 2011 census. The written records of the Saint Thomas Christians state that Christianity was introduced to th ... {{Churches in India Pentecostalism in India Oneness Pentecostal denominations Pentecostal denominations in Asia ...
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Christians
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χριστός), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term ''mashiach'' (מָשִׁיחַ) (usually rendered as ''messiah'' in English). While there are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict, they are united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance. The term ''Christian'' used as an adjective is descriptive of anything associated with Christianity or Christian churches, or in a proverbial sense "all that is noble, and good, and Christ-like." It does not have a meaning of 'of Christ' or 'related or pertaining to Christ'. According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, there were 2.2 billion Christians around the world in 2010, up from about 600 million in 1910. Today, about 37% of all Christians live in the Am ...
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