Lalsawma is an Indian social worker, writer and a Christian missionary and Pastor of the

Mizoram Presbyterian Church Mizoram Presbyterian Church Synod (''Mizoram Presbyterian Kohhran Synod'' in Mizo) is the largest Christian denomination in Mizoram, northeast India. It was a direct progeny of the Calvinistic Methodist Church (officially named the Presbyterian ...

. His contributions are reported in the reconciliation efforts between the

Government of India The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, c ...

and the

Mizo National Front The Mizo National Front ( MNF) is a regional political party in Mizoram, India. MNF emerged from the Mizo National Famine Front, which was formed by Pu Laldenga to protest against the inaction of the Indian central government towards the famin ...

(MNF) on two occasions. In the wake of the

March 1966 Mizo National Front uprising The Mizo National Front uprising was a revolt against the government of India aimed at establishing a sovereign nation state for the Mizo people, which started on 28 February 1966. On 1 March 1966, the Mizo National Front (MNF) made a declaratio ...

, the

Mizoram Presbyterian Church Synod Mizoram Presbyterian Church Synod (''Mizoram Presbyterian Kohhran Synod'' in Mizo language, Mizo) is the largest Christian denomination in Mizoram, northeast India. It was a direct progeny of the Calvinistic Methodist Church (officially named th ...

appointed missionaries for peace talks with MNF in 1969 and Lalsawma was one of two missionaries who contacted the MNF leaders. In 1982, he was again a member of the three-men delegation who held talks with MNF which, untimaltely, led to the

Mizo Accord The Mizoram Peace Accord, 1986 was an official agreement between the Government of India and the Mizo National Front (MNF) to end insurgency and violence in Mizoram, India, that started in 1966. The Mizo National Front was an organisation of Miz ...

of 1986. He has written several articles and is the author of the book, ''Four Decades of Revivals, the Mizo Way''. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the

Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ...

, in 2005, for his contributions to Indian society.

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* Recipients of the Padma Shri in social work Mizo people Indian Presbyterian missionaries Scholars from Mizoram Social workers Presbyterian missionaries in India 1930 births 2017 deaths {{India-reli-bio-stub

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