{{Use Indian English, date=December 2018 Maraland map physical

Maraland is a region in the southeastern part of

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", the self-described name of the native inhabitants, and "Ram", which in the Mizo language means "lan ...

state,

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

, referring not to a political or district name but specifically to the area inhabited by the

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 ...

. The region is one of the three Autonomous District Councils in the state. The

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 me ...

government is headed by Chief Executive Member, currently by Puhpa N. Zakhai, a veteran Congress politician.

Religion

All ethnic Maras are Christian, mostly

evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual expe ...

. With the arrival of Reverend and Mrs. Reginald Arthur Lorrain in 1907 who had had earlier founded Lakher Pioneer Mission in

Penge Penge () is a suburb of South East London, England, now in the London Borough of Bromley, west of Bromley, north east of Croydon and south east of Charing Cross. History Penge was once a small hamlet, which was recorded under the name Pence ...

, South London in 1905, within a decade the Maras had accepted Christianity. Because the missionaries were from a

congregational Congregational churches (also Congregationalist churches or Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Calvinist tradition practising congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its ...

background, the newly founded church in Maraland was unaffiliated. The current Evangelical Church of Maraland, India and the Mara Evangelical Church, Myanmar were one before the partition of India. Major religious denominations in Maraland include the Evangelical Church of Maraland (ECM), Congregational Church of India (Maraland), Lairam Isua Krista Baptist Kohhran (LIKBK), Salvation Army, Presbyterian Church of India, Baptist Church of Mizoram,

United Pentecostal Church The United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI) is a Oneness Pentecostal denomination headquartered in Weldon Spring, Missouri, United States. The United Pentecostal Church International was formed in 1945 by a merger of the former Pentecostal ...

, Seventh Day Adventist, and Isua Krista Kohhran.

Facts and figures

*Area: c.1,800 km² *Population: 56,574 (2011) **Sub-tribes: *** Tlosaih *** Hawthai *** Zyhno: ***Chapi: *** Vytu: **Religion: ***Christian: 100% *Capital:

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, on ...

(population 25,000)

External links

Maraland information at Maraland.NETMaraland.NET : The home of Mara people on the internetSamaw.com : Maras first English PortalChakhei.com : Chakhei town online siteMaraland.org
Mizoram

Religion

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