Brigadier. Thenpunga Sailo also known T.Sailo or Brig Sailo was an ex-British-Indian Army, later Indian Army Officer and the Chief Minister of Mizoram from 2 June 1978 to 10 November 1978, and again from 8 May 1979 to 4 May 1984. On April 2011, the Governor of Mizoram, Lt. Gen. Madan Mohan Lakhera, awarded T. Sailo with the prestigious Mizo Award organised by the Vanglaini Daily newspaper of Mizoram.