Zogam (Zoram)
Zogam is within the land inhabited by the Zomi or Chinmi State in Myanmar and further the land inhabited by the Zomi in India and Bangladesh. Chinland is the founding name for the whole Zomi inhabited areas of land spread across three political and separate country/international boundaries. Lairam is another name used by the townships the Southern Chin Sate in Myanmar. Zoram (Mizoram or Mizogam), or Lairam (Lai-land), and other tributary tribes who too called their land according to their own dialects. And all of them put together makes up a Greater Chinmi or Zomi. Zogam covers
- the Whole Chin State,
- Plain chins (lower lands),
- Some part of Bangladesh until it reaches to the Bay of Zogam (Bay of Bengal),
- Mizoram
- Manipur (Churachanpur).
Therefore, Zogam is an indigenous identity of the Chin peoples together with the Kukis(Thado), Lushai(Lusei or Mizo), Pawi, Khalkha, Phalam and all Chinmi. Chinland (Zoram) thus equals to all the lands inhabited by these hill tribes collectively known as Chin people(Zomi), and they comprise of the Laimi, Tedimmi, Mara, Khumi, Zophei, Senthang, Lautu, Zotung, Manipur, Thado, the Zou, Simte, Paihte, Milhiem and other tributary tribes.
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