Chin; Chin State

Chin people speak a language related to Burmese and now live mostly in Chin State, in Burma, as well as in the Indian states of Manipur, Mizorum, and Nagaland. They have had an ongoing independence struggle with the central government, but the conflict is now confined to a small area of Chin State. Many Chin people have fled to Malaysia and into India. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, many Chin were converted to Christianity by Western missionaries. For more, see “News of Chin State,”.