Formation | 20 February ,1987 |
Capital | Aizawal |
Major Language | Mizo, English |
Official Animal | Himalayan Serow |
Official Bird | Mrs. Hume’s pheasant |
State Flower | Red Vanda |
State Tree | Indian Rose Chestnut |
Official Dance | Khuallam, Cheraw |
Major Rivers | Tuichawng,Tiau, Tlawng Tuichang Tuirial Chhimtuipui(Koladyne) Khawthlangtuipui |
Major lake | Palak lake, Tamdil |
High Court | Gawahati High Court |
Major Festival | Chapchar Kut Mim Kut Pawl Kilt Thalfavang Kut |
Airport | Lengpui Airport, Aizawl |
National Parks | 1.Phawngpui 2.Blue Mountain National park 3.Murlen National Park |
Wild Life Sanctuary | Dampa Tiger reserve |
Dance forms | 1.Khuallam Cheraw 2.Sarlamkai/Solakla 3.Chailam 4.Chawnglaizawn 5.Chheihlam 6.Tlanglam 7.Zangtalam |
Waterfalls | Vantawng Falls |
Tourist Destination | 1.Aizawal 2.Serchhip 3.Falkawn Village 4.Phawngpui peak 5.Champhai 6.Lunglei 7.Saiha 8.Mamit 9.Kolasib 10.Reiek 11.Tam Lake |
Food | 1.Misa Mach Poora, 2.Vawksa Rep, 3.Arsa Buhchiar, 4.Koat Pitha, 5.Poora Mach, 6.Dal with eggs 7.Lubrusca grape wine 8.Zu (a form of tea) 9.Paanch Phoron Torkari 10.Chhum Han |
MIZORAM GENERAL FACTS
- State with largest percentage of forest area (91.27%)
- Second least populated state in India
- The second most literate state in India
- The Indian state having no industries
- Lushai Hills are in : Mizoram
- Cheraw is the major bamboo dance in : Mizoram
- The Indian state which has no Panchayat Raj System: Mizoram
- The state known as the land of hill people : Mizoram
- The present Indian state which was the part of Assam upto 1972 : Mizoram
- The state in which the Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare is situated in : Mizoram
- The Indian state having no hydro electric projects : Mizoram
- Mizo National Front is the main organisation in : Mizoram
- The only Northern state in which Kerala’s Thiruvonam is observed as a holiday : Mizoram
- The only Indian state in which no houseless population is recorded as per 2011 Census : Mizoram
- The state which got statehood as per the 53rd Constitutional Amendment : Mizoram
- The state having the highest percentage of Scheduled Tribes : Mizoram
- The most literate district in India : Serchhip
- The language of Mizoram in which the Roman script is used : Mizo
- The highest mountain in Mizoram : Phawngpui
- The widespread famine in Mizoram due to a cyclic ecological phenomenon that occurs every 48 years is known as : Mautam
- First Loksabha member who was disqualified by Anti defection law : Lal Duhoma (1988)
- First Chief Minister in Mizoram : Laldenga
- Founder of Mizo National Front : Laldenga
- The youngest Governor of India : Swaraj Kaushal
- The second most literate city in India : Aizawl
- Longest river in Mizoram: Tlawng
- Vantawng Waterfalls is situated in: Mizoram