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| | #REDIRECT [[Ch. Chhunga]] |
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| | name = C. Chhunga
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| | birth_date = 19 November 1915
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| | residence =[[Aizawl]]
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| | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1988|08|24|1915|11|19}}
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| | constituency =[[Kolasib]]
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| | order = 1st
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| | office = Chief Minister of Mizoram
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| | term_start = 3 May 1972
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| | term_end = 10 May 1977
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| | 1blankname = Lieutenant Governor
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| | 1namedata = S. P. Mukherjee<br> S. K. Chibber
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| | predecessor = ''Office Established''
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| | successor = [[Thenphunga Sailo]]
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| | party =[[Mizo Union]]
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| '''C. Chhunga''' (1915-1988) was the first [[Chief Minister of Mizoram]], a state in [[northeast India]]. He served as a member of the [[Mizo Union]], from 1972 to 1977.
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| ==Political life==
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| Chhunga was the Chief Executive Member of Mizoram District Council, The United Mizo Parliamentary Party, a coalition of Mizo Union and Congress Party and dominated the 1971 Village Council elections by winning 66 of the 158 Village councils.<ref>{{cite book|last=C. Nunthara|title=Mizoram: Society and Polity|year=1996|publisher=Indus Publishing Company}}</ref> Chhunga was appointed the President of the [[Mizo Union]] in the 1952 General Assembly as the people preferred a young man instead of the much senior Bawichhuaka. Chhunga held the Party president's post for 14 years during the 28 years of [[Mizo Union]] Party. Chhunga won election in [[Kolasib (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] and was appointed the Chief Minister of Union Territory of [[Mizoram]] by SP Mukherjee, the First Lt Governor of Mizoram on 3 May 1972.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bareh|first=Hamlet|title=Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Mizoram|year=2007|publisher=Mittal Publications}}</ref> Chhunga was instrumental of merger of [[Mizo Union]] with the [[Indian National Congress]]. The [[Mizo Union]] being a regional party depended on the center for funds and preferred to join with the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Chatterjee|first=Suhas|title=Making of Mizoram: Role of Laldenga, Volume 2|year=1994|publisher=Vijay Gupta|isbn=9788185880389|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4pdE6p1MiTAC}}</ref> Chhunga was instrumental in Mizoram getting State status. He negotiated for separation of Mizoram District from [[Assam]] state.
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| ==References==
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://mizoram.nic.in/gov/cm.htm Mizoram Government Website ]
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| *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050311200356/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_MZ_72.pdf Election results 1972]
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| {{Chief Ministers of Mizoram}}
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:Chhunga, C.}}
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| [[Category:Chief Ministers of Mizoram]]
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| [[Category:People from Kolasib]]
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| [[Category:1988 deaths]]
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| [[Category:1915 births]]
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| [[Category:Mizoram MLAs 1972–1977]]
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