" This History Thread is a brief sketch of the #MilitaryHistory of the mountain homeland of people known as #Chin in Burma/Myanmar. Some, particularly #Zomi of northern #ChinState prefer their local ethnic name. Terms used in this thread include historic designations. Cultural identity transcending current borders relates peoples of NE India (including Mizoram, some of Manipur), certain Bangladesh highlanders and peoples of Myanmar/Burma’s Chin State plus some in Sagaing Div. and N. Rakhine St. Their region is often called Zoland or Zoram. People who would become known as Zomi or as Chin migrated south, settled Chindwin valleys, then uplands pre-1000 AD. Mountains were protective fortress but also fragmentation factor. Clans often raided each other, particularly in 1500s-1600s, pushing some groups west or south..."