jan 1, 1600 - First wave of Kuki migration into North-East India

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Kuki is an umbrella term for various tribes like the Thadou, Hmar, Paite, and others. While migration occurred over centuries, colonial records show major influxes of "New Kukis" into areas like Manipur during the early 19th century. The term "Kuki" is an exonym: it was used by Bengalis to refer to the tribes inhabiting Patkai–Arakan Yomas, the eastern extension of the Himalayas running north–south between India and Myanmar. The term is witnessed in the chronicles of Tripura from the reign of Dhanya Manikya (r. 1490–1515) and fairly regularly afterwards. From even earlier, a couplet in Sanskrit is found mentioning a 12th century land grant in Kukisthana (Kuki-land).[9] The Tibetan Buddhist writer Taranatha (1575–1634) wrote a description of the Kuki (Ko-ki) country, including in it almost the entire eastern hill range and beyond. The same collection of tribes were called "Chins" by the Burmese (spelt "Khyangs" in the original Burmese spelling).The British also used the term "Lushais" to refer to the tribes inhabiting the Lushai Hills region to the south of the Manipur valley, eventually dividing it into separate "Lushai Hills" in India and "Chin Hills" in Burma.

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