A. Thanglura

Early life Aloysius Thanglura was born on 3 December 1926 in Sairang village, Lushai Hills District, British India. He passed his Intermediate in science at St. Anthony's College and continued his studies with English Honours at Cotton College, Gauhati. A. Thanglura did his Bachelor of Law at Gauhati University in 1950. Before joining politics, he wrote articles in the Assam Tribune.

Political career Thanglura was elected in the 1957 Assam Legislative Assembly election as a Mizo Union candidate. He was given the post of Parliamentary Secretary and was later promoted as Chief Parliamentary Secretary. Simultaneously he also held the post of Deputy Chief Whip of Congress Party of Assam.

He was one of the leaders of the Hill State Movement which demanded a separate tribal state in Northeast India and became the first chairman of the APHLC in 1960. However, Thanglura left the APHLC to form the Mizoram District Congress at Aizawl in 1961.

He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 1962. In the 1967 elections, he was elected as MLA from Aizawl East and West constituencies and as a result of which he relinquished his Rajya Sabha and Aizawl East seats and was subsequently sworn in as a Cabinet Minister of Assam. Thus, A. Thanglura became the first and last Cabinet Minister of Assam from the Mizo District before it was elevated into a Union Territory. Zoram politik inlumlet dan Mihrâng leh Sahrâng I & II "Zoram politik inlumlet dan" provides an important insight to the political history of Mizoram. It is widely recognized as one of the best Mizo work of history written.