War within a war: Labour Corps and local response in Chin Hills during the First World War

Pum Khan Pau

Small Wars and Insurgencies, 2024, vol. 35, issue 5, 896-918

Abstract: The paper examines local response to the recruitment of Labour Corps in the Chin Hills during the First World War. It probes the tenability of colonial binary of dividing the local population into ‘loyal’ and ‘rebel’ groups. It argues that the so-called ‘loyal’ Zo (Chin) were rather coerced to join the Labour Corps through the influence of the Ukpi. On the other hand, those who resisted colonial wartime policy were not ‘rebel’ but warriors who fought a war within a war in order to free themselves from colonial bondage, albeit it was confined to a particular area.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2022.2055410

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