{{More citations needed|date=October 2023}} {{Short description|Mountain range in North East India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox mountain | name =Lushai Hills | image = Hmuifang Mountain Side.jpg | image_caption =Hmuifang mountainside | highest = Phawngpui | elevation_m= 2157 | elevation_ref= | listing = | range = Patkai Range | country = India | state = {{enum|Mizoram | Tripura}} | region = | map = India | map_caption = Location in India | label_position = | coordinates = {{coord|23|10|N|92|50|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | geology= | period= | orogeny= | length_km= | length_orientation= N/S | width_km= | width_orientation=E/W }} The '''Lushai Hills''' (Pron: ˌlʊˈʃaɪ, now called '''Mizo Hills''') form a hilly region in the Patkai-Arakan Yoma mountain range system in Northeast India, in the present-day state of Mizoram.<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Lushai Hills|volume=17|page=130}}</ref>
== Geography == The highest peak rising to an elevation of {{convert|2,157|m}} at Phawngpui, also known as 'Blue Mountain'.<ref>{{cite web|title=Phawngpui |url=http://mizotourism.nic.in/phawngpui.htm |publisher=MizoTourism |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303183739/http://mizotourism.nic.in/phawngpui.htm |archive-date=2013-03-03 }}</ref>
==Flora and fauna== The hills are for the most part covered with dense bamboo jungle and rank undergrowth; but in the eastern portion, owing probably to a smaller rainfall, open grass-covered slopes are found, with groves of oak and pine interspersed with rhododendrons. The Blue Mountain is the highest peak in Lushai hills.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=130}}
==Inhabitants== {{Unreferenced section|date=March 2025}} The Lushai Hills, now known as Mizoram, has a long history of hosting various tribal communities. The Mizo people have been the largest and most prominent among them.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Parry |first=N. E. (Neville Edward) |url=https://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/cultures/ar20/documents/001 |title=The Lakhers |last2=Hutton |first2=J. H. |date=1932 |publisher=Macmillan}}</ref>
In addition to the Mizo community, the southern areas of the Lushai Hills are inhabited by the Chakma people.
==Bibliography== * T. H. Lewin, ''Wild Races of N.E. India'' (1870) * ''Lushai Hills Gazetteer'' (Calcutta, 1906)
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==External links== {{Wikivoyage|Tripura}} {{Wikivoyage|Mizoram}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050408112515/http://www.maradistrict.com/ Mara district] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqkkMQro8lY Famous mountains and hills of Northeast India]
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