# Senvawn

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**Senvawn**[3] or **Senvon** is a [Hmar](/source/Hmar_people) village in [Pherzawl district](/source/Pherzawl_district), [Northeast India](/source/Northeast_India) and is attributed to be the 'birthplace' of [Christianity](/source/Christianity) in Southern Manipur.[4] The initial Christian converts among the [Hmar](/source/Hmar_people) and other sister tribes was made by a Welsh missionary [Watkin Roberts](/source/Watkin_Roberts) in 1910.[5][6][7][8][9] Senvon is also the 8th District Council Constituency (DCC) in the [Churachandpur Autonomous District Council](/source/Churachandpur_Autonomous_District_Council).[10][11] According to the 2011 census, Senvawn holds 498 households[12]

## Geography

Senvawn is situated on the Senvon Range, which runs north-south, parallel to the [Vangaitang](/source/Vangaitang) range. The eastern bend of the [Barak River](/source/Barak_River) flows between Vangaitang and Senvon ranges.[13] Senvawn is at the southern end of the range, to the south of which the [Tuivai River](/source/Tuivai_River) flows from east to west. South of the river are the longitudinal ranges of Mizoram. The one directly to the south of Senvon range is called [Vanbong range](/source/Vanbawng).

To the east of Senvon, a small river called Tuibum flows south and joins the Tuivai River. Further east is a hill called Parvachawm (or Parbachang), famed as the village of Lushai chief Vonpilal.[14]

Other locations close to Senvawn are [Tipaimukh](/source/Tipaimukh) to the northewest, [Parbung](/source/Parbung) to the north, Phullen towards the South, [Thanlon](/source/Thanlon) towards the East, and Thingdawl towards the West.

Senvon is located 22 kms from [Tipaimukh](/source/Tipaimukh), 82 kms from its erstwhile district's capital [Churachandpur](/source/Churachandpur), and 132 kms from the state's capital [Imphal](/source/Imphal). [Parbung](/source/Parbung), Lungthulien, and Leisen are its nearby villages.

## History

Senvawn is said to have been established by Pahum Pulamte, Seilutpa Puruolte and Lalchawn Pudaite.[citation needed]

## Churches

Senvawn, being a Christianized village, holds several churches. These churches are dominantly run by [Hmar](/source/Hmar_people)-based [denominations](/source/Christian_denomination).

## See also

- [Hmar Ethnic Cultural Sites](/source/Hmar_Ethnic_Cultural_Sites)
- [Pherzawl district](/source/Pherzawl_district)

## References

1. ["Villages | Pherzawl District | India"](https://pherzawl.nic.in/sub-division-villages/)

1. *"Village and Town Directory", District Census Handbook, Churachandpur*. Directorate of Census Operations, Manipur. 2011. p. 86.

1. ["Villages | Pherzawl District | India"](https://pherzawl.nic.in/sub-division-villages/)

1. Ngaihte, Samuel G & Paulianding, Reuben (2022). [*Christianity and Empire in South Manipur Hills: Senvon Encounter and the Dialogic Zo Peoples*](https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv2nv8pqk). 1517 Media. ISBN 978-1-5064-8892-9. [JSTOR j.ctv2nv8pqk](https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv2nv8pqk)

1. Ngaihte, Samuel G., and Reuben Paulianding. Christianity and Empire in South Manipur Hills: Senvon Encounter and the Dialogic Zo Peoples. 1517 Media, 2022. JSTOR, [https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2nv8pqk](https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2nv8pqk). Accessed 27 Feb. 2024.

1. ["Western Education and Christianity"](https://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Manipur_and_Religion.Western_Education_and_Christianity). – via e-pao.net.

1. ["The Quarryman | Evangelical Movement of Wales"](https://www.emw.org.uk/2010/03/the-quarryman/)

1. ["Christianity in Churachandpur | PDF | Christian Mission | Presbyterianism"](https://www.scribd.com/document/49638175/Christianity-20in-20Churachandpur)

1. Phaipi, Chingboi Guite (2023). *The Bible and Patriarchy in Traditional Tribal Society: Re-reading the Bible's Creation Stories*. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 38.

1. ["Autonomous District Council | Churachandpur District, Government of Manipur | India"](https://churachandpur.nic.in/administrative-setup/autonomous-district-council/)

1. ["Demography | Pherzawl District | India"](https://pherzawl.nic.in/demography/)

1. *"Village and Town Directory", District Census Handbook, Churachandpur*. Directorate of Census Operations, Manipur. 2011. p. 86.

1. Churachandpur District Census Handbook (2011), p. 24.

1. Pau, Pum Khan (2023), "‘Cartography of Self-Assertion’: Superimposed Boundary and Local Response in the India–Myanmar Borderland", *The Partition of the Indian Subcontinent (1947) and Beyond: Uneasy Borders*, Chhanda Chatterjee (ed.), Taylor & Francis, p. 53, ISBN 978-1-032-29806-1

## Bibliography

- ["Churachandpur District Census Handbook"](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/846/download/36252/DH_2011_1403_PART_A_DCHB_CHURACHANDPUR.pdf), Directorate of Census Operations, Manipur, 2011
- Singh, Karam Manimohan (1991), [*History of the Christian Missions in Manipur and Neighbouring States*](https://archive.org/details/historyofchristi0000sing), Mittal Publications, ISBN 81-7099-285-0, – via archive.org

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