Mizoram is a state in the far northeast of India. It is the southernmost of the hill states, and lies between Burma in the east and Bangladesh in the west. Mizoram has a long eastern border with Burma.
It has state borders with Manipur, Assam, and Tripura to the north, and a western border with the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. The state has a population density of only 23 people per square kilometre.

Climate: Mizoram lies in the monsoon belt between South and Southeast Asia. The hills are high enough to give cooler summers than on the plains of Bangladesh or Burma. Even so, in summer, average maximum temperatures are 29 °C and average minimum temperatures are 20 °C.
In winter, maximum temperatures are 21 °C and minimum temperatures are 11 °C. The state has a heavy annual rainfall of about 300 centimetres. But there is also a dry season from late October to April.

Tourist Centres: Known as the land of the enchanting hills, Mizoram is famous for its vast expanse of jagged mountain ranges shrouded mystically in reddish blue haze. Blue mountains and deep narrow valleys with swift flowing rivers, forest with an array of flora and fauna, quaint relics of a glorious past, quite hamlets and bustling towns make Mizoram a perfect tourist's choice.

History. Mizoram has long been an area of tribal movement. The different groups of tribal people originally came from northwest China, and gradually moved southward toward Tibet and Burma in the A.D. 600's. They reached Mizoram in the 1700's.
The Mizos often raided British tea plantations in neighbouring areas during the 1800's. The disruption continued until 1891, when the territory was annexed to British India and organized into two districts - North Lushai Hills under Assam, and South Lushai Hills under Bengal.

In 1898, it was formed into the Lushai Hills District and became part of Assam. Under colonial rule, Christian missionaries entered the area freely. They not only carried out their religious duties by converting the tribals into Christanity (often forcibly) but also introduced literacy, which is exceptionally high in this state. The written language uses the Roman script.

The Indian parliament renamed the territory the Mizo Hills District in 1954. The territory was called Mizoram when it became a union territory on Jan. 21, 1972. It became a state on Feb. 20, 1987.