Mautâm is a cyclic ecological phenomenon that occurs every 48–50 years in the northeastern Indian states of Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur, as well as in...

Chief Minister of Mizoram. In 1958, the Mizo Hills were devastated by the Mautam, a cyclic phenomenon where the flowering of bamboo plants result in a plague...

abolished the Mizo chieftainship system in 1952. It also encountered the 1959 Mautam famine, which led to the Mizo National Front uprising and the subsequent...

of missionaries. The mautam famine struck the Lushai Hills in 1911, which was approximately 30 years after the previous mautam famine in 1882. The harvests...

to lack of support from the government during the great famine (called Mautam) in Mizoram in the late 1950s. Political insurgency and social unrest ensued...

chiefs in Mizo history. Tualte eventually declined with the onset of the mautam famine.[unreliable source?] The Dungtlang Village was founded by the Thangluah...

1955, as its Secretary. The society became Mautam Front in March 1960 to work for relief due to the Mautam famine that affected the entire Mizoram (which...

30-year lows; the crop yields recovered sharply to pre-mautam levels in 2009 after the mautam flowering. See also Newspapers in Mizoram. Mizoram's media...

Indian Union in 1951, and consecutively in 1957, 1962 and 1966. However, the mautam (bamboo famine) of 1958 and its protégé insurgency in 1966 downgraded its...

Mizo Hills was devastated by a great famine known in Mizo history as 'Mautam Famine'. The cause of the famine was attributed to the flowering of bamboos...

balcooa, and Dendrocalamus stocksii are common examples of such bamboo. Mautam Soderstrom, Thomas R.; Calderon, Cleofe E. (1979). "A Commentary on the...

the local food supply. The most recent flowering began in May 2006 (see Mautam). Various bamboo species bloom in this manner about every 28–60 years. In...

transforming into a rugged and uneven settlement. The intensification of the Mautam famine in the late 1950s prompted an influx of people seeking sustenance...

Strobilanthes kunthiana This flowering results in the phenomenon known as Mautam: the population of black rats burgeons owing to the plentiful food supply...

baccifera in northeastern India is responsible for the phenomenon called "mautam" or "bamboo death", in which large populations of bamboo flower at the same...

devastation to the plantings of subsistence farmers; this phenomenon is known as mautam in parts of India. Black rats are thought to have arrived in Australia with...

the hands of the Assam Government. This included the poor handling of the Mautam famine and when the state government made Assamese the official language...

consideration for local requirements which caused starvation at times of Mautam. It led to agitations by the women of the Ima Keithel and in response, the...

state for the Mizos. Every 48 years, a cyclic ecological phenomenon called Mautam leads to widespread famine in this region. When such a famine started in...

increase in rats, famine, and unrest amongst the people. This is called mautam. The first such event in the Republic of India was reported in 1958 when...

particularly dissatisfied with the government's inadequate response to the 1959–60 mautam famine. The Mizo National Famine Front, a body formed for famine relief...

Silchar and British territories, which led to its closure in 1890. Due to mautam and recurring famines, a communitarian philosophy known as tlawmngaihna...

safety of inmates and staff. Australia portal Rabbit plagues in Australia Mautam, rat plague in India Sofia I. Gabriel; Mark I. Stevens; Maria da Luz Mathias;...

LSA Newsletter also changed to MZP Chanchinbu. 1959 After the shock of Mautam (famine) MZP was reformed again. At that time it had offices in Mizo District...

Ravi/Sahir Ludhianvi) - Waqt 1965" [Kal Jahaan Basati Thi Khushiyaan, Aaj Hain Mautam Wahan, Waqt Laya Tha Baharein, Waqt Laya Hain Fida ...] "Watan Ka Kya Hoga...