Migration and Settlement: In term of migration and settlement, the Hrangkhol tribe migrated from one place to another due to the pressure they faced against the strong clans or in search of fertile land for cultivation. Moreover shifting cultivation was their main occupations. For many centuries, the tribe had migrated to Burma but later returned to North-East India through China. Tradition says that the tribes after settling somewhere in Burma, they migrated to Mizoram (Lushai Hills), Manipur, Tripura and Assam.
According to the tradition, the tribes after leaving Burma, they entered Mizoram (the Lushai Hills) and settled in Champhai for a long time before they scattered to other parts of North-East India. They claimed to have named Champhai,a sub-divisional centre in the eastern part of Mizoram at present.A book titled “Know Your Own Land” records that “The Pillars of Lungvando” was erected by the earlier inhabitants known as the Old Kukis who took their settlement before the Sailo migration.” Till today in North Vanlaiphai (15 miles from Lungdar) there is a memorial stone of Hrangkhol Chief Chongluma, which was also known as 'Chhura fa rep’ in the present generation.There is no clear evidence how long they had settled in Mizoram. After several years passed, the tribe migrated to other regions of North-East due to the pressures they faced from the other tribes, which compelled them to leave their dwelling place. Some of them move down to the plain of Cachar area of Assam. K. Zawla asserted that they departed from Mizoram in 1750. Some had migrated towards Bangladesh, Manipur, Assam and Independent Hill Tipera (present Tripura).
