NEW DELHI, JULY 27, 2015: A condolence meeting in fond memory of Pu R Thangmawia, President of Zo Re-unification Organisation (ZORO) was held here in Mizoram House, Vasant Vihar on Sunday (July 26) night. Friends and well-wishers of the ZO hnahthlak 'ZO Peoples' belonging to Manipur and Mizoram paid tributes and honoured to the departed the soul.
It was attended by a prominent author of Zoram Khawvel and retired Indian Foreign Services (IFS) Pu L Keivom, Dr L Lamkhanpiang Ngaihte, Assistant Professor of JNU, Pu Lun Khuptong, President of Young Paite Association (YPA) Delhi, Pu George K Mate, son of late Albert Gengoukhup Mate, Pu James Mate, chief of Tuibuang village, Pu Lalrochunga, associate professor of Hrangbana College and his family, Zomi Students Federation Delhi Cell, Kuki Students Organisation (Delhi), and Siamsinpawlpi (SSPP) Joint Headquarters Delhi. Besides many others were also present.
From the family side of Pu Thangmawia, Fabian Lalfakawma, his nephew; Rosline Zosapkungi, his daughter, and a veteran ZORO leader Pu Lalmuanpuia Punte also attended.
Friends and well-wishers appreciated the selfless sacrificed made by Pu Thangmawia for the unification of Chin-Kuki-Mizo-Zomi. Many of those who attended also shared their condolences to the bereaved family.
“Pu Mawia fought the battle for the ZO peoples in Geneva and he died in the battlefield,” expressed Pu L Keivom.
Pu Mawia’s body reached Aizawl on July 27. The 80-year-old president breathed his last in Geneva on July 20th while he was to attend the UN's "Eighth Session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" in Palais des Nations, Geneva from 20-24 July, 2015.
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