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Eastern Territory
Territorial Leaders: Colonels Samuel Charan and Bimla Charan (1st July 2008)
Territorial Commander: Colonel Samuel Charan ( 1st July 2008)
Territorial President of Women's Ministries: Colonel Bimla Charan (1st July 2008)
Chief Secretary & TSWM: Lieut-Colonel Naomi Lalngaihawmi (1st March 2007)
Territorial Headquarters:
PO Box 5, Aizawl 796001, Mizoram, India
Tel address: ‘Salvation Aizawl’; tel [91] (0389) 2322290 (EPABX)/ 2321864; fax: [91] (0389) 2326123;
email: iet mail@IET.salvationarmy.org
Work in the region commenced on 26 April 1917 when Lieutenant Kawl Khuma, the first Mizo officer commissioned in India, returned to start the Army work. He was then joined by a group of earnest believers who shared his vision of an ‘Army like a church, very much in line with The Salvation Army’.
India Eastern became a separate command on 1 June 1991 and became a territory in 1993.
 States included in the territory: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Maghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal (part) and the Kingdom of Bhutan
'The Salvation Army' in Mizo: Chhandamma Sipai Pawl
Langauages in which the gospel is preached: Adhibasi, Bengali, Bru, English, HIndi, Hmar, Manipuri (Meitei), Mizo, Nagamese, Nepali, Paite, Pali, Simte, Thadou, Vaiphai
Periodicals: Sipai Tlangau (Mizo War Cry), The Officer (Mizo), Young Salvationists (Mizo), Chunnunpar (Mizo Women's Ministries magazine) |