books.google.co.in - Prior to British annexation in 1896, Chinram was an independent country ruled by traditional tribal and local chiefs. Annexation saw the land divided between India and Burma and Chin society abruptly transformed, not least by the arrival of Christian missionaries. The conversion of the Chin to Christianity...http://books.google.co.in/books/about/In_Search_of_Chin_Identity.html?id=3NEzTqz-6kYC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareIn Search of Chin Identity