Tlabung

Tlabung, also known as Demagiri, is a census town in Lunglei district in the Indian state of Mizoram.

==History== The township was first established and settled in November 1871 when the Superintendent of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Lt. Col. T.H. Lewin, ordered his assistant, Mr. Crouch and 150 soldiers from the Frontier Battalion to build a fort at Tlabung to serve as the battalion headquarters of the Southern Column of the Lushai Expedition to rescue a young girl named Mary Winchester from the Lushai Chief Bengkhuaia. On 1 April 1898, it became a part of the South Lushai Hills, having previously belonged to the Chittagong Hill Tracts. It became a flourishing trade center during 1860-70 when Mizo in the north and south had less knowledge of commerce. It was used as the main river port to import goods from what is now Bangladesh through Chittagong city. It had an old fort constructed during British times at the advice of Lt. Col. T.H. Lewin. The British troops and missionaries used this route to reach Mizoram during the colonial days. It used to take 5 days to reach Tlabung from Chittagong, a distance of about 90 kilometers, after which they would travel another 35 kilometers to reach Lunglei.