ABOUT US

 
Territorial Leaders: Colonel Lalhmingliana and Colonel Lalhlimpuii (1st November 2021)
Territorial Commander: Colonel Lalhmingliana
Territorial President of Women's Ministries: Colonel Lalhlimpuii
 

Chief Secretary: Lieut-Colonel Prakash Chandra Pradhan (1st November 2021)
Territorial Secretary for Women's Ministries: Lieut-Colonel Rani Phula Pradhan (1st November 2021)

Territorial Headquarters:
PO Box 5, Aizawl 796001, Mizoram, India
Tel address: ‘Salvation Aizawl’; tel [91] (0389) 2322290 (EPABX)/ 2321864; TC: [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), the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal(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), Naupang Sipai (Mizo Young Soldier)