page_title: Khup Lian inscription
section_title: History of Lophei
hierarchical_section_title: Khup Lian inscription / History of Lophei
caption_attribution_description: Chief Khup Lian (right) with Rev. Za Khup, father of Vum Ko Hau (Photo taken on July 14, 1960). Khup Lian was about 90 years old when this photo was taken. He died on December 3, 1962, at Lophei. Vung Hau, wife of Khup Lian, was from the chieftain clan of Thuklai. Her younger sister, Vum Cingh, was married to Mang Pum of Khuasak (a son of Chief Khup Pau and younger brother of Chief Khai Kam) - three of the most well-known heroes of the Siyin-Gungal rebellion (9.14 THE SIYIN-NWENGAL REBELLION - 1892-93).
context_page_description: The Khup Lian Inscription is a bi-lingual inscription located at the top of Lophei village in Chin State, Myanmar. It is located 5 miles from the well-known Fort White which in turn is located at halfway between the 48-mile Tedim-Kalaymyo motor car road. The inscription is a brief autobiography of him, including his genealogy, the capture of a semi-automatic rifle in a hand-to-hand combat with a British soldier during the first British invasion of Chin Hills in the year of 1888-1889, his involvement in the Sizang-Gungal rebellion of 1892-94 and also about his hunting trophies. The inscription is written in both Burmese and English.
context_section_description: According to his own estimate, Khup Lian' was about 20 years old when he fought against the British in 1888-89. He died of old age on 3 December 1962 at Lophei. The village of Lophei was founded by his great, great, grandfather Chief Kim Lei, eleven generations before him. This village was completely destroyed by the Tashons in circa. 1800s. At that time, there were around 100 households in the village. When the British invaded Chin Hills in 1888-1889, Chief Khup Lian, with other fellow Sizang Chiefs, led some of the fiercest battles against British troops who were under the  command of Major-General (later Field Marshal) George White. Khup Lian personally captured a semi-automatic rifle in hand-to-hand-combat; it was the first semi-automatic gun ever to fall into the hands of the Chin people.
  He then fought once again, together with the famous heroes of the Sizang-Gungal Rebellion of 1892-93: Chief Khup Pau of Khuasak and his sons Khai Kam and Mang Pum. After the failure of the rebellion, Kim Lel's descendants and the Lopheis were divided into two, independent villages of Khuasak and Lophei, in order to weaken the power of the Thuan Tek. Khup Lian‘s hereditary chieftainship was restored, and his people were allowed to return to Lophei in 1894.
caption: Chief Khup Lian (right) with Rev. Za Khup, Photo taken on July 14, 1960). Khup Lian was about 90 years old when this photo was taken
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