Goukhothang (–1872), spelled Go kho thang or Go Khaw Thang, in the
Tedim language, was a
Guite chief based at
Mualpi in the present-day
Chin State
Chin State (, ) is a state in western Myanmar. Chin State is bordered by Sagaing Division and Magway Division to the east, Rakhine State to the south, the Chattogram Division of Bangladesh to the west, and the Indian states of Mizoram to th ...
of Myanmar. He was known as the then leader of all
Zou people
The Zou people (also spelled Yo or Zo or Jo or Jou) are an ethnic group, that is an indigenous community living along the frontier of India and Burma, they are a sub-group of the Kuki-Zo people. In India, they live with and are similar in lan ...
. He was later captured by the
Manipuri troops of Raja
Chandrakirti
Chandrakirti (; Sanskrit: चंद्रकीर्ति; ; , meaning "glory of the moon" in Sanskrit) or "Chandra" was a Buddhist scholar of the Madhyamaka school who was based out of the monastery of Nalanda. He was a noted commentator ...
and died in an Imphal jail. According to his documentary video presentation released in 2006, he was born in
Tedim
Tedim (, , (Tedim language, Zo: ''Tedim Khuapi'', pronounced ; is a town and the administrative seat of Tedim Township in Chin State, Myanmar. It is the second largest town in Chin State, after Hakha (the capital city of Chin State). The town's f ...
-Lamzang area of present-day
Chin State
Chin State (, ) is a state in western Myanmar. Chin State is bordered by Sagaing Division and Magway Division to the east, Rakhine State to the south, the Chattogram Division of Bangladesh to the west, and the Indian states of Mizoram to th ...
(Myanmar-Burma), one of the then political centers of the Guite clan. He succeeded his father, Mang Suum II, in 1855, and moved the capital to fortified village of Mualpi in present-day
Tonzang township. In commemoration of Goukhothang, a football tournament is bi-annually held in
Lamka (Churachandpur) in
Manipur
Manipur () is a state in northeastern India with Imphal as its capital. It borders the Indian states of Assam to the west, Mizoram to the south, and Nagaland to the north and shares the international border with Myanmar, specifically t ...
, India, by Ropiang Foundation Trust.
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1872 deaths
People from Manipur
Year of birth uncertain
19th-century Indian royalty