OUR GREAT MILESTONE - LALZOVA

Mizo people are very fond of singing, they sing at the time of festivals, at wedding days, at Christmas and even when they are lonely. Many of their songs are composed by Lalzova. He is one of the forerunner or pioneer on Mizo history in songs. Lalzova was born on 2nd December, 1924. His father is the first and only tailor in Lunglei and his mother is a housewife. He was a studious student and often stood first in his class. Our ancestors say that composers never live long; due to this his parents did not allow their son to do composing. He loved composing songs, drawing and paintings. He knew how to play all mizo musical instruments. He composed his first song called ‘Lalnun- Nemi’ which was the name of his girlfriend. Later, he composed many love songs, Christian songs, country music etc. he was also called ‘Father of Love songs’. He was interested in sports and other games. He once participated in the Tilbury Cup Hockey Tournament. But he couldn’t play the finals because of typhoid. During this time three people had died because of typhoid and his parents and family had very less hope. Unfortunately, he passed away from the earth on 8th December 1945 when he was just 21 years old. Mizoram had lost a great composer, painter and musician. His grave is at Bazar Veng Cementery no.1 and his memorial stone is kept at Venglai and Lunglei district museum, Lunglei. A great mizo song composer had died but his songs and his contributions are still remembered.