Definition of Mautam. Meaning of Mautam. Synonyms of Mautam

- Mautâm (lit. 'The Finish of Mau Bamboo') is a cyclic ecological phenomenon that occurs every 48–50 years in the northeastern Indian states of Tripura,...
- abolished the Mizo chieftainship system in 1954. It also encountered the 1959 Mautam famine, which led to the Mizo National Front uprising and the subsequent...
- Chief Minister of Mizoram. In 1958, the Mizo Hills were devastated by the Mautam, a cyclic phenomenon where the flowering of bamboo plants result in a plague...
- to lack of support from the government during the great famine (called Mautam) in Mizoram in the late 1950s. Political insurgency and social unrest ensued...
- 30-year lows; the crop yields recovered sharply to pre-mautam levels in 2009 after the mautam flowering. See also Newspapers in Mizoram. Mizoram's media...
- history. The decline of Tualte coincided with the devastating impact of the mauṭam famine. There are five major clans or tribes of the Mizo people which are...
- Mizo Hills was devastated by a great famine known in Mizo history as 'Mautam Famine'. The cause of the famine was attributed to the flowering of bamboos...
- Viceroy, George Curzon. The mautam famine struck the Lushai Hills in 1911, which was approximately 30 years after the previous mautam famine in 1882. The harvests...
- the local food supply. The most recent flowering began in May 2006 (see Mautam). Various bamboo species bloom in this manner about every 28–60 years. In...
- consideration for local requirements which caused starvation at times of Mautam. It led to agitations by the women of the Ima Keithel and in response, the...