Missionary Day observed in Mizoram

Christian-dominated Mizoram today observed 'Missionary Day' the anniversary of the arrival of the two pioneer Christian missionaries at Sairang village near Aizawl in 1894.
All the church offices remained close and special prayer and worship services being held today in different local churches, especially belonging to the Presbyterian Church and the Baptist Church.
Welsh Christian missionies - Rev JH Lorrain, and Rev FW Savidge, fondly called by the Mizos as 'Pu Buanga' and 'Sapupa' respectively arrived by boat from Assam at the banks of river Tlawng near Sairang village on January 11, 1894.
The two missionaries made Lushai (Mizo)-English Dictionary, known to the local people till today as 'Pu Buanga Dictionary' and establish Presbyterian Church, began education by creating Mizo alphabets using Roman scripts.

They changed the whole Mizo way of life through education and the Christian Gospel and all the Mizos, earlier animists, were converted to Christianity.
The Presbyterian Church began observing the day since 1974 and the state government declared the day, January 11 as a holiday called 'Missionary Day'.