In 1967, the government arrested him on charges of sedition and he was sent to the Nagaon Jail in Assam, where he remained until his release in 1969.
Born on May 19, 1942 at the Presbyterian Synod Hospital in Durtlang near Aizawl, Lal Thanhawla is the president of the Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) since 1973 till date.
