Thihnak Tlanglawnglam (Death Railway)

Kwai River zulh in cawhmi Thailand-Burma tlanglawnglam

Ralpi II lio ah, a min a thang taktakmi tlanglawmglam cu "Death Ralway" timi Thailand-Burma tlanglawnglam hi a si. Hi tlanglawnglam kong hi cauk  le capar ah tampi an tialmi asi. 1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai timi zong movie minthang a rak chuah i, hi lam hi an i thlak duhmi cu asi. Nihin ni ahcun hi tlanglawnglam hi khawnmaw ka tiang lawng an hman i, a cheu cu an hmang ti lo. Tourist zohmi lam minthang pakhat lawng ah a um cang. Zeicatiah a cheu cu zokhenh an har tuk caah, lam an let cang caah asi.

Tang (10) ka kai lio ah, "Sit-pyan Makazine" ah "Kwai Myit Ta-ta Paw Dwin" timi capar Kawlca ka rak rel i, cu capar thawk in hi Kwai River kong hi ka thinlung ah a cam thai.  Careltu caah theihtlei asi theu lai timi ruahchannak he hi capar hi ka tialmi asi. 
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Thailand Burma Death Railway Map

Burma Tlanglawnglam (Burma Railway) timi hi min phun (4) in an auh: Burma Ralway; Thailand-Burma Railway; Burma-Siam Railway ti asi. Minchia kha bik an auhnak cu "Death Ralway" ti asi. "Thihnak Tlanglawnglam" ti asi. Kawl nih cun "Temin-taman-lan" tiah an ti. Kawl min sakmi hi a thuk i a tha khun tuk i, Laiholh in leh awk a har ngai. A fawinak cun "Thihnak Bawi lamkaltu lam" tinak asi hnga. 

Hi ruang ah dah hi tluk min chiakha an sak hnga ti ahcun, Japan empire nih Kawlram tuknak ding caah hi lam cawhnak ah hin, British le hawikawm ram ralkap a tlaihmi hna le Asian ram chung hnekchawm riantuantu (forced labors) tam tuk a hman hna. Cu riantuantu pawl cu tam tuk an thih caah "Thihnak Tlanglawnglam" tiah an ti.  Tlanglawnglam hi voi tampi cu lungpang tang in a kal i, tihnung ngaingai asi. 

Kwai River kam tlanglawng kal lio

Tuanbia tialtu nih an tuak tik ah, "Hnekchawmmi Asian riantuantu 180,000 tluk le Hawikawm ram ralkap an tlaihmi 60,000 nih hi lam hi an cawh ti asi. Asian mi cu hinak in an tam deuh lai tiah an ruah. Hi chungah Asian hi 90,000 tluk an thi; Hawikawm ram ralkap thawngtla 12,621 an thi ti asi. Hi ralkap thawngtla chungah Mirang 6,904; Australia 2802; Dutch 2,782 le American 133 an thi". 

Hi Thailand-Burma tlanglawnglam hi, Ralpi II lio ah an rak pemh asi. Tinhmi cu Kawlram tuknak tuk le teinak ding caah asi. Japan nih Thailand cu a la lo. Asinain Thailand tilawngdinhnak, vanlawngtual le Bangkok khualipi kha hrampi ah chiah in, Mirang kuttang ummi Kawlram, Malaysia le Singapore kha lak a duh hna. Cucaah Kawlram laknak ding caah hi tlanglawnglam hi cawh a rak asi. 

Hi lam hi Panpong (Thailand) in Thanpyu-yayat (Kawlram) karlak meng 258 a saumi asi. Hi lam aa pemh ahcun Bangkok le Yangon karlak kha tlanglawng lam aa peh ding asi.

Thai-Burma Death Railway lamhlun

Hi tlanglawnglam hi, Bangkok in nitlaklei ah a kal i, nitlakchaklei hawih in Kwai River zulh in a kalmi lam asi. Kwai Tivapi hi a rawn ngai nain, horkuang an thuk; lungpang an tam. Lam aa kuai. Hmun tampi ah hlei donh a hau i lungpang ceh hnu ah cawhmi lam asi.  

Kawlram uknak ding caah le India tiang teinak ding caah hi lam hi a biapi bik a rak si. Khulrang tuk in cawh le lim a herh caah, tivahawr tampi cu thing-thlei an rak donh chawm. Thir an rak ngeih cawk lo caah asi. Kwai River zong cu, thing hlei in an rak donh. Ahnu ah thirhlei pakhat a kam ah an donh chih.

Kwai River thinghlei cungah tlanglawng kal lio

Thing in donhmi Tlanglawnglam

Alinh tuk pin ah, ruahsur, nilin, thlihran hrial lo in rian an tuanter hna. Raifanh, chungthlet le tlangrai in tampi an rak thi. Japan ralkap nih tirawl tha tein an pek hna lo caah, mi tampi cu an vaitamen a um ti lo i derthawm ruangah an rak thi. A cheu cu hmarung in an thi. Sizung a um lo. Mau in sak chawmmi sizungah aherh ning in an rak hlai hna. Cuticung minung tampi an rak thi.

Tirawl tha tein an pek hna lo caah a derthawmmi pawl

Mirang ralkap pawl rian an tuan lio

Cu Kwai River hlei cu October 1942 in February 1943 karlak ah an rak lim. Ahnu ah thir zong an rak peh chap. Cu thing tlanglawng hlei cu tlanglawng nganpipi nih an rak hrawn ko. Hi lam onnak caah, Japan ram lamlei minthang "Gesia" pawl zong tampi an rak tlung ti asi.

Hi tlanglawnglam hi, Kawlram lei ah thilri kuatnak ah a biapi bik an rak hmanmi asi caah, Ralpi II lio ah Hawikawm ram pawl nih hrawh an rak i zuam cemmi lam asi. Kwai River hlei zong cu, 1944/45 ah British le Hawikawm ram pawl nih vanlawng in bom an rak thlak i, an rak hrawh dih. Cu an hrawhmi zong cu POW pawl an rak sakter than lengmang hna ti asi.

1945 ah Hawikam ram vanlawng nih Kwai River hlei an hrawh

Hi tlanglawnglam hi azapi tein nihin ni tiang an hmang thai lo. Zohkhenh le remh a har tuk caah asi. Japan an sungh hnu ah hi lam cu an hmang ti lo i, 1947 ah an phih. 1957 ah Nong Pla Duk le Nam Tok timi khua karlak cu 1957 an on than. Nihin ni ahcun, hmun tampi cu thingkung an keu cang hna. Acheu hmun cu Ralpi II nak tuanbia uarmi hna zoh ding ah, "tourist lennak hmunhma" ah an ser hna i, Thailand caah cozah tangka tampi luhnak ah an cang.

Tourist tlawn duhmi hmunhma pakhat

Hi lam nih hin, Ralpi II lio i Japan ralkap pawl zeitluk in dah an rak sual timi kha a langhter. POW pawl hi an rak temtuar taktak ti asi. Vawlei a hmunh chung le hi lam a hmunh chung cu, Japan ralkap sualnak tuanbia zong a hmun ve lai; philh asi ti lai lo. Hi lam ah hin, minung nunnak tam tuk a liam caah, "Death Railway" (Te-min taman lan) tiah an ti i, tuksapur ngaingai lam ah aa chuah.

Chanthar Kwai River hlei

Ralpi II a dih tik ah, hi tlanglawnglam cawhnak i tuanvo latu Japan ralbawi 111 kha an tlaih hna i, "war crimes" timi "raltuk lio lainawn hmuh" in taza an rak cuai hna. Ralkap tlaihmi POW pawl, an hrem ning hna le an tuahto ning hna a fah tuk caah taza an cuaimi hna asi. Hi chungah ralbawi 32 cu thih dantatnak an pek hna.

Hi lam an rak cawhnak cu k.75 tluk a liam cang nain, tuanbia rel fate, lamcotu hna temtuarnak khi lungthli in temtuar khawh asi rih. Cu tluk cun, hi lamtluan ahcun minung temtuarnak le thihlohnak Japan ralkap nih an rak chuahter.
Cucaah hi tlanglawnglam le Kwai River hlei cu, Southeast Asian tuanbia ahcun philh awk a tha dingmi tuanbia asi ti lo.

Vawleicung Ralpi II nak tuanbia tial le chim asi fate, "Te-min taman lan" kong hi chim lo in a tlin khawh lo bang, Kwai River thing-hlei tuanbia zong chim lo a tling kho ti lai lo!!

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Lakmi Hmanthlak

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