Banaitangi

Banaitangi
Chiefainess
Lal
PredecessorMungpira
Born1835
Died1884
Tanhril (borough of present-day Aizawl)
SpouseMurchuilal (February 1865)
IssueLaljachaja, Van Khampui
HouseSailo
FatherLalmanga
MotherPibuk
ReligionSakhua

Banaitangi was a Lushai chieftainess known as the sister of Sukpilal and wife of Murchuilal. She is most known for her beauty and poetry at the time and her separation from her husband. She was the first Lushai chieftainess to venture into the plains of Bengal.