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'''Goukhothang, Raja''' ({{circa|1821}}–1872) was a prince from the [[Guite people|Guite]] family of [[Zomi]], also known as [[Chin people|Chins]] in Myanmar ([[Burma]]) and [[Paite people|Paite]] in [[India]].<ref>He was also recorded as Go Khaw Thang or Go Khua Thang in common local address, or even as Gokothang or Kokutung by B. S. Carey and H. N. Tuck. Quotations, whether favorable or not, were also made in various publications, e.g., K. B. Singh, ''An Introduction to Tribal Language and Culture of Manipur'' (Manipur State Kala Akademi, 1976), 163; T. Gougin, ''History of Zomi'' (Lamka, India: T. Gougin, 1984), 67ff; Suhas Chatterjee, '' Mizo Chiefs and the Chiefdom'' (New Delhi, India: M. D. Publications Pvt. Ltd., 1995), 445, {{ISBN|81-85880-72-7}}; and others.</ref> He was known as the then leader of all [[Zo people]] as Carey and Tuck also noted him as the Yo (correct Zo people) Chief of Mwelpi (correct Mualpi).<ref> Bertram S. Carey and Henry N. Tuck, ''Chin Hills'', Vol 1 (1896), page 141.</ref> According to his documentary video presentation released in 2006,<ref>For a preview of the video, please, check this out here at [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7ulGJXu1ao&app=desktop Zogam Salpha].</ref> he was born in [[Tedim]]-Lamzang of present Chin State (Myanmar-Burma), one of the then political centers of the Guite dynasty. He succeeded his father, his lordship Prince Mang Suum II, in 1855, and moved the capital to fortified city of Mualpi of present [[Tonzang]] township of Chin State. In commemoration of his lordship, a football tournament is bi-annually held in Lamka (Churachandpur) by Ropiang Foundation Trust.<ref>{{cite news | publisher=The Sangai Express | via=E-Pao | title=Raja Goukhothang Guite Football Memoriam 2020 to begin today | date=8 January 2020 | url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=Sport8..090120.jan20 | accessdate=26 May 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://thewire.in/politics/maharaja-chandrakriti-memorial-park-manipur | title=Why the Manipur Govt Should Rethink the Maharaja Chandrakriti Memorial Park | date=20 May 2020 | first=Golan Suanzamung | last=Naulak | publisher=The Wire | accessdate=26 May 2020}}</ref><ref>More pages on Raja Gokhothang can be read in a recent publication on the Guite family history in Ngul L. Zam, ''Mualthum Kampau Guite Hausate Tangthu'' (Amazon/Create Space: Lexington, KY, 2018), 158-163. {{ISBN|9781721693559}}.</ref><br />
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