[2] After schooling in Mizoram he was educated at St. Edmund's College, Shillong (under Gauhati University) and graduated with B.A.
Ruala was born in a small village of Chawnhu in southern Mizoram to father Thanzinga and mother Thangpuii.
Ruala became a successful politician since he was nominated to the Mizo District Council (when Mizoram was under Government of Assam) in 1970.
His career was interrupted by the Mizoram Peace Accord in 1987 when the ruling Congress Party surrendered their government to make way for settlement between Mizo National Front and Government of India.
From 1998 he took official works in the party office for ten years.