The Sinlung Hills Council (SHC) is a local body government in Mizoram.
[1] It was created on July 9, 2018, as an administrative body for the Hmar people and encompasses Hmar-dominated area of Northern Mizoram in the Aizawl, Kolasib and Saitual districts.
[2] The term Sinlung refers to the supposed ancestral origin of the Hmar people.
[4] The Sinlung Hills Council was formed as a result of the peace accord signed between the mizoram state government and Hmar People's Convention (Democratic), after the signing which about 100 Hmar militants laid down their arms.
[5] The council comprises 31 villages in the Hmar-dominated northeastern part of Mizoram.