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{{short description|Indian Sanamahist cultural revivalist (b. 1944 - d. 2007)}}
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{{Contains special characters|Meitei}}
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{{Infobox religious biography
| name = Chingsubam Akaba
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| birth_name = Chingsubam Akaba
| birth_date = 9 November 1944 <ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.kumhei.com/kumhei/kumhei/181-pandam|title=Pandam|website=Kumhei}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Soibam Leikai]], [[Imphal]], India
| death_date = 1 January 2007
| death_place = Soibam Leikai
| spouse = [[Chingsubam Wangambi]]
| founder = [[Meetei National Front]]<ref name="e-pao.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=news_section.opinions.Opinion_on_Manipur_Integrity_Issue.Twin_statues_of_Akaba_and_Suisha_towards_A_tie_of_love_peace_and_fraternity_By_Nando_Luwang|title=Twin statues of Akaba and Suisha towards A tie of love peace and fraternity By Nando Luwang|website=www.e-pao.net}}</ref>
| religion = [[Sanamahism]]
| sect = [[Sanamahism|Sanamahi laining]]
| known_for = '''[[Luchingpurel Oja Akaba]]''' <ref name="auto"/>
}}

'''Chingsubam Akaba''' (9 November 1944 – 1 January 2007) was an Indian [[Sanamahism|Sanamahist revivalist]].<ref name="e-pao.net"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Manipur :: Meitei Mayek News :: 10th nov22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |script-title=mn:ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯐꯨꯔꯨꯞꯄꯨ ꯌꯣꯛꯈꯠꯅꯕ ꯍꯣꯠꯅꯕꯗ ꯑꯆꯧꯕ ꯊꯧꯗꯥꯡ ꯂꯧꯔꯝꯕ ꯑꯣꯖꯥ ꯑꯀꯥꯕꯒꯤ ꯷꯸ ꯁꯨꯕ ꯃꯄꯣꯛ ꯀꯨꯝꯑꯣꯟ ꯄꯥꯡꯊꯣꯛꯈ꯭ꯔꯦ |url=http://e-pao.net/GPM.asp?src=4..101122.nov22 |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=e-pao.net |language=mni }}</ref>

==Social activities ==
Akaba was the founding president of MEELAL. He established MEELAL on 18 August 2003 in order to aid the [[Meetei Mayek]] movement. MEELAL observes 18 May every year as the Mayek Chatpa Numit to mark the publication of a white paper on the issue of scripts by the State Government on 18 May 2005, which led to introduction of Meetei Mayek in the school syllabus from class I to X in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://manipurngo.blogspot.com/2009/05/mayek-chatpa-numit.html|title=Manipur NGO's: Mayek Chatpa Numit|last=Sinlung|publisher=}}</ref>

==Politics==
He founded Meetei National Front in 1979 on the 23rd Day of Wakching (December).<ref name="e-pao.net"/> Oja Akaba joined the [[Manipur People's Party]] (MPP) for the 2007 general election in the state of [[Manipur]].<ref name="timesofindia.com">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Manipur-revolutionary-killed/articleshow/1014959.cms|title=Manipur 'revolutionary' killed - Times of India|newspaper=The Times of India |date=2 January 2007 |publisher=}}</ref>

==Death==
Oja Akaba was shot at point blank range near the gate of his house at the midnight of 31 December 2006.The incident happened when he went out to see off his driver after attending a musical concert at Palace Compound on 31 December night 2006. He was dropped at his residence at Soibam Leikai by his driver at 12:10 am. The driver saw two unidentified people shoot him twice.<ref name="timesofindia.com"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=19..311217.dec17|title=Chingsubam Akaba fondly remembered on 10th death anniversary|website=e-pao.net}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* https://www.ifp.co.in/page/items/29161/unity-of-hill-and-valley-stressed-upon-during-71st-birth-anniversary-of-chingsubam-akaba/

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[[Category:Sanamahist leaders]]
[[Category:Sanamahists]]
[[Category:1944 births]]
[[Category:People from Imphal West district]]
[[Category:Meitei people]]
[[Category:Scholars from Manipur]]
[[Category:2007 deaths]]

Chingsubam Akaba - Revision history

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