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{{Infobox royalty|name=Irengba|title=Meitei Ningthou|succession=[[List of Meitei kings|King of Ningthouja dynasty]]|reign=983 CE - 1073 CE|reign-type=[[Monarchy]]|coronation=983 CE|predecessor=[[Yanglou Keiphaba]]|successor=[[Loiyumba]]|death_date=1073 CE|issue=Loiyumba|full name=Meidingu Kainou Irengba|house=[[Ningthouja dynasty]]|father=Yanglou Keiphaba|occupation=Monarch of the Ningthouja dynasty|religion=[[Sanamahism]]}}<br />
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'''Meidingu Kainou Irengba''' was a Meitei king of the [[Ningthouja dynasty]] of [[Ancient Kangleipak]] (early [[Manipur]]) who ruled from 983 CE to 1073 CE.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last1=Tensuba |first1=Keerti Chand |title=Genesis of Indian Tribes: An Approach to the History of Meiteis and Thais |date=1993 |publisher=Inter-India Publications |isbn=8121003083 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GmZuAAAAMAAJ&q=1073}}</ref> He fought the Moirangs at ''Ithai'' and was victorious.<ref name=":1">{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=R.K Jhalajit |title=A Short History of Manipur |publisher=Digital Library of India |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.466438/page/64/mode/2up?q=Irengba}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/cheitharol-kumbaba|title=Cheitharol Kumbaba: The Court Chronicles Of the Kings of Manipur Vol.1|last=Saroj Nalini Arambam Parratt|publisher=Routledge|language=English}}</ref> He succeeded his father [[Yanglou Keiphaba]],<ref name=":1" /> and was succeeded by his son [[Loiyumba]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b1huAAAAMAAJ&q=Irengba+Loyumba|title=The Lost Kingdom: Royal Chronicle of Manipur|last=Singh|first=L. Joychandra|date=1995|publisher=Prajatantra Publishing House|language=en}}</ref><br />
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The [[Heikru Hidongba]] festival was first celebrated during the reign of Irengba.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoEtAAAAMAAJ&q=Irengba|title=Jewelleries of Manipur|last=Bahadur|first=Mutua|date=1988|publisher=Mutua Museum|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Heikru Hidongba Cultural History of Manipur By Ch Jamini|url=https://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Arts_and_Culture.Heikru_Hidongba_Cultural_History_of_Manipur_By_Ch_Jamini|access-date=2025-08-27|website=e-pao.net}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Ningthouja kings]]<br />
[[Category:11th-century Indian monarchs]]</div>ErikaMchenry4