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| name = Hemtou Iwanthaba<br />
| title = Meitei Ningthou<br />
| reign = 1162 CE - 1194 CE<br />
| reign-type = [[Monarchy]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Atom Yoiremba]]<br />
| successor = [[Thawanthaba]]<br />
| issue = Thawanthaba<br />
| spouse = Linphuron Khuroi Ngambi, Angam Chanu Hemkhu Ngambi<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.465991|title=Sagei Sallairol|last=Manipur State Kala Academy|date=1982-10-22}}</ref><br />
| house = [[Ningthouja dynasty]]<br />
| father = [[Loitongba]]<br />
| mother = Sangleima<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.465991|title=Sagei Sallairol|last=Manipur State Kala Academy|date=1982-10-22}}</ref><br />
| occupation = Monarch of the Ningthouja dynasty<br />
| religion = [[Sanamahism]]<br />
| image = "Hemtou Iwanthapa" (Ancient Meitei name) and "Hemtou Iwanthaba" (Modern Meitei name) of the Meitei king, the ruler of Kangleipak kingdom (Manipur kingdom).png<br />
| caption = "Hemtou Iwanthapa" (Ancient Meitei name) and "Hemtou Iwanthaba" (Modern Meitei name)<br />
}}<br />
'''Meidingu Hemtou Iwanthaba''' or [[Mononym|mononymously]] '''Iwanthaba''' ({{Langx|omp|ꯢꯋꯥꯟꯊꯥꯄꯥ|Iwanthapa}}) was a king of the [[Ningthouja dynasty]] of [[Medieval Manipur]] who ruled from 1162 CE to 1194 CE.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GmZuAAAAMAAJ&q=1194|title=Genesis of Indian Tribes: An Approach to the History of Meiteis and Thais|last=Tensuba|first=Keerti Chand|date=1993|publisher=Inter-India Publications|isbn=978-81-210-0308-7|language=en}}</ref> He became the king after he banished his elder brother [[Atom Yoiremba]] for trying to introduce primogeniture in the kingdom.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZF9uAAAAMAAJ&q=Iwanthaba|title=A Short History of Manipur|last=Singh|first=R. K. Jhalajit|date=1992|publisher=R.K. Jhalajit Singh|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/cheitharol-kumbaba|title=Cheitharol Kumbaba: The Court Chronicles Of the Kings of Manipur Vol.1|others=Saroj Nalini Arambam Parratt|pages=34|publisher=Routledge |language=English}}</ref> <br />
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During his reign, the Queen of the [[Khuman dynasty|Khumans]] was killed, so all the Khumans were angry and attacked the [[Meitei kingdom]] but were defeated. In the battle, about thirty people were captured by the Meiteis with some who fled their homes and some who were killed.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Ningthouja kings]]<br />
[[Category:12th-century Indian monarchs]]</div>Jamesharrey