https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Manipur_KingdomManipur Kingdom - Revision history2026-09-24T00:14:42ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manipur_Kingdom&diff=304702&oldid=prevCleanupBot: clean up2022-02-25T09:06:05Z<p>clean up</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After subjugating all the villages within their valley Kangleipak kings grew in power and began a policy of expansion beyond their territory. In 1443 King Ningthoukhomba raided [[Akla]], an area ruled by [[Shan people]], initiating a policy of Manipuri claims to the neighbouring [[Kabaw Valley]].<ref name="PT"/></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>After subjugating all the villages within their valley Kangleipak kings grew in power and began a policy of expansion beyond their territory. In 1443 King Ningthoukhomba raided [[Akla]], an area ruled by [[Shan people]], initiating a policy of Manipuri claims to the neighbouring [[Kabaw Valley]].<ref name="PT"/></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The zenith of the Kangleipak State was reached under the rule of King [[Khagemba]] (1597–1652). Khagemba's brother Prince Shalungba was not happy about Khagemba's rule so he fled to the [[Sylhet region]] where he allied with [[Bengali Muslim]] leaders. With a contingent of [[Sylhetis|Sylheti]] soldiers, Shalungba then attempted to invade Manipur but the soldiers were captured and made to work as labourers in Manipur. These soldiers married local [[Meitei people| Meitei women]] and adapted to the [[Meitei language]]. They introduced [[hookah]] to Manipur and founded the [[Pangal]] or Manipuri Muslim community.<ref name=back>{{cite book|first=Rajmohan|last=Nath|title=The back-ground of Assamese culture|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126984/page/n137 90]|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126984|year=1948|publisher=A. K. Nath}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The zenith of the Kangleipak State was reached under the rule of King [[Khagemba]] (1597–1652). Khagemba's brother Prince Shalungba was not happy about Khagemba's rule so he fled to the [[Sylhet region]] where he allied with [[Bengali Muslim]] leaders. With a contingent of [[Sylhetis|Sylheti]] soldiers, Shalungba then attempted to invade Manipur but the soldiers were captured and made to work as labourers in Manipur. These soldiers married local [[Meitei people|Meitei women]] and adapted to the [[Meitei language]]. They introduced [[hookah]] to Manipur and founded the [[Pangal]] or Manipuri Muslim community.<ref name=back>{{cite book|first=Rajmohan|last=Nath|title=The back-ground of Assamese culture|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126984/page/n137 90]|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.126984|year=1948|publisher=A. K. Nath}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 15 August 1947, with the lapse of paramountcy of the British Crown, Manipur became briefly "independent", i.e., free of control from the Governor of Assam which is considered as reversion to political autonomy that exist before 1891 <ref>{{Cite book|title=State, Policy and Conflicts in Northeast India|url=https://www.routledge.com/State-Policy-and-Conflicts-in-Northeast-India/Subramanian/p/book/9780815393009|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Routledge & CRC Press|language=en|chapter=2}}</ref><ref name=Akoijam>{{citation |first=A. Bimol |last=Akoijam |title=How History Repeats Itself |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=36 |number=30 |date=28 July 2001 |pages=2807–2812 |jstor=4410908 |ref={{sfnref|Akoijam, How History Repeats Itself|2001}}}}</ref><ref name=Banerjee/> However, the Maharaja had already agree to [[Instrument of Accession|accede]] to India on 11 August, whereby he agreed to cede three subjects namely defence, external affairs and communication to India on assurance of autonomy and independence of Manipur be granted in dealing with the new India (Dominion of India) <ref<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">>{{Cite book|title</del>=<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">State, Policy and Conflicts in Northeast India|url=https://www.</del>routledge.com/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">State-Policy-and-Conflicts-in-Northeast-India/Subramanian/p/book/9780815393009|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Routledge & CRC Press|language=en|chapter=2}}</ref</del>><ref>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Instrument_of_Accession_and_Standstill_Agreement_of_Manipur_to_Dominion_of_India.pdf</ref> <ref name="Imphal times">{{cite news |last1=Rinku |first1=Khumukcham |title=Manipur |url=https://www.imphaltimes.com/it-articles/item/9843-problem-of-1949-annexation-of-manipur |access-date=14 January 2021 |agency=Press |publisher=Imphal times |date=19 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Colonialism and Resistance: Society and State in Manipur|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Colonialism_and_Resistance/OzjbCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Manipur+instrument+of+accession&pg=PA169&printsec=frontcover|year=2015|publisher=Taylor & Francis|page=169|access-date=14 January 2021}}</ref><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</del><ref name=CIRCA>{{citation |title=Why Pre-Merger Political Status for Manipur: Under the Framework of the Instrument of Accession, 1947 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oKZoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA26 |year=2018 |publisher=Research and Media Cell, CIRCA |id=GGKEY:8XLWSW77KUZ |page=26 |ref={{sfnref|CIRCA, Why Pre-Merger Political Status for Manipur|2018}}}}: "Before the controversial merger, both Manipur and India were bound by the Instrument of Accession (IOA) which the King of Manipur signed on 11 August 1947. The IOA was accepted by the Governor General of India Lord Mountbatten on 16 August 1947 vide Home Department, Government of India file no A-1/1/1947. Subsequently, the Manipur State Council approved the IOA in its meeting held on 22 August 1947 Vide Memo No. 383 PTI Reference Council Minutes Part I of 11-8-1947. The execution of the Instrument of Accession was published in the Manipur State Gazette on 27 August 1947."</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Singh, Socio-religious and Political Movements in Modern Manipur|2011|chapter=6 |page=139}}; See Chapter 2 for the limitations of sovereignty under the colonial regime.</ref> A '[[Manipur State Constitution Act 1947]]' was enacted, giving the state its own constitution, although this did not become known in other parts of India owing to the relative isolation of the kingdom.<ref name=Banerjee>{{citation |first=S. K. |last=Banerjee |title=Manipur State Constitution Act, 1947 |journal=The Indian Journal of Political Science |volume=19 |number=1 |date=January–March 1958 |pages=35–38 |jstor=42748891 |ref={{sfnref|Banerjee, Man Aipur State Constitution Act|1958}}}}</ref> The Government of India did not recognize the Constitution.{{sfnp|Singh, Socio-religious and Political Movements in Modern Manipur|2011|loc=Chapter 6, p.&nbsp;139}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 15 August 1947, with the lapse of paramountcy of the British Crown, Manipur became briefly "independent", i.e., free of control from the Governor of Assam which is considered as reversion to political autonomy that exist before 1891 <ref <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">name="routledge.com"</ins>>{{Cite book|title=State, Policy and Conflicts in Northeast India|url=https://www.routledge.com/State-Policy-and-Conflicts-in-Northeast-India/Subramanian/p/book/9780815393009|access-date=2021-06-21|website=Routledge & CRC Press|language=en|chapter=2}}</ref><ref name=Akoijam>{{citation |first=A. Bimol |last=Akoijam |title=How History Repeats Itself |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=36 |number=30 |date=28 July 2001 |pages=2807–2812 |jstor=4410908 |ref={{sfnref|Akoijam, How History Repeats Itself|2001}}}}</ref><ref name=Banerjee/> However, the Maharaja had already agree to [[Instrument of Accession|accede]] to India on 11 August, whereby he agreed to cede three subjects namely defence, external affairs and communication to India on assurance of autonomy and independence of Manipur be granted in dealing with the new India (Dominion of India)<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">.</ins><ref <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">name</ins>=<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>routledge.com<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"</ins>/><ref>https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Instrument_of_Accession_and_Standstill_Agreement_of_Manipur_to_Dominion_of_India.pdf</ref><ref name="Imphal times">{{cite news |last1=Rinku |first1=Khumukcham |title=Manipur |url=https://www.imphaltimes.com/it-articles/item/9843-problem-of-1949-annexation-of-manipur |access-date=14 January 2021 |agency=Press |publisher=Imphal times |date=19 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Colonialism and Resistance: Society and State in Manipur|url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Colonialism_and_Resistance/OzjbCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Manipur+instrument+of+accession&pg=PA169&printsec=frontcover|year=2015|publisher=Taylor & Francis|page=169|access-date=14 January 2021}}</ref><ref name=CIRCA>{{citation |title=Why Pre-Merger Political Status for Manipur: Under the Framework of the Instrument of Accession, 1947 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oKZoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA26 |year=2018 |publisher=Research and Media Cell, CIRCA |id=GGKEY:8XLWSW77KUZ |page=26 |ref={{sfnref|CIRCA, Why Pre-Merger Political Status for Manipur|2018}}}}: "Before the controversial merger, both Manipur and India were bound by the Instrument of Accession (IOA) which the King of Manipur signed on 11 August 1947. The IOA was accepted by the Governor General of India Lord Mountbatten on 16 August 1947 vide Home Department, Government of India file no A-1/1/1947. Subsequently, the Manipur State Council approved the IOA in its meeting held on 22 August 1947 Vide Memo No. 383 PTI Reference Council Minutes Part I of 11-8-1947. The execution of the Instrument of Accession was published in the Manipur State Gazette on 27 August 1947."</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Singh, Socio-religious and Political Movements in Modern Manipur|2011|chapter=6 |page=139}}; See Chapter 2 for the limitations of sovereignty under the colonial regime.</ref> A '[[Manipur State Constitution Act 1947]]' was enacted, giving the state its own constitution, although this did not become known in other parts of India owing to the relative isolation of the kingdom.<ref name=Banerjee>{{citation |first=S. K. |last=Banerjee |title=Manipur State Constitution Act, 1947 |journal=The Indian Journal of Political Science |volume=19 |number=1 |date=January–March 1958 |pages=35–38 |jstor=42748891 |ref={{sfnref|Banerjee, Man Aipur State Constitution Act|1958}}}}</ref> The Government of India did not recognize the Constitution.{{sfnp|Singh, Socio-religious and Political Movements in Modern Manipur|2011|loc=Chapter 6, p.&nbsp;139}}</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 21 September 1949, the Maharaja was coerced to sign a Merger Agreement with the Union of India, to take effect on 15 October the same year.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Haokip |first1=Thongkholal |title=Political Integration of Northeast India: A Historical Analysis |journal=Strategic Analysis |volume=36 |issue=2 |year=2012 |pages=304–314 |issn=0970-0161 |doi=10.1080/09700161.2012.646508 |s2cid=153661583 |ref={{sfnref|Haokip, Political Integration of Northeast India|2012}}}}: "The Maharajah of Manipur was invited to Shillong in September 1949 for talks on integration.... The Maharaja was placed under house arrest and debarred from any communication with the outside world. The Maharaja was thus forced to sign the ‘Merger Agreement’ with India on September 21, 1949, and Manipur became a 'Part-C state' of the Indian Union."</ref> As a result of the agreement, the Manipur State merged into the Indian Union as a [[Part C State]] (similar to a [[Chief Commissioner's Province]] under the colonial regime, later called [[Union Territory]]), to be governed by a Chief Commissioner appointed by the Government of India. The representative assembly of Manipur was abolished.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On 21 September 1949, the Maharaja was coerced to sign a Merger Agreement with the Union of India, to take effect on 15 October the same year.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Haokip |first1=Thongkholal |title=Political Integration of Northeast India: A Historical Analysis |journal=Strategic Analysis |volume=36 |issue=2 |year=2012 |pages=304–314 |issn=0970-0161 |doi=10.1080/09700161.2012.646508 |s2cid=153661583 |ref={{sfnref|Haokip, Political Integration of Northeast India|2012}}}}: "The Maharajah of Manipur was invited to Shillong in September 1949 for talks on integration.... The Maharaja was placed under house arrest and debarred from any communication with the outside world. The Maharaja was thus forced to sign the ‘Merger Agreement’ with India on September 21, 1949, and Manipur became a 'Part-C state' of the Indian Union."</ref> As a result of the agreement, the Manipur State merged into the Indian Union as a [[Part C State]] (similar to a [[Chief Commissioner's Province]] under the colonial regime, later called [[Union Territory]]), to be governed by a Chief Commissioner appointed by the Government of India. The representative assembly of Manipur was abolished.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Manipuri Dance.jpg|thumb|270px|The [[Manipuri dance]] was formerly patronised by the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">royal </del>house of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Manipur.]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Manipuri Dance.jpg|thumb|270px|The [[Manipuri dance]] was formerly patronised by the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Ningthouja dynasty]], the Royal </ins>house of [[Manipur]].]]</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>was an ancient independent kingdom at the India–Burma frontier<ref>{{Cite book|last=Somorjit|first=Wangam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mhDvsgEACAAJ|title=Manipur: The Forgotten Nation of Southeast Asia|date=2016-03-01|publisher=Waba Publications & Advanced Research Consortium |isbn=978-81-926687-2-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Fantz|first1=Paul R.|url=http://archive.org/details/nelumbo-2455-376x-37-1-4-001-037|title=Clitoria (Leguminosae) of South Eastern Asia|last2=Pradeep|first2=S. V.|date=1995|language=en}}</ref><ref>https://press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/HOC_V2_B2/HOC_VOLUME2_Book2_chapter18.pdf</ref> that was in [[subsidiary alliance]] with [[British India]] from 1824, and became a [[princely state]] in 1891.<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Manipur |volume=17 |page=582}}</ref> It bordered [[Assam Province]] in the west and [[British Burma]] in the east, and in the 20th century covered an area of 22,327 square kilometres (8,621 sq mi) and contained 467 villages. The capital of the state was [[Imphal]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>was an ancient independent kingdom at the India–Burma frontier<ref>{{Cite book|last=Somorjit|first=Wangam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mhDvsgEACAAJ|title=Manipur: The Forgotten Nation of Southeast Asia|date=2016-03-01|publisher=Waba Publications & Advanced Research Consortium |isbn=978-81-926687-2-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Fantz|first1=Paul R.|url=http://archive.org/details/nelumbo-2455-376x-37-1-4-001-037|title=Clitoria (Leguminosae) of South Eastern Asia|last2=Pradeep|first2=S. V.|date=1995|language=en}}</ref><ref>https://press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/HOC_V2_B2/HOC_VOLUME2_Book2_chapter18.pdf</ref> that was in [[subsidiary alliance]] with [[British India]] from 1824, and became a [[princely state]] in 1891.<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Manipur |volume=17 |page=582}}</ref> It bordered [[Assam Province]] in the west and [[British Burma]] in the east, and in the 20th century covered an area of 22,327 square kilometres (8,621 sq mi) and contained 467 villages. The capital of the state was [[Imphal]].</div></td></tr>
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