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| birth_place = [[Imphal|Kongba Uchekon]], [[Imphal East district]], [[Manipur]]<br />
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| known for = * first [[Meitei people|Meitei]] to be awarded a PhD and also the first [[Meitei people|Meitei]] to receive a DLitt<ref name="Prof. Dr. Moirangthem Kirti Singh" /> <br />
* first person from [[Manipur]] to be awarded a PhD and also the first person from [[Manipur]] to receive a DLitt<ref name="Prof. Dr. Moirangthem Kirti Singh" /> <br />
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br>Jyotish Ratna (1978), Gavashana Archarya<br>Bharat Excellence Award<br>The Rising Personalities Award<br>Glory of India Award<br>Secular India Harmony Award <br>[[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose]] National Award (2002)<br />
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'''Moirangthem Kirti Singh''' is an Indian writer, scholar and educationist from [[Manipur]].<ref name="Prof. Dr. Moirangthem Kirti Singh">{{cite web | url=http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=features.Profile_of_Manipuri_Personalities.Donny_Luwang.Moirangthem_Kirti_literature | title=Prof. Dr. Moirangthem Kirti Singh | publisher=E Pao | date=2015 | access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref> Born on 1 February 1943 at Kongba Uchekon near [[Imphal]] to M. Borajao Singh, Singh completed his education from [[Johnstone Higher Secondary School, Imphal]] and D. M. College, which were under [[Guwahati University]] during those days, securing a BA (Honours) and MA in philosophy.<ref name="Prof. Dr. Moirangthem Kirti Singh" /> Later, he obtained a bachelor's degree in Law (LLB) from LMS Law College, Imphal in 1965, followed by a doctoral degree (PhD) in 1972, making him one of the first [[Meitei people|Meitei]] to be awarded a PhD. He is also the first Meitei to receive a DLitt.<ref name="Prof. Dr. Moirangthem Kirti Singh" /> He served various colleges in Manipur as a member of faculty and has also been involved in social activism.<ref name="Prof. Dr. Moirangthem Kirti Singh" /><br />
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Singh has published several books on Meitei culture and history,<ref name="ISNI profile">{{cite web | url=http://isni.org/isni/0000000081787212 | title=ISNI profile | publisher=ISNI | date=2015 | access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref><ref name="Kirti Singh, M. (Moirangthem) 1943-">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83138476/ | title=Kirti Singh, M. (Moirangthem) 1943- | publisher=WoeldCat | date=2015 | access-date=17 October 2015}}</ref> especially on [[Meitei people|Meiteilogy]].<ref name="The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs: From 1666 CE to 1850 CE">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eybpM1KZjVoC&q=Moirangthem+Kirti+Singh&pg=PA387 | title=The Chronology of Meetei Monarchs: From 1666 CE to 1850 CE | publisher=Waikhom Ananda Meetei | year=2010 | pages=400 | isbn=9788184652109}}</ref> ''Religious Developments in Manipur in the 18th and 19th Centuries'',<ref name="Religious Developments in Manipur in the 18th and 19th Centuries">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lL8gAAAAMAAJ | title=Religious Developments in Manipur in the 18th and 19th Centuries | publisher=Manipur State Kala Akadem | author=Moirangthem Kirti Singh | year=1980 | pages=335}}</ref> ''Religion and Culture of Manipur'',<ref name="Religion and Culture of Manipur">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=doQeAAAAMAAJ | title=Religion and Culture of Manipur | publisher=Manas Publications | author=Moirangthem Kirti Singh | year=1988 | pages=283 | isbn=9788170490210}}</ref> ''Folk culture of Manipur'',<ref name="Folk culture of Manipur">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q5eBAAAAMAAJ | title=Folk culture of Manipur | publisher=Manas Publications | author=Moirangthem Kirti Singh | year=1993 | pages=248 | isbn=9788170490630}}</ref> ''Recent Researches in Oriental and Indological Studies: Including Meiteilogy''<ref name="Recent Researches in Oriental and Indological Studies: Including Meiteilogy">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LVpuAAAAMAAJ | title=Recent Researches in Oriental and Indological Studies: Including Meiteilogy | publisher=Parimal Publications | author=Moirangthem Kirti Singh | year=1998 | pages=322}}</ref> ''The philosophy and Religion'',<ref name="The philosophy and Religion">{{cite book | url=http://www.dkagencies.com/doc/from/1063/to/1123/bkId/DK6465233211413622770849341371/details.html | title=The philosophy and Religion | publisher=Akansha Publications | author=M. Kirti Singh | year=2007 | pages=209 | isbn=978-8183700849}}</ref> and ''The philosophy of Organism''<ref name="The philosophy of Organism">{{cite book | url=http://www.dkagencies.com/doc/from/1063/to/1123/bkId/DK915321716276980344963666601/details.html | title=The philosophy of Organism | publisher=Akansha Publications | author=M. Kirti Singh | year=2009 | pages=209 | isbn=9788183701594}}</ref> are some of his notable works. His selected writings were compiled and brought out as a felicitation volume by Akansha Publishing House in 2014.<ref name="Perspectives in culture : Padmashri Dr M. Kirti Singh felicitation volume">{{cite book | title=Perspectives in culture : Padmashri Dr M. Kirti Singh felicitation volume | publisher=Akansha Publishing House | author=Asha Gupta (Ed.), P.B. Nandkar (Ed.) | year=2014 | pages=230 | isbn=9788183703789|oclc = 863080189}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 1992.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> Singh, a fellow of the Manipur State Kala Akademi and the [[The Asiatic Society|Asiatic Society, Kolkata]], is also a recipient of awards such as Jyotish Ratna (1978), Gavashana Archarya (1989), Bharat Excellence Award (1998), The Rising Personalities Award (1999), Glory of India Award (2000) Secular India Harmony Award (2002) and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose National Award (2002).<ref name="Prof. Dr. Moirangthem Kirti Singh" /><br />
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==Selected bibliography==<br />
* {{cite book | title=Religious Developments in Manipur in the 18th and 19th Centuries | publisher=Manipur State Kala Akadem | author=Moirangthem Kirti Singh | year=1980 | pages=335}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=Religion and Culture of Manipur | publisher=Manas Publications | author=Moirangthem Kirti Singh | year=1988 | pages=283 | isbn=9788170490210}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=Folk culture of Manipur | publisher=Manas Publications | author=Moirangthem Kirti Singh | year=1993 | pages=248 | isbn=9788170490630}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=Recent Researches in Oriental and Indological Studies: Including Meiteilogy | publisher=Parimal Publications | author=Moirangthem Kirti Singh | year=1998 | pages=322}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=The philosophy and Religion | publisher=Akansha Publications | author=M. Kirti Singh | year=2007 | pages=209 | isbn=978-8183700849}}<br />
* {{cite book | title=The philosophy of Organism | publisher=Akansha Publications | author=M. Kirti Singh | year=2009 | pages=209 | isbn=9788183701594}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Khong kangjei]]<br />
* [[Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami]]<br />
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