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{{About|the village in Manipur, India|fictional character|Mombi}}
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| name = Mombi
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| other_name = Lonpi
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Manipur]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Chandel district|Chandel]]
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'''Mombi''',{{efn|Alternative spellings: '''Monbi''',<ref name="Gazetteer"/> '''Mombee''',{{sfnp|Pau, Indo-Burma Frontier and the Making of the Chin Hills|2019|pp=59–60}} '''Molbee''',{{sfnp|Annual Administration Report|1876|p=5}}}} original name '''Lawmpi''' or '''Lonpi''',{{sfnp|Pau, Indo-Burma Frontier and the Making of the Chin Hills|2019|pp=59–60}} is a census village in the [[Chandel district]] in the [[Manipur]] state of India. It had a population of 464 in the 2011 census.<ref name="census">{{harvp|Chandel District Census Handbook|2011|p=194}}</ref> It is a village of historical significance.

== Geography ==
The ''Gazetteer of Manipur'' (1886) mentions the village Mombi as being situated on a head-stream of the [[Chakpi River]], which is a left tributary of the [[Manipur River]].<ref name="Gazetteer">{{harvp|Dun, Gazetteer of Manipur|1886|pp=164–165}}</ref> The head-stream in question is the Tuiyang or Tuingam River.<ref name="SoI"/>{{sfnp|Chandel District Census Handbook|2011|pp=3, 22}} The Survey of India map, however, places the village on the ridge adjascent to the Tuiyang river valley.<ref name="SoI">
[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-181831961-imphal-83-h-1944.jpg Survey of India mapsheet 83-H], Survey of India, 1944.
</ref> The ridge houses the State Highway from [[Sugnu]] to the Myanmar border near the [[Laijang]] village (with Lallum being on the opposite side of the border in Myanmar).

The entire ridge possibly constitutes the "Lonpi/Mombi village". At the northern end of the ridge, which dips into the valley is a "New Mombi" village, adjacent to Kuljang, which is mentioned in some documents.<ref>
[https://rcsmanipur.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/msr-chandel.pdf List of Registered Societies under Manipur Soceities Registration Act, 1989], Government of Manipur, 2022.
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At the southeastern end of the ridge is a peak, which the Government of Manipur has designated as a scenic attraction called "Lonpi Gamvet Mol".<ref>
[http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=news_section.Press_Release.Press_Release_2021.Foundation_Stone_of_Eco_tourism_at_Lonpi_Chandel_20210714 Foundation Stone of Eco-tourism at Lonpi, Chandel], Government of Manipur (press release, via e-pao.net), 14 July 2021.
</ref>

== History ==
According to the ''Gazetteer of Manipur'', the village of Mombi was settled by the Mangvung clan of "[[Kuki people|new Kukis]]" (who were known as "Khongjais" in Manipur).<ref name="Gazetteer"/> However, according to scholar Pum Khan Pau, it was a [[Thadou people|Thadou Kuki]] village.{{sfnp|Pau, Indo-Burma Frontier and the Making of the Chin Hills|2019|pp=59–60}} The Thadou were probably displaced from [[Mualpi]] in [[Chin Hills]], and reused that name (spelt "Mombi" in English) for their new village.{{sfnp|Pau, Indo-Burma Frontier and the Making of the Chin Hills|2019|loc=p. 82, note 16}}

During the rule of Regent [[Nara Singh]] ({{reign|1834|1850}}), the Kamhau-Sukte tribes apparently took possession of Mualpi and made several raids on southeastern Manipuri villages, including Mombi and Heeroway. In 1855, after Maharaja [[Chandrakirti Singh]] came to power, they burnt down the Namphou/Lamphou village, which is further north close to [[Chandel, Manipur|Chandel]].{{sfnp|Pau, Indo-Burma Frontier and the Making of the Chin Hills|2019|pp=59–60}}{{sfnp|Annual Administration Report|1876|p=5}}
An exasperated Maharaja led a 1,500-strong force in 1857 against Kam Hau, the chief of the tribes, at [[Tedim Township|Tedim]] in Chin hills. But the effort failed, with the Manipuri commander getting killed and the troops dispersing "in confusion". The Maharaja was forced to agree to a border with Kam Hau along the Chakpi River.{{sfnp|Pau, Indo-Burma Frontier and the Making of the Chin Hills|2019|pp=59–60}} Thus Mombi remained in the hands of the Kamhau-Sukte tribes. The Maharaja established a border post at Namphou to the north of Mombi.{{sfnp|Annual Administration Report|1876|p=6}}

In 1872, the Maharaja sent an expedition to the Chivu salt springs (near modern [[Behiang]] on the present day southern border of Manipur), ostensibly to support the British [[Lushai Expedition]]. The Manipuri troops camped there for two months, and arrested the Kamhau chief of Mualpi during their return journey. Even though the British officials decried the expedition as "treachery", the Maharaja succeeded in marking his desired territory.{{sfnp|Pau, Indo-Burma Frontier and the Making of the Chin Hills|2019|pp=67–69, 160}}

The Chivu expedition did not have any consequences for the immediate aftermath. The southern tribes continued to be either independent or paid tributes to the Kamhaus. From Mombi, the Kamhaus appear to have controlled the hills up to the Khuga River valley. The British administration reports narrate an incident in 1876, describing a clash between Manipur's khongjai troops and the Kamhaus, with victory going to the Manipur troops.{{sfnp|Annual Administration Report|1876|p=7}}

In 1894, The British delineated the border between Manipur and the "Chin Hills" to be awarded Burma. They ran it close to the previously marked "Pemberton's line" and continued it to Chivu springs. According to scholar Pum Khan Pau, 47 tribal villages that paid tribute to the Kamhau chief were thus transferred to Manipur, Mombi included.{{sfnp|Pau, Indo-Burma Frontier and the Making of the Chin Hills|2019||p=161}}

== See also ==
* [[List of populated places in Chandel district]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* {{citation |title=Annual Administration Report of the Munnipoor Agency, For the year ending 30th June 1874–75 |series=Selections from the Records of the Government of India, Foreign Department |location=Calcutta |publisher=Foreign Department Press |year=1876 |url=https://archive.org/details/annualadministr00unkngoog/page/n43 |via=archive.org |ref={{sfnref|Annual Administration Report|1876}}}}
* {{citation |title=Chandel District Census Handbook |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Manipur |year=2011 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/844/download/36244/DH_2011_1409_PART_A_DCHB_CHANDEL.pdf |ref={{sfnref|Chandel District Census Handbook|2011}}}}
* {{citation |last=Dun |first=E. W. |title=Gazetteer of Manipur |publisher=Manas Publications |year=1992 |orig-year=1886 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32037 |via=archive.org |ref={{sfnref|Dun, Gazetteer of Manipur|1886}}}}
* {{citation |first=Pum Khan |last=Pau |year=2012 |title=Tedim Road—The Strategic Road on a Frontier: A Historical Analysis |journal=Strategic Analysis |volume=36 |number=5 |pages=776–786 |doi=10.1080/09700161.2012.712387 |ref={{sfnref|Pau, Tedim Road|2012}}}}
* {{citation |last=Pau |first=Pum Khan |title=Indo-Burma Frontier and the Making of the Chin Hills: Empire and Resistance |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2019 |isbn=9781000507454 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dVmnDwAAQBAJ |ref={{sfnref|Pau, Indo-Burma Frontier and the Making of the Chin Hills|2019}}}}

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