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{{Short description|Memorial site in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India}}
{{See|Mount Manipur#Connection with Manipur}}
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| alt_name = "Mount Manipur - A Tribute to the Forgotten Patriots"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Huidrom Design Studio wins Muse Design Award : 04th sep22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=30..040922.sep22 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
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* Suresh Huidrom (Principal Designer)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Huidrom Design Studio wins Muse Design Award: 04th sep22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=30..040922.sep22 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
* Nevia Laishram (Lead Architect)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Huidrom Design Studio wins Muse Design Award: 04th sep22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=30..040922.sep22 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
* Ribash Akoijam (3D Visual Architect)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Huidrom Design Studio wins Muse Design Award: 04th sep22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=30..040922.sep22 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
* Galaxy Pungyambam (Civil Engineer)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Huidrom Design Studio wins Muse Design Award: 04th sep22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=30..040922.sep22 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
* Danny Ahongsangbam (Assistant Architect)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Huidrom Design Studio wins Muse Design Award: 04th sep22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=30..040922.sep22 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
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The '''Mount Manipur Memorial''' is a [[memorial]] site in the [[Mount Manipur]] (formerly known as [[Mount Harriet, India|Mount Harriet]]) of the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-03 |title=Manipur-Based Design Studio Bags Prestigious 'International Muse Design Award 2022' For Mount Manipur Memorial |url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/2022/09/03/manipur-based-design-studio-bags-prestigious-international-muse-design-award-2022-for-mount-manipur-memorial/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Northeast Today |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=2022-09-04 |title=Designer of Mount Manipur Memorial wins Award |url=https://signpostnews.com/designer-of-mount-manipur-memorial-wins-award/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Signpost News |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-04 |title=Manipur based design studio bags International Muse Design Award 2022 for its 'Mount Manipur' project |url=http://www.indiatodayne.in/manipur/story/manipur-based-design-studio-bags-international-muse-design-award-2022-its-mount-manipur-project-443339-2022-09-04 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=India Today NE |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Huidrom Design Studio wins Muse Design Award : 04th sep22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=30..040922.sep22 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
Spanning over an area of more than 45000 sq ft, the memorial site is dedicated to the [[Manipuris|Manipuri]] freedom fighters and the martyrs of the [[Anglo-Manipur war]]. In the year 2022, the memorial site won the "International Muse Design Award 2022", through the designs of the ''"Huidrom Design Studios"'' from [[Manipur]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-03 |title=Manipur-Based Design Studio Bags Prestigious 'International Muse Design Award 2022' For Mount Manipur Memorial |url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/2022/09/03/manipur-based-design-studio-bags-prestigious-international-muse-design-award-2022-for-mount-manipur-memorial/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Northeast Today |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=2022-09-04 |title=Designer of Mount Manipur Memorial wins Award |url=https://signpostnews.com/designer-of-mount-manipur-memorial-wins-award/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Signpost News |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-04 |title=Manipur based design studio bags International Muse Design Award 2022 for its 'Mount Manipur' project |url=http://www.indiatodayne.in/manipur/story/manipur-based-design-studio-bags-international-muse-design-award-2022-its-mount-manipur-project-443339-2022-09-04 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=India Today NE |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Huidrom Design Studio wins Muse Design Award : 04th sep22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=30..040922.sep22 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>

== History ==
{{See|History of Manipur|History of Andaman and Nicobar Islands|British Raj}}
When the [[Anglo-Manipur War]] ended in the year 1891, 23 [[Manipuris|Manipuri]] warriors were exiled to the British penal colony in the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]], including [[List of Meitei kings|Meitei King]] [[Kulachandra Singh|Kulachandra Dhwaja Singh]], the Maharajah of [[Manipur]]. At the time of the exile, the [[Cellular Jail]] ([[Cellular Jail|Kalapani]]) was about to be built in the island. So, [[Kulachandra Singh]] and other 22 freedom fighters were imprisoned on the ''Mount Manipur'', in the [[South Andaman]] district.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-20 |title=Explained: Why a peak in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is now named after Manipur |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/andaman-and-nicobar-islands-mount-harriet-mount-manipur-7581032/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-17 |title=Mount Harriet in Andaman to be named Mount Manipur in tribute to freedom fighters |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/mount-harriet-in-andaman-to-be-named-mount-manipur-in-tribute-to-freedom-fighters-101634462840801.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NEWS |first=NE NOW |date=2021-10-17 |title=Assam CM welcomes move to rename Mount Harriet in Andaman as Mount Manipur |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-cm-welcomes-move-to-rename-mount-harriet-in-andaman-as-mount-manipur.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NEWS |first=NE NOW |date=2021-10-16 |title=Tribute to Manipuri freedom fighters: Mount Harriet in Kalapani to be renamed as Mount Manipur |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/manipur/tribute-to-manipuri-freedom-fighters-mount-harriet-in-kalapani-to-be-renamed-as-mount-manipur.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Bikash |title=Manipur breaks into celebration as Centre renames Andaman's 'Mount Harriet' as 'Mount Manipur' |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/manipur-breaks-into-celebration-as-centre-renames-andamans-mount-harriet-as-mount-manipur/articleshow/87086747.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2022-09-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mount Harriet to be called Mount Manipur: Amit Shah |url=https://www.ifp.co.in/10401/mount-harriet-to-be-called-mount-manipur-amit-shah |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Imphal Free Press |language=en}}</ref>

Prior to the construction of the ''Mount Manipur Memorial'' site on the [[Mount Manipur]], the [[Government of Manipur]] talked to the government authorities of the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] to provide a piece of land to construct the memorial site for the [[Manipuris|Manipuri warriors]]. In the year 2019, the ''A&N'' authorities agreed to provide a piece of land near the [[Cellular Jail]]. However, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the process of the construction got delayed. The [[Manipur Government]] was given help by the [[Central Government of India]] in the construction of the memorial site.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mount Harriet to be called Mount Manipur: Amit Shah |url=https://www.ifp.co.in/10401/mount-harriet-to-be-called-mount-manipur-amit-shah |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Imphal Free Press |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-20 |title=Explained: Why a peak in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is now named after Manipur |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/andaman-and-nicobar-islands-mount-harriet-mount-manipur-7581032/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-17 |title=Mount Harriet in Andaman to be named Mount Manipur in tribute to freedom fighters |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/mount-harriet-in-andaman-to-be-named-mount-manipur-in-tribute-to-freedom-fighters-101634462840801.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NEWS |first=NE NOW |date=2021-10-16 |title=Tribute to Manipuri freedom fighters: Mount Harriet in Kalapani to be renamed as Mount Manipur |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/manipur/tribute-to-manipuri-freedom-fighters-mount-harriet-in-kalapani-to-be-renamed-as-mount-manipur.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=NEWS |first=NE NOW |date=2021-10-17 |title=Assam CM welcomes move to rename Mount Harriet in Andaman as Mount Manipur |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-cm-welcomes-move-to-rename-mount-harriet-in-andaman-as-mount-manipur.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Bikash |title=Manipur breaks into celebration as Centre renames Andaman's 'Mount Harriet' as 'Mount Manipur' |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/manipur-breaks-into-celebration-as-centre-renames-andamans-mount-harriet-as-mount-manipur/articleshow/87086747.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2022-09-13}}</ref>

== Features ==
{{See|Meitei architecture}}
The Mount Manipur Memorial site displays and houses museum, royal sword monument, galleries, outdoor auditorium, cafeteria and gardens.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-03 |title=Manipur-Based Design Studio Bags Prestigious 'International Muse Design Award 2022' For Mount Manipur Memorial |url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/2022/09/03/manipur-based-design-studio-bags-prestigious-international-muse-design-award-2022-for-mount-manipur-memorial/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Northeast Today |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=2022-09-04 |title=Designer of Mount Manipur Memorial wins Award |url=https://signpostnews.com/designer-of-mount-manipur-memorial-wins-award/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Signpost News |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-04 |title=Manipur based design studio bags International Muse Design Award 2022 for its 'Mount Manipur' project |url=http://www.indiatodayne.in/manipur/story/manipur-based-design-studio-bags-international-muse-design-award-2022-its-mount-manipur-project-443339-2022-09-04 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=India Today NE |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Huidrom Design Studio wins Muse Design Award : 04th sep22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=30..040922.sep22 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
=== Sword monument ===
The "sword monument" in the ''Mount Manipur Memorial'' is a monument to commemorate the sacrifices of the freedom fighters and the martyrs in the [[Anglo-Manipur War]]. It is associated with a gallery specifically dedicated to [[List of Meitei kings|Meitei King]] [[Kulachandra Singh|Kulachandra Dhaja Singh]], the Maharajah of [[Manipur Kingdom]] and 22 [[Manipuris|Manipuri]] freedom fighters, who were exiled to the [[Mount Manipur]] from their homeland [[Manipur]] after the end of the war.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-03 |title=Manipur-Based Design Studio Bags Prestigious 'International Muse Design Award 2022' For Mount Manipur Memorial |url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/2022/09/03/manipur-based-design-studio-bags-prestigious-international-muse-design-award-2022-for-mount-manipur-memorial/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Northeast Today |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=2022-09-04 |title=Designer of Mount Manipur Memorial wins Award |url=https://signpostnews.com/designer-of-mount-manipur-memorial-wins-award/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Signpost News |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-04 |title=Manipur based design studio bags International Muse Design Award 2022 for its 'Mount Manipur' project |url=http://www.indiatodayne.in/manipur/story/manipur-based-design-studio-bags-international-muse-design-award-2022-its-mount-manipur-project-443339-2022-09-04 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=India Today NE |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Huidrom Design Studio wins Muse Design Award : 04th sep22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=30..040922.sep22 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>

== Awards and honours ==
The Mount Manipur Memorial was designed by the [[Manipur]]-based "Huidrom Design Studios" led by designer Suresh Huidrom, Nevia Laishram as ''lead architect'', Ribash Akoijam as 3D ''visual architect'', Galaxy Pungyambam as ''civil engineer'' and Danny Ahongsangbam as ''assistant architect''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Huidrom Design Studio wins Muse Design Award : 04th sep22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=30..040922.sep22 |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
It was bestowed the "International Muse Design Award 2022" in the Architectural Concept Design Competition. Afterwards, the memorial site has drawn attention to the global arena.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-03 |title=Manipur-Based Design Studio Bags Prestigious 'International Muse Design Award 2022' For Mount Manipur Memorial |url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/2022/09/03/manipur-based-design-studio-bags-prestigious-international-muse-design-award-2022-for-mount-manipur-memorial/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Northeast Today |language=en-US}}</ref>
Posting on the [[Twitter]], the "Huidrom Design Studio" wrote as follows:
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"Huidrom Design Studios is once again excited and honoured to receive the prestigious International Muse Design Award 2022 (Season2) as a GOLD WINNER for the Project Mount Manipur Memorial (Architectural Concept Design Competition). We are so blessed by the opportunity given to us by the Government of Manipur. Our special thanks to honourable CM Manipur for his incredible Vision and Ideas and for believing in us. This project design is indeed an organic design that not only the entire world recognized but also helps us leave footprints in the field of design & architecture today."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-03 |title=Manipur-Based Design Studio Bags Prestigious 'International Muse Design Award 2022' For Mount Manipur Memorial |url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/2022/09/03/manipur-based-design-studio-bags-prestigious-international-muse-design-award-2022-for-mount-manipur-memorial/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Northeast Today |language=en-US}}</ref>
</blockquote>

Notably, in the previous year 2021, the same studio won the [[Silver Medal]] in Muse Design Awards 2021 for the project [[Imphal Peace Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=2022-09-04 |title=Designer of Mount Manipur Memorial wins Award |url=https://signpostnews.com/designer-of-mount-manipur-memorial-wins-award/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Signpost News |language=English}}</ref> [[Manipur]]'s Chief Minister [[Nongthombam Biren Singh]] posted on [[Twitter]] showing appreciations and encouragement to the architecture and the interior designing studio that brought global fame to [[Manipur]] and [[India]], as follows:
<blockquote>
"Proud moment for our homegrown Architecture & Interior designing firm Huidrom Design Studio on winning the Silver Medal in Muse Design Awards 2021 for the project ‘Imphal Peace Museum.’ Participants from over 100 countries were competing for the Muse Design Award 2021, New York."<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=2022-09-04 |title=Designer of Mount Manipur Memorial wins Award |url=https://signpostnews.com/designer-of-mount-manipur-memorial-wins-award/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Signpost News |language=English}}</ref>
</blockquote>

== See also ==
* [[Mount Harriet National Park|Mount Manipur National Park (Mount Harriet National Park)]]
* [[Imphal Peace Museum]]
* [[INA War Museum]]
* [[Kakching Garden]]
* [[Keibul Lamjao National Park]] - world's only floating national park in Manipur, India
* [[Khonghampat Orchidarium]]
* [[Loktak Folklore Museum]]
* [[Manipur State Museum]]
* [[Manipur Zoological Garden]]
* [[Phumdi]] - Floating biomasses in Manipur, India
* [[Sekta Archaeological Living Museum]]
* [[Yangoupokpi-Lokchao Wildlife Sanctuary]]

== Notes ==
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== External links ==
* {{Citation |title=Mount Manipur Andaman Nicober (Concept Design) | date=27 July 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blGRVP_Mcuk |language=en |access-date=2022-09-13}}
* {{Citation |title= Muse Design Awards |url=https://iaaawards.org/portfolio-item/muse-design-awards/ |language=en |access-date=2022-09-13}}

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[[Category:Culture of Manipur]]
[[Category:19th century in the Manipur Kingdom]]
[[Category:Meitei architecture]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in India]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials to Meitei royalty]]
[[Category:Outdoor sculptures in India]]
[[Category:Public art in India]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]

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