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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;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;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (17 December 1930 – 17 July 2012)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title = Nipamacha’s death anniv|url = http://www.thesangaiexpress.com/page/items/54029/nipamachas-death-anniv|website = www.thesangaiexpress.com|accessdate = 2015-09-21}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; was chief Minister of the northeastern India state of [[Manipur]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090116/jsp/northeast/story_10396400.jsp|title=BJP names poll candidate|publisher=The Telegraph India|accessdate=30 April 2011|location=Calcutta, India|date=16 January 2009}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-17/guwahati/32713598_1_okram-ibobi-singh-chief-minister-imphal-west-district|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103164755/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-17/guwahati/32713598_1_okram-ibobi-singh-chief-minister-imphal-west-district|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|title=Former Manipur CM Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh passes away|date=17 July 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|title = Wahengbam Nipamacha passes away|url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/wahengbam-nipamacha-passes-away/article3650416.ece|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 2012-07-18|access-date = 2015-09-21|issn = 0971-751X|language = en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Nipamacha Singh became chief minister replacing [[Rishang Keishing]] from the Congress in 1997.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;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;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (17 December 1930 – 17 July 2012)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title = Nipamacha’s death anniv|url = http://www.thesangaiexpress.com/page/items/54029/nipamachas-death-anniv|website = www.thesangaiexpress.com|accessdate = 2015-09-21}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; was chief Minister of the northeastern India state of [[Manipur]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090116/jsp/northeast/story_10396400.jsp|title=BJP names poll candidate|publisher=The Telegraph India|accessdate=30 April 2011|location=Calcutta, India|date=16 January 2009}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-17/guwahati/32713598_1_okram-ibobi-singh-chief-minister-imphal-west-district|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103164755/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-17/guwahati/32713598_1_okram-ibobi-singh-chief-minister-imphal-west-district|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|title=Former Manipur CM Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh passes away|date=17 July 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|title = Wahengbam Nipamacha passes away|url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/wahengbam-nipamacha-passes-away/article3650416.ece|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 2012-07-18|access-date = 2015-09-21|issn = 0971-751X|language = en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Nipamacha Singh became chief minister replacing [[Rishang Keishing]] from the Congress in 1997.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;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;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 2008, Singh joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP),&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title = The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) {{!}} Northeast {{!}} &amp;#039;Resurgent&amp;#039; MPP out to dent Cong fortress|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081217/jsp/northeast/story_10260805.jsp|website = www.telegraphindia.com|accessdate = 2015-09-21}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  from [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081204/jsp/northeast/story_10201232.jsp|title=Nipamacha Singh joins BJP|publisher=The Telegraph India|accessdate=30 April 2011|location=Calcutta, India|date=4 December 2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  The MSCP later merged with the Congress in 2014.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title = Manipur party joins Cong|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140404/jsp/frontpage/story_18152776.jsp#.Vf_1E53tmko|accessdate = 2015-09-21}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Before 2008, he was president of the RJD&amp;#039;s Manipur unit.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;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;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 2008, Singh joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP),&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title = The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) {{!}} Northeast {{!}} &amp;#039;Resurgent&amp;#039; MPP out to dent Cong fortress|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081217/jsp/northeast/story_10260805.jsp|website = www.telegraphindia.com|accessdate = 2015-09-21}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  from [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081204/jsp/northeast/story_10201232.jsp|title=Nipamacha Singh joins BJP|publisher=The Telegraph India|accessdate=30 April 2011|location=Calcutta, India|date=4 December 2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  The MSCP later merged with the Congress in 2014.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title = Manipur party joins Cong|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140404/jsp/frontpage/story_18152776.jsp#.Vf_1E53tmko|accessdate = 2015-09-21}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Before 2008, he was president of the RJD&amp;#039;s Manipur unit.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;

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| name          = Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh&lt;br /&gt;
| image         =&lt;br /&gt;
| order         = 9th&lt;br /&gt;
| office        = Chief Minister of Manipur&lt;br /&gt;
| governor      = [[Oudh Narayan Shrivastava]] &amp;lt;br&amp;gt; [[Ved Marwah]]&lt;br /&gt;
| term_start    = 16 December 1997&lt;br /&gt;
| term_end      = 14 February 2001&lt;br /&gt;
| predecessor   = [[Rishang Keishing]]&lt;br /&gt;
| successor     = [[Radhabinod Koijam]]&lt;br /&gt;
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2012|7|17|1930|12|17|df=y}}&lt;br /&gt;
| death_place   = [[Imphal]], [[Manipur]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date    = 17 December 1930&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (17 December 1930 – 17 July 2012)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title = Nipamacha’s death anniv|url = http://www.thesangaiexpress.com/page/items/54029/nipamachas-death-anniv|website = www.thesangaiexpress.com|accessdate = 2015-09-21}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; was chief Minister of the northeastern India state of [[Manipur]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090116/jsp/northeast/story_10396400.jsp|title=BJP names poll candidate|publisher=The Telegraph India|accessdate=30 April 2011|location=Calcutta, India|date=16 January 2009}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-17/guwahati/32713598_1_okram-ibobi-singh-chief-minister-imphal-west-district|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103164755/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-17/guwahati/32713598_1_okram-ibobi-singh-chief-minister-imphal-west-district|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|title=Former Manipur CM Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh passes away|date=17 July 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|title = Wahengbam Nipamacha passes away|url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/wahengbam-nipamacha-passes-away/article3650416.ece|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 2012-07-18|access-date = 2015-09-21|issn = 0971-751X|language = en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Nipamacha Singh became chief minister replacing [[Rishang Keishing]] from the Congress in 1997.&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1997, he started the [[Manipur State Congress Party]] (MSCP)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1812/18121210.htm|title=A spell of President&amp;#039;s Rule |publisher=Frontline|accessdate=30 April 2011}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; while he was the Speaker in the same year. Though he won the 2000 election for the second time, he was removed the very next year when [[President&amp;#039;s rule]] was declared in the state. Saying, &amp;quot;It is a sin to be with a party that does not have any representation in Parliament. However powerful the party might be on home turf, it cannot raise Manipur’s problems in Parliament if it does not have any MP&amp;quot;, he left the party.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title = The Telegraph - Calcutta : Northeast|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070214/asp/northeast/story_7385807.asp|website = www.telegraphindia.com|accessdate = 2015-09-21}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  He formed the [[Manipur National Conference]] (MNC) in 2002. He lost his seat in the 2002 Assembly election.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title = The Telegraph - Calcutta : Northeast|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050628/asp/northeast/story_4918032.asp|website = www.telegraphindia.com|accessdate = 2015-09-21}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 2008, Singh joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP),&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title = The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) {{!}} Northeast {{!}} &amp;#039;Resurgent&amp;#039; MPP out to dent Cong fortress|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081217/jsp/northeast/story_10260805.jsp|website = www.telegraphindia.com|accessdate = 2015-09-21}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  from [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081204/jsp/northeast/story_10201232.jsp|title=Nipamacha Singh joins BJP|publisher=The Telegraph India|accessdate=30 April 2011|location=Calcutta, India|date=4 December 2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;  The MSCP later merged with the Congress in 2014.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title = Manipur party joins Cong|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140404/jsp/frontpage/story_18152776.jsp#.Vf_1E53tmko|accessdate = 2015-09-21}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Before 2008, he was president of the RJD&amp;#039;s Manipur unit.&lt;br /&gt;
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