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 Manipur became a [[princely state]] under British rule in 1891, the last of the independent states to be incorporated into [[British India]]. During the [[Second World War]], Manipur was the scene of battles between Japanese and Allied forces. After the war, [[Bodhchandra Singh|Maharaja Bodhachandra]] signed a Treaty of Accession merging the kingdom into India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/manipur/documents/papers/manipur_merger_agreement_1949.htm |title=Manipur Merger Agreement, 1949 |publisher=Satp.org |access-date=1 May 2014}}</ref> It was made a union territory in 1956<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend7.htm |title=The Constitution (Amendment) |publisher=Indiacode.nic.in |access-date=1 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501011646/http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend7.htm |archive-date=1 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and a full-fledged state in 1972.<ref>[http://indiacode.nic.in/acts-in-pdf/392012.pdf]</ref>
-==Nomenclature==
-During the latter part of its history, Manipur and its people were known by different names to their neighbours. The [[Shan people|Shans]] or [[Pongs]] called the area Cassay, the [[Burma|Burmese]] Kathe, and the [[Assamese people|Assamese]] Meklee. In the first treaty between the British [[East India Company]] and [[Meidingu Chingthangkhomba]] ([[Bhagyachandra]]) signed in 1762, the kingdom was recorded as Meckley. Bhagyachandra and his successors issued coins engraved with the title of Manipureshwar, or lord of Manipur and the name Meckley was discarded. Later on, the [[Sanskritisation]] work, ''[[Dharani Samhita]]'' (1825&ndash;34) popularized the legends of the derivation of Manipur's name.<ref>Gangmuei Kabui, ''History of Manipur'', National Publishing House, Delhi, 1991.</ref>
 ==Prehistoric Manipur==