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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|01|26|df=y}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|01|26|df=y}} | ||
| birth_place = Nungkao village, [[Manipur (princely state)|Manipur]], British India | | birth_place = Nungkao village, [[Manipur (princely state)|Manipur]], British India | ||
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| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] (1982), Tamrapatra Freedom Fighter Award (1972), Vivekananda Seva Award (1983) | | awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] (1982), Tamrapatra Freedom Fighter Award (1972), Vivekananda Seva Award (1983) | ||
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'''Gaidinliu''' (26 January 1915 – 17 February 1993) was a [[Naga people|Naga]] spiritual and political leader who led a revolt against [[British rule in India|British rule]] in [[India]].<ref name="Kusumlata2002">{{cite book | author=Kusumlata Nayyar | title=Rani Gaidinliu | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Mm6puVRqGAC | access-date=12 June 2013 | year=2002 | publisher=Ocean Books | isbn=978-81-88322-09-1}}</ref> At the age of 13, she joined the [[Heraka]] religious movement of her cousin [[Haipou Jadonang]]. The movement later turned into a political movement seeking to drive out the British from [[Manipur]] and the surrounding [[Naga people|Naga]] areas. Within the Heraka faith, she came to be considered an incarnation of the Goddess Cherachamdinliu.<ref name="Arkotong2010">{{cite book | author=Arkotong Longkumer | title=Reform, Identity and Narratives of Belonging: The Heraka Movement in Northeast India | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E6HR3bjokSUC&pg=PA176 | access-date=12 June 2013 | date=4 May 2010 | publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group | isbn=978-0-8264-3970-3 | pages=162–176}}</ref> Gaidinliu was arrested in 1932 at the age of 16, and was sentenced to life imprisonment by the British rulers. [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] met her at Shillong Jail in 1937, and promised to pursue her release. Nehru gave her the title of "Rani" ("Queen"), and she gained local popularity as '''Rani Gaidinliu'''. | '''Gaidinliu Pamei''' (26 January 1915 – 17 February 1993) popularly known as '''Rani Gaidinliu''' was a [[Naga people|Naga]] spiritual and political leader who led a revolt against [[British rule in India|British rule]] in [[India]].<ref name="Kusumlata2002">{{cite book | author=Kusumlata Nayyar | title=Rani Gaidinliu | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Mm6puVRqGAC | access-date=12 June 2013 | year=2002 | publisher=Ocean Books | isbn=978-81-88322-09-1}}</ref> At the age of 13, she joined the [[Heraka]] religious movement of her cousin [[Haipou Jadonang]]. The movement later turned into a political movement seeking to drive out the British from [[Manipur]] and the surrounding [[Naga people|Naga]] areas. Within the Heraka faith, she came to be considered an incarnation of the Goddess Cherachamdinliu.<ref name="Arkotong2010">{{cite book | author=Arkotong Longkumer | title=Reform, Identity and Narratives of Belonging: The Heraka Movement in Northeast India | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E6HR3bjokSUC&pg=PA176 | access-date=12 June 2013 | date=4 May 2010 | publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group | isbn=978-0-8264-3970-3 | pages=162–176}}</ref> Gaidinliu was arrested in 1932 at the age of 16, and was sentenced to life imprisonment by the British rulers. [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] met her at Shillong Jail in 1937, and promised to pursue her release. Nehru gave her the title of "Rani" ("Queen"), and she gained local popularity as '''Rani Gaidinliu'''. | ||
She was released in 1947 after [[Partition of India|India's independence]], and continued to work for the upliftment of her people. An advocate of the ancestral Naga religious practices, she staunchly resisted the conversion of Nagas to Christianity. She was honoured as a freedom fighter and was awarded a [[Padma Bhushan]] by the Government of India. | She was released in 1947 after [[Partition of India|India's independence]], and continued to work for the upliftment of her people. An advocate of the ancestral Naga religious practices, she staunchly resisted the conversion of Nagas to Christianity. She was honoured as a freedom fighter and was awarded a [[Padma Bhushan]] by the Government of India. | ||