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Manipur has a long record of insurgency and inter-ethnic violence. [67] [68] Its first armed opposition group, the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), was founded in 1964 aiming to achieve independence from India and establish Manipur as a new country. Over time, many more groups formed, each with different goals, and deriving support from ...
Manipur is one of the Seven Sister States in India. Geography of Manipur. Manipur is: an Indian state and one of the Seven Sister States; Population of Manipur: 2,855,794 (as of 2011) Area of Manipur: 22,327 km2 (8,621 sq mi) Atlas of Manipur
During the Second World War, Manipur was the scene of battles between Japanese and Allied forces. After the war, Maharaja Bodhachandra signed a Treaty of Accession merging the kingdom into India. [7] It was made a union territory in 1956 [8] and a full-fledged state in 21 January 1972. [9]
Meitei is one of the languages with legal status in India, and was included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India in 1992. [ 41 ] There are many Meitei language movements , including classical language movement (predominantly in Manipur), associate official language movement (in Assam ), linguistic purism movement (predominantly ...
The seat of the Manipur Legislative Assembly is at Imphal, the capital of the state.It is housed in the Capital Complex in the Thangmeiband locality of Imphal city. The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years, unless dissolved earlier.
Durgapur is a census village in the Borobekra subdivision, Jiribam district, Manipur, India. [1] It is about 35 km south of Jiribam, the headquarters of the district, close to the border with the Pherzawl district in the south. The village is on the bank of the Barak River, spanning a narrow valley between two forested hilly areas.
In 1971, shortly before Manipur became a full-fledged state, the Government of India enacted the Manipur (Hill Areas) District Council Act, 1971, granting autonomous district councils (ADCs) for the hill regions. Two separate ADCs, for Sadar Hills and Manipur North, were established in 1972.
Imphal (Meitei:; [1] English: UK: / ˈ ɪ m f əl /, [2] US: / ˈ ɪ m p ˌ h ʌ l /) [3] is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur.The metropolitan centre of the city contains the ruins of Kangla Palace (officially known as Kangla Fort), the royal seat of the former Kingdom of Manipur, surrounded by a moat.