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Manipur (princely state)

Index Manipur (princely state)

The Kingdom of Manipur or Kangleipak Kingdom was a princely state of the British Rule, bordering Assam Province in the west and British Burma in the east. [1]

80 relations: Agencies of British India, Ajmer-Merwara, Andaman Islands, Angami Naga, Annexation, Assam Province, Bodhchandra Singh, British Protectorate, British Raj, British rule in Burma, Burmese invasions of Assam, Cachar district, Cellular Jail, Chandrakirti Singh, Chindwin River, Ching-Thang Khomba, Chinglen Nongdrenkhomba, Chitsai, Chourjit Singh, Christopher Gimson, Debindro Singh, Doctrine of lapse, Dominion of India, First Anglo-Burmese War, Gaurisiam, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Henry Collett, Hinduism, History of Manipur, Imperial Japanese Army, Imphal, Imphal River, India, India After Gandhi, Indian independence movement, Indian National Congress, Instrument of Accession, Interregnum, James Wallace Quinton, Kabaw Valley, Kangla Palace, Kohima, Koirengba, Konbaung dynasty, Kuki people, Kulachandra Singh, Maduchandra Singh, Maharaja, Manipur, Manipur (princely state), ..., Marjit Singh, Meidingngu Churachand, Myanmar, Naga Hills District, British India, Naga people, Ningthouja dynasty, Order of the Star of India, Pamheiba, Pitambar Charairongba, Political integration of India, Political officer (British Empire), Presidencies and provinces of British India, Princely state, Raja Nara Singh, Raja Surchandra, Ramachandra Guha, Residencies of British India, Rishang Keishing, Rohinchandra, Rupee, Salute, Sanskrit, Sepoy, Shan people, Tamu, Myanmar, Territorial dispute, Third Anglo-Burmese War, Tikendrajit, Tripura, Union territory. Expand index (30 more) »

Agencies of British India

An agency of British India was an internally autonomous or semi-autonomous unit of British India whose external affairs were governed by an agent designated by the Viceroy of India.

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Ajmer-Merwara

Ajmer-Merwara, also known as Ajmir Province and as Ajmer-Merwara-Kekri, is a former province of British India in the historical Ajmer region.

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Andaman Islands

The Andaman Islands form an archipelago in the Bay of Bengal between India, to the west, and Myanmar, to the north and east.

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Angami Naga

The Angamis are a major Naga ethnic group native to the state of Nagaland in North-East India.

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Annexation

Annexation (Latin ad, to, and nexus, joining) is the administrative action and concept in international law relating to the forcible transition of one state's territory by another state.

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Assam Province

Assam Province was a province of British India, created in 1911 by the partition of the Eastern Bengal and Assam Province.

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Bodhchandra Singh

Maharaja Bodhchandra Singh or Bodhachandra Singh (1909–1955) was the last ruler of the Kingdom of Manipur.

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British Protectorate

British Protectorates were territories in which the British Crown exercised sovereign jurisdiction.

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British Raj

The British Raj (from rāj, literally, "rule" in Hindustani) was the rule by the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947.

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British rule in Burma

British rule in Burma, also known as British Burma, lasted from 1824 to 1948, from the Anglo-Burmese wars through the creation of Burma as a Province of British India to the establishment of an independently administered colony, and finally independence.

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Burmese invasions of Assam

There were three Burmese invasions of Assam between 1817 and 1826, during which time the Kingdom of Assam (Ahom) came under the control of Burma from 1821 to 1825.

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Cachar district

Cachar is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India.

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Cellular Jail

The Cellular Jail, also known as Kālā Pānī (Hindi for black waters), was a colonial prison in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India.

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Chandrakirti Singh

Raja Chandrakirti, the son of Raja Gambhir Singh was a ruler of Manipur from 1850 to May 1886.

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Chindwin River

The Chindwin River (ချင်းတွင်းမြစ်) is a river in Burma (Myanmar), and the largest tributary of the country's chief river the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy).

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Ching-Thang Khomba

Ningthou Ching-Thang Khomba (also Rajarshi Bhagya Chandra, Jai Singh Maharaja) (1748–1799) was a Meitei monarch of the 18th century CE.

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Chinglen Nongdrenkhomba

Chinglen Nongdrenkhomba (1788–1834), also known as Raja Gambhir Singh, was a ruler of the Manipur Kingdom.

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Chitsai

Chitsai (also known as Ugut Shah, Chit Sain, Chitshai, and Kelemba) (18th Century CE) was an usurper King of Manipur who ruled between 1754 and 1756.

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Chourjit Singh

Chourjit Singh, also known as Charajit Singh, was a Manipuri King who ruled between 1806 and 1812.

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Christopher Gimson

Christopher Gimson (24 December 1886 – 8 November 1975) was an English cricketer and colonial administrator.

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Debindro Singh

Debindro Singh or Devendra Singh (died 1871) was a Manipuri King who ruled in 1850 for a period of only three months.

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Doctrine of lapse

The doctrine of lapse was an annexation policy applied by the Lord Dalhousie in India before 1858.

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Dominion of India

Between gaining independence from the United Kingdom on 15 August 1947 and the proclamation of a republic on 26 January 1950, India was an independent dominion in the British Commonwealth of Nations with king George VI as its head of state.

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First Anglo-Burmese War

The First Anglo-Burmese War, also known as the First Burma War, (ပထမ အင်္ဂလိပ် မြန်မာ စစ်;; 5 March 1824 – 24 February 1826) was the first of three wars fought between the British and Burmese empires in the 19th century.

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Gaurisiam

Gaurisiam or Guru Sham (গৌরী শাম) (18th century CE - 1763) was a Manipuri King who ruled between 1756 and 1764.

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George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, (11 January 1859 – 20 March 1925), known as Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and as Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, and commonly as Lord Curzon, was a British Conservative statesman.

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Henry Collett

Sir Henry Collett (6 March 1836 – 21 December 1901) was an English soldier and botanist.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or a way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent.

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History of Manipur

The history of Manipur (Kangleipak in ancient times) is reflected by archaeological research, mythology and written history.

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Imperial Japanese Army

The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun; "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945.

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Imphal

Imphal is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur.

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Imphal River

The Imphal River is a major river in Manipur state, northeastern India which originates in Senapati District at the hills oF Karong.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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India After Gandhi

India after Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy is a book by Indian historian Ramachandra Guha, published by HarperCollins in August 2007.

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Indian independence movement

The Indian independence movement encompassed activities and ideas aiming to end the East India Company rule (1757–1857) and the British Indian Empire (1857–1947) in the Indian subcontinent.

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Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress (INC, often called Congress Party) is a broadly based political party in India.

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Instrument of Accession

The Instrument of Accession was a legal document first introduced by the Government of India Act 1935 and used in 1947 to enable each of the rulers of the princely states under British paramountcy to join one of the new dominions of India or Pakistan created by the Partition of British India.

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Interregnum

An interregnum (plural interregna or interregnums) is a period of discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order.

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James Wallace Quinton

James Wallace Quinton (1834–1891) was a British colonial administrator who served as Chief Commissioner of Assam from 1889 until his death.

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Kabaw Valley

The Kabaw Valley is a highland valley in northern Burma (Myanmar), western Sagaing division.

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Kangla Palace

The Palace of Kangla is an old palace at Imphal in Manipur (Kangleipak).

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Kohima

Kohima is the hilly capital city of India's north eastern state of Nagaland.

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Koirengba

Koirengba was a Meitei king in the early 16th century who ruled between 1507 and 1511.

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Konbaung dynasty

The Konbaung dynasty (ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်), formerly known as the Alompra dynasty, or Alaungpaya dynasty, was the last dynasty that ruled Burma/Myanmar from 1752 to 1885.

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Kuki people

The Kukis constitute one of several hill tribes within the India, Bangladesh, and Burma.

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Kulachandra Singh

Maharaja Kulachandra Singh was the son of Maharaja Chandrakriti Singh and he was the Maharaja of Manipur.

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Maduchandra Singh

Madu Chandra was a Meitei royal who ruled between 1801 and 1806.

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Maharaja

Mahārāja (महाराज, also spelled Maharajah, Moharaja) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or "high king".

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Manipur

Manipur is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital.

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Manipur (princely state)

The Kingdom of Manipur or Kangleipak Kingdom was a princely state of the British Rule, bordering Assam Province in the west and British Burma in the east.

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Marjit Singh

Marjit Singh was a Meitei royal who ruled between 1812 and 1819.

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Meidingngu Churachand

Maharaja Sir Meidingngu Churachand, also known as Churachandra or Chura Chand (1886–1941) was installed as the Raja of Manipur after his predecessor Kulachandra was jailed.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia.

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Naga Hills District, British India

The Naga Hills District was a former district of the Assam province of British India.

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Naga people

The Naga people are an ethnic group conglomerating of several tribes native to the North Eastern part of India and north-western Myanmar (Burma).

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Ningthouja dynasty

The Ningthouja dynasty comprises the descendants of the kings of Manipur.

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Order of the Star of India

The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861.

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Pamheiba

Meidingu Pamheiba (1690–1751) was a king of Manipur in the early 18th century.

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Pitambar Charairongba

Pitambar Charairongba (17th century CE - early 18th Century CE) also known as "Eningthou Ningthem Charairongba" was the ruler of Manipur Kingdom from 1697 to 1709.

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Political integration of India

At the time of Indian independence in 1947, India was divided into two sets of territories, one under direct British rule, and the other under the suzerainty of the British Crown, with control over their internal affairs remaining in the hands of their hereditary rulers.

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Political officer (British Empire)

In the British Empire, a Political Officer or Political Agent was an officer of the imperial civil administration, as opposed to the military administration, usually operating outside imperial territory.

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Presidencies and provinces of British India

The Provinces of India, earlier Presidencies of British India and still earlier, Presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in the subcontinent.

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Princely state

A princely state, also called native state (legally, under the British) or Indian state (for those states on the subcontinent), was a vassal state under a local or regional ruler in a subsidiary alliance with the British Raj.

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Raja Nara Singh

Nara Singh, (1792 – April 11, 1850) also known as Chingthanglen Pamheiba and Meetingu Lairen Nonglen Sendreng Manik Khomba, was a ruler of the Kingdom of Manipur.

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Raja Surchandra

Raja Surchandra or Surachandra Singh was a Manipuri King who ruled between 1886 and 1890.

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Ramachandra Guha

Ramachandra Guha (born 29 April 1958) is an Indian historian and writer whose research interests include environmental, social, political, contemporary and cricket history.

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Residencies of British India

The Residencies of British India were political offices, each managed by a Resident, which dealt in diplomatic form with the essentially colonial relations between British India and each one or usually a territorial set of native rulers from a large number of princely states.

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Rishang Keishing

Rishang Keishing (25 October 1920 – 22 August 2017) was a senior politician of the Indian National Congress party and a Member of the Parliament of India representing Manipur in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.

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Rohinchandra

Rohinchandra, also known as Harshachandra Singh, Labeinya Chandra and Rabino Chandra (died 1801) was a Manipuri King who ruled between 1798 and 1801.

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Rupee

The rupee is the common name for the currencies of India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal, Bhutan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and formerly those of Afghanistan, Tibet, Burma and British East Africa, German East Africa and Trucial States.

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Salute

A salute is a gesture or other action used to display respect.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

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Sepoy

A sepoy was formerly the designation given to an Indian soldier.

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Shan people

The Shan (တႆး;, ရှမ်းလူမျိုး;; ไทใหญ่ or ฉาน) are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia.

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Tamu, Myanmar

Tamu or Tat Mu is a town in Sagaing Region in north-west Burma near the border with the eastern Indian state of Manipur.

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Territorial dispute

A territorial dispute is a disagreement over the possession/control of land between two or more territorial entities or over the possession or control of land, usually between a new state and the occupying power.

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Third Anglo-Burmese War

The Third Anglo-Burmese War, also known as the Third Burma War, was a conflict that took place during 7–29 November 1885, with sporadic resistance and insurgency continuing into 1887.

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Tikendrajit

Tikendrajit Singh (29 December 1856 – 13 August 1891) also known as Bir Tikendrajit and Koireng was a prince of the independent Kingdom of Manipur in present-day northeastern India.

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Tripura

Tripura 'ত্রিপুরা (Bengali)' is a state in Northeast India.

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Union territory

A union territory is a type of administrative division in the Republic of India.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manipur_(princely_state)

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