Dr. RK Singel Sana
Volume-XIV, Issue-IV, JULY 2026
Volume-XIV, Issue-IV, July 2026 | ||
Received: 15.07.2026 | Accepted: 22.07.2026 | |||
Published Online: 31.07.2026 | Page No: 83-89 | |||
DOI: 10.64031/pratidhwanitheecho.vol.14.issue.04W.120 | ||||
A Brief Overview of the Political History of Manipur up to 1947 CE Dr. RK Singel Sana, Asst. Prof, Dept. of History, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Govt. Model College, Hailakandi, Assam, India | |
The Cheithārol Kumbābā (the royal chronicle of Manipur), claims to trace the history of the Meitei kingdom back to 33 CE, and it ends with the last king Bodhachandra in 1955 CE. Maharaj Bodhachandra introduced responsible government in 1948 in Manipur. On the withdrawal of the British power from India in August 1947, Manipur regained its former status. It became the first part of the sub-continent to hold free elections with full adult franchise in 1948, when a Legislature was set up with the Maharaja as constitutional monarch. After a brief period of independence Manipur was absorbed into the Indian Union on 21st September 1949. Manipur was merged in 15th October 1949 and without the assembly, converted to a Part C State under a Chief Commissioner and then in 1957 to a Territory. After a long agitation, on January 21, 1972, Manipur was affirmed a State again. This paper intends to study the distinctive historical and political status of Manipur taking into account of the manner in which the ancient state of Manipur was forcibly assimilated or taken over by the dominion government of India in 1949. | |
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