Manipur (princely state)

This article is about the Kingdom. For modern Indian political state, see Manipur. For the ancient coastal Hindu kingdom mentioned in the epic Mahabharata, see Manipur (Mahabharata). For other uses, see Manipur (disambiguation).

Manipur Kingdom
Meckley
Meitei: Meetei Leipak
1110–1949
Coat of arms of Manipur
Coat of arms
Manipur State in the Hicky's Bengal Gazette of 1907
Manipur State in the Hicky's Bengal Gazette of 1907
CapitalImphal
Recognised national languagesMeitei language (officially known as Manipuri)
Religion
History 
• Foundation of the Kangleipak Kingdom
1110
1824
1891
• Accession to the Indian Union
1947
• Merged into the Indian Union
1949
Area
194122,372 km2 (8,638 sq mi)
Population
• 1941
512,069
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Early Seven Clan State
Manipur
Kabaw Valley
Today part ofIndia
Myanmar
Meckley or Manipur kingdom in Mathew Carey's Map of Hindostan or India of 1814.
Kangla Uttra Sanglen at the Kangla Fort, former residence of the Meitei kings of Manipur. The two statues of Kangla Sha (Meitei dragon lions) standing in front of the inner gate were destroyed after the Anglo-Manipur War of 1891 but have been restored by the Manipur Government in recent years.
The princes of Manipur, Col. Johnstone, Thangal Major and the European officer in Kohima after relieving the fort from the siege of the Nagas, 1880
The Kohima Stone Inscription erected by Meitei King Gambhir Singh (Meitei: Chinglen Nongdrenkhomba), the Maharaja of Manipur, as the testimony of Meitei Dominance of Nagaland.
The Manipuri classical dance was developed by Meitei King Rajarshi Bhagyachandra (Meitei: Ching-Thang Khomba), the Maharajah of Manipur.
Raja Gambhir Singh (1788–1834) accepted British suzerainty in order to retrieve the kingdom from Burmese occupation

The Manipur Kingdom[1][2][3][4] also known as Meckley[5][6][7] was an ancient kingdom at the India–Burma frontier.[8][9][10] Historically, Manipur was an independent kingdom ruled by a Meitei dynasty.[11][12][13] But it was also invaded and ruled over by Burmese kingdom at various point of time.[14][15] It became a protectorate of the British East India Company from 1824, and a princely state of British Raj in 1891.[16] It bordered Assam Province in the west and British Burma in the east, and in the 20th century covered an area of 22,327 square kilometres (8,621 sq mi) and contained 467 villages.[citation needed] The capital of the state was Imphal.

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  6. ^ Naorem, Deepak (2024), Chakrabarti, Anjan; Chakraborty, Gorky; Chakraborty, Anup Shekhar (eds.), "Making a 'Peter the Great' in an Imperial Frontier: Educating 'Natives' and Introducing English Language and Roman Script in Manipur", Indigeneity, Development and Sustainability: Perspectives from Northeast India, Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development, vol. 18, Singapore: Springer Nature, pp. 345–360, doi:10.1007/978-981-97-1436-0_17, ISBN 978-981-97-1436-0, retrieved 7 July 2024: "the kingdom of Manipur, often referred in the colonial accounts as Meckley"
  7. ^ Parratt, Saroj Nalini (2005). The Court Chronicle of the Kings of Manipur: 33-1763 CE. Routledge. pp. 14, 174. ISBN 978-0-415-34430-2.
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  12. ^ Singha, Memchaton (2016). "Marriage Diplomacy Between the States of Manipur and Burma, 18th to 19th Centuries". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 77: 874–879. ISSN 2249-1937. JSTOR 26552717. Both Manipur and Burma succeeded in maintaining their status as independent princely states until the British occupation by in the last part of 19th century
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  14. ^ Thant, Myint-U (2001), The Making of Modern Burma, Cambridge University Press, p. 15, ISBN 978-0-521-79914-0
  15. ^ Lieberman, Victor (1996). "POLITICAL CONSOLIDATION IN BURMA UNDER THE EARLY KONBAUNG DYNASTY 1752 – c. 1820". Journal of Asian History. 30 (2): 152–168. ISSN 0021-910X. JSTOR 41931038.
  16. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Manipur" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 582.