Govt would respond to any action against non-local Indian citizens : Ibobi State Govt sees eye to eye with JCLIPS on ILPS
IMPHAL, May 21: Stating that there is no difference of opinion between the State Government and the Joint Committee on ILPS (JCILPS) on enforcement of Inner Line Permit System in Manipur, Chief Minister O Ibobi has cautioned that the Government would rea.....
State lad tops Nagaland Class X Board exams
IMPHAL, May 21: Helaluddin Shah s/o Md Islauddin and Sanarembi of Borayangbi under Kumbi AC has topped the HSLCE 2013 conducted by the Nagaland Board of School Education, results of which was declared in the intervening night of May 20 and 21. Helaluddin.....
More eviction
IMPHAL, May 21 :The State Government has decided to evict encroachers for expansion of roads in Imphal and greater Imphal areas. The State Government has initiated necessary procedures to evict encroachers as it feels that many roads in Imphal and grea.....
KSO suspends strike, blockade
IMPHAL, May 21 : Respon-ding to the assurance of Chief Minister O Ibobi to carry forward the backlog of 474 ST posts in the ensuing recruitment of 2000 numbers of Manipur Police Constables, and also to take immediate action regarding the backlog of 28 dif.....
CM convenes meet
IMPHAL, May 21 :Chief Minister O Ibobi today convened a meeting of the delegates who would be visiting Myanmar along with him and discussed about their forthcoming foreign trip. The delegation which would be led by the Chief Minister would take part in.....
Rabies fear stalks Phumlou village
IMPHAL, May 21: Besides report about three persons succumbing to suspected cases of rabies after the victims were reportedly bitten by dogs, locals of Phumlou village under Imphal West district are gripped with fear. According to a reliable source, atl.....
Shirui Lily Fest Showcases Rich Culture Of Tangkhul Community Cultural extravaganza marks week long fest
UKHRUL, May 21: Cultural items, display of Tangkhul traditional cuisines and attires, flower show, painting competition and entertainment programmes marked the concluding day of the district level Shirui Lily Week-2013 today at Shirui village under Ukhrul.....
Pledge taken to protect human lives, values
IMPHAL, May 21: Like in other parts of the country, pledges were taken to protect human lives and values as Manipur too joined in the observance of 22nd national anti-terrorism day today. The observance is held to commemorate the death anniversary of f.....
NGOs say no to oil exploration
IMPHAL, May 21: Twenty-four NGOs including student organizations and human rights defenders today submitted a representation to Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh urging him to take steps to halt the ongoing oil exploration process and extraction works in the h.....
CSOs raid Hotel Centre Point
IMPHAL, May 21: Volunteers of different civil society organisations today raided Hotel Centre Point at MG Avenue and pulled up its manager. Volunteers of 16 civil society organisations including CLK, IPSA, KEL, ACOAM Lup, PANDM etc raided the hotel and.....
PM corrects age to 80 in RS poll papers
Guwahati, May 21: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the Congress Rajya Sabha candidate from Assam, has filed a fresh affidavit correcting his age to 80 prior to scrutiny of the nominations today. The Prime Minister submitted the fresh affidavit two days a.....
Oklahoma tornado Many children among 91 feared killed
MOORE, OKLAHOMA, May 20: At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a 2 mile wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was destroye.....
MKS condoles
IMPHAL, May 21 :The Maram Students’ Union (MKS) has condoled the untimely demise of its former Education Secretary, R Graceson Rangnamei, a second semester student of MA at MU. A statement issued by the MKS said the union would cherish his associatio.....
‘Go Green Fortnight’
IMPHAL, May 21 :Aimed at promoting greenery, atleast in and around their deployment areas, and furthering its undeterred efforts of preserving the bounty of the nature, the Assam Rifles under a specific roadmap worked out by the IGAR (S) Maj Gen UK Gurung.....
ZU condemns
IMPHAL, May 21 : Condemning the abduction and killing of Poushingdai Gonmei, a cadre of NSCN-IM by the ZUF on May 18, the Zeliangrong Union, Bishnupur, Sadar Area Zone has appealed to all concerned armed groups operating in Zeliangrong areas not to resort.....
Painting competition
IMPHAL, May 20: A State level cooperative painting competition would be held on May 29 by the Department of Cooperation, Govt of Manipur at the premises of Registrar of Manipur Cooperative Societies, Lamphelpat on the theme Cooperative as a means of livel.....
BSNL network
IMPHAL, May 20: Telephone exchanges including GSM mobile, WLL and Broadband connections of BSNL would be disrupted at BSNL installations at Hiyangthang, Wangoi and Mayang Imphal Exchanges, due to sudden breakdown of OFC route near Pishumthong Ningom Leika.....
KRF denies
IMPHAL, May 21: The Kuki Revolutionary Front (KRF) has denied having any knowledge on the alleged abduction of Nepali youths from Gopibung, Mahavir and Shantolabari areas under Kangpokpi PS. Terming the allegation as baseless and false, a statement iss.....
Dispute resolved
IMPHAL, May 21: The dispute between Rangshong, Chief of Awang Longa Koireng and Rengsutsong Koireng was settled under the laws of Satang Area Chiefs' Association at the residence of H Gelmol village chief on May 20. A statement issued by the SACA said .....
New students' body floated
IMPHAL, May 21: Along with announcing formation of a new students' organisation christened Reformist Students' Front (RSF), its general secretary BCY Atiqur said that RSF was formed to take up issues related to rights of the student community. Affirmin.....
General Articles
By : Chabungbam Amuba Singh
Let not history repeat itself
“What is history, but fable agreed upon?” - Napoleon said.
It now seems that the Government of India with its arrogant wisdom has accepted NSCN-IM’s “Unique History of the Nagas” as the proverbial ‘fable agreed upon’, while it found convenient to ignore the 2000 years’ old history of Manipur. True, the early phase of this 2000 years’ old history is hazy—often bordering on legends rather than on verifiable/recorded facts. But, from the late fifteenth century onwards (from the reign of King Kyamba 1467 - 1508, to be precise), the history of Manipur emanating from the recorded accounts in the royal chronicle Cheitharol Kumbaba could not be disputed. It would be really sad if the Government of India, in its eagerness to appease the other party, decides to ignore even this part of the history of Manipur. How could the Meiteis rejoice to be good citizens of India if the Government of India decides to ‘subordinate’ their written history to the concocted “Unique Naga History” of Muivah?
I am, in no sense, a student of history. I had read somewhere an eminent Naga historian writing that the Manipur kings never ruled directly over the hill tribes. But the same is also true of the Burmese kings/monarchs whose direct rule/administration extended only over a small portion of their kingdom.
A few days ago, there was a panel discussion in the Manipur Press Club on “Countdown of India’s Political Time Bomb to Destroy Manipur” organised by the Freedom Research Foundation. The next day, a popular Manipuri daily carried a tiny news item on the event under the caption, “Lalhoubagi Isu” (Issue of Insurgency). I was sad! The discussion, which I saw on the ISTV, was not at all on the issue of insurgency. It was a lively discussion by a few resource persons on the issue of Manipur’s integrity in the face of the threat of the Naga Alternative Arrangement/Naga Supra State.
In this ambience of Naga-Manipuri conflict (sorry! if it sounds communal), we should recollect how Manipur willingly gave up itself to India by signing the Instrument of Accession on 11 August 1947 and as a logical consequence the Merger Agreement on 21 September 1949. Not a single voice was raised then against these two historic deeds - not even by the much beloved Jan-Neta who was in Manipur at the time of the 1947 events. On the contrary, the Manipuri members of the then Manipur State Darbar, led by M.K. Priyobarta pleaded to the Governor of Assam (Sir Akbar Hydri), when the latter visited Manipur from 29 June to 2 July 1947, that at the lapse of the British paramountcy, Manipur could not remain aloof and independent; and that it was their considered wish that Manipur should join India forthwith.
This is to tell the world that in 1947-49, Manipur gave up itself to India without raising even a meek voice of protest. True, Maharajah Bodhachandra was subjected to duress to sign the Merger Agreement at Shillong during September 18-21, 1949. However, the emotional grief of the Maharajah at Shillong—described in immaculate detail by Anandamohan in his book, ‘Shillong 1949’—was not a voice of protest, because in the same breath he was bargaining for his privy purse to be raised to Rs. Four Lakhs per annum from the proposed Rs. Two Lakhs and twenty-five thousand per annum. (Finally, he settled for Rs.Three Lakhs)
Now 65 years later, are the Manipuris going to let India break up Manipur (albeit preserving its territorial boundary) without articulating a strong voice against the move of making an arrangement which singularly favours a particular community? Are we letting history repeat itself?
It is time that the politicians of all hues shed their cocoons of self-importance and come together to have consultative discussions among themselves and with the learned people of the state—over-ground, underground or no-ground, irrespective.
Nohkhopao
The unique history of the Nagas is that they are British creation without and identical or cultural affinity and as such there is nothing unique. And the unique history of the Meiteis is that their history was destroyed in "POOJA Mei thaba", and the present Royal Court chronicles are a romanticized and created history.
kpanmei
dear writer ur write up is only depends on ur meitei history but not naga history but only against the naga history. before ur manipur merger agreement by ur maharaja, and before indian Independence we the naga has put up our demand to the british/india to leave naga free, bcost naga has every right to live by themself.... pliz don't omit naga history when u write ur meitei history... meitei and naga history r not same atall... OK
hmmm
Unique history of nagas is..is...ahh..uhh...it's in da process of making,Th muivah donning as da leader...isak as secretary....unc as frontal wing...it's gonna end soon.
af
how do you say manipur gave itself up willingly ? many members of the legislative assembly voted against the merger. only some didnt. based on the comments by those you are saying manipur gave itself up ?
KPANMEI
Ur meitei history/powerless history and kuki history/migrated people history when we compared with our naga history much far more different.. even Ur meeitei/kuki talk/peace talk with GOI and Naga peace talk with GOI is also much different bcos we the Naga talk in the level of Prime Minister of different nations/Prime Ministerial level's talk.... Indian Prime Minister + Nagas Prime Minister.... due to this reason 4 naga we r sure to get independence/freedom and live ourself freely/happily/peacefully...
