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During the princely state stage (1891–1947), an Indian Civil Service (ICS) officer of the East Bengal and Assam cadre was appointed as the administrator, first as the vice-president of the Manipur State Darbar, and, from 1916, as its president. [62] [63] [64] [36] May 1907 – 1910 William Alexander Cosgrave [62] April–June 1910 C. H. Bell
Manipur became a princely state under British rule in 1891 after the Anglo-Manipur war, the last of the independent states to be incorporated into British Raj as a princely state. [6] During the Second World War, Manipur was the scene of battles between Japanese and Allied forces.
Prior to the British departure in 1947, Manipur acceded to the Dominion of India, along with roughly 550 other princely states. [13] In September 1949, the ruler of Manipur signed a merger agreement with India, giving up his kingdom and obtaining a privy purse in return. [ 14 ]
A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign [1] ... Manipur: 270.3: 512,069 (chiefly Hindu and animist) 19: Raja, Kshatriya ...
Manipur State Constitution Act 1947 is an act which enabled the princely state of Manipur to have a de jure written constitution enacted by the last Maharajah of Manipur, Bodhchandra Singh. [4] Under the constitution, a Legislative Assembly was elected in mid-1948 and a ministry was formed, which was responsible to the Maharaja.
India's federal government on Sunday ordered the chief minister of Manipur state to "work harder" to restore peace as violence between ethnic groups has not subsided for over 50 days despite a ...
He adopted the name Gharib Nawaz, and in 1724 renamed the kingdom as Manipur (Sanskrit for "abode of jewels"). Manipur was conquered by Burma in 1819 CE, and became a Princely State within the British Raj in 1825 CE till 1947 CE.
State government’s disclosure of death toll is the first one ever since violence unfolded last week Manipur: Death toll rises to 60 in India’s northeastern state after ethnic tension leads to ...