General Information
Area: 22,327 Sq.Km.
Population: 22,93896
Capital: Imphal
Language: Manipuri
Density[per Sq.km]: 82.
Literacy Rate: 60%
Rainfall: 1467.5 mm[Avg]
Assembly Constituencies: 60[40-General, 19- ST, 1SC]
Parliamentary Constituencies: 2
National Highway: 3.
History:
Manipur came under the British Rule as a Princely State after the defeat in the Anglo-Manipuri War of 1891. After independence of India in 1947, the Princely State of Manipur was merged in the Indian Union on October 15,1949 and became a full-fledged State of India on the 21st January, 1972 with a Legislative Assembly of 60 seats of which 19 are reserved for Scheduled Tribe and 1 reserved for Scheduled Caste. The State is represented in the Lok Sabha by two members and by one member in the Rajya Sabha.
Manipur and Assam were involved in the disputes between Thailand and Burma in the 1800s. Manipur took advantage of a Burmese invasion of Thailand to raid deep into Burmas western frontier.
This triggered the Burmese invasion of Manipur and Assam, which pulled in the British who were the rulers of neighbouring Bengal. The British to safeguard their position against the Burmese, intervened and defeated Burma and took over Assam, and brought Manipur under British control in 1891.
During the Second World War, Manipur was the scene of many fierce battles between the Japanese and Allied forces. The Japanese swept over East Asia and came up to Manipur.
They and fractions of the Indian National Army under Subhash Chandra Bose were beaten back before they could enter Imphal and this proved to be one of the turning points of the War.
In 1947 with the British Parliaments repeal of British paramountcy in preparation for Indian independence, Manipur became an independent kingdom once again.
Maharaja Budhachandra began a process of democratisation of the state, enacting the Manipur Constitution Act (1947) which established a democratic form of government with the Maharaja as the Executive Head and an elected legislature.
In 1949, King Budhachandra was invited to Shillong, capital of the Indian province of Assam, where he signed an agreement for annexation of the kingdom into India.
The King had already signed a Standstill Agreement with the Indian Dominion in 1947. The Standstill Agreement recognised the Indian Union as the de facto paramount power over and above the King. Once Manipur became part of the Indian Union, India dissolved the states Constitution Assembly in 1949 and made it a Part C state. In 1956, it was made a union territory. In 1972, Manipur was elevated to the status of a state.Manipur and Assam were involved in the disputes between Thailand and Burma in the 1800s. Manipur took advantage of a Burmese invasion of Thailand to raid deep into Burmas western frontier.
