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: | |||
DOI: 10.64031/pratidhwanitheecho.vol.14.issue.04W. | ||||
A Brief Overview of the Political History of
Manipur upto 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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