Manipur is one of the most culturally and strategically important state of North Eastern India. Nesting in the slopes of Sub-Himalayan ranges it has been the home of more than thirty ethnic groups in historical times, with varying responses to the changing geo-cultural environment. Manipur is also well-known to the rest of the world as the birth place of the game of ‘Polo’. Manipur shares its border with Nagaland in the north, Mizoram in the south and Cachar district of Assam in the west and also in the east it shares an international border with Myanmar.
History:
Manipur has a very ancient and vibrant past to proud on. After the First Anglo Manipuri war in 1891, it went under the shadow of British colonial empire. After India’s independence in 1947; the Manipur Constitution Act, 1947 established a democratic form of Government with the Maharaja as the Executive Head. It functioned till it was dissolved on the integration of the state with the Dominion of India in October, 1949. Manipur achieved full statehood on January 21, 1972.
