The brave but few soldiers of Manipur had to face the might of the strong British force in Khongjom War with a mission to defend the freedom and sovereignty of Kangleipak, said a release issued by CorCoM. The proscribed group also stated that the imposition of Hindi in WESEA and Northeastern states was an infringment on the democratic rights of the people.
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The proscribed CorCom has paid rich tribute to those who sacrificed their lives during the war against the British on April 23, 1891 (Khongjom War) and humbly acknowledged their contribution to defence Manipur’s sovereignty and freedom.
April 23 reminds us all of the valour, courage and patriotic spirit of those who participated in the 1891, Anglo-Manipur (Kanglei) war. The brave but few soldiers of Manipur had to face the might of the strong British force in Khongjom War with a mission to defend the freedom and sovereignty of Kangleipak, said a release issued by CorCOM.
The CorCOM said that it is an honour and pride to follow the path charted by these brave patriots who could sacrifice their lives for the society and the country in front the world. It is due to the selfless sacrifice made by our brave forefathers that today we are able to survive as a community of this nation.
India is celebrating the 75th year of independence with its programme ‘azadi ka amrit mahotsav’. As part of the celebration, India is engaged in rewriting history by highlighting the ‘unsung heroes’ of Indian freedom movement. This is part of a programme steered by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as its agenda of ‘one nation, one people, one culture’ said CorCOM.
CorCOm pointed that that after the change in the course of religious history of Kangleipak since the 18th century, and since the time the Meeteis adopted Hinduism, the society and its culture has been overwhelmed by external influence. This is how Kengleipak gradually became a target of colonialism, religious and cultural imperialism. To prove that Kangleioak is part of India, a number of books had been published and this effort was to mislead the people by making them think that they are part of the India.
To fulfil their agenda, India used Hindu mythology ‘Mahabharat’ to show that Kangleipak or Manipur was the smae Manipur mentioned in the Mahabharat and many began blindly believing in the state sponsored perspective. This perspective gained momentum between 18th century and the first part if 20th century. However, history has to be based on the foundation of truth.
Hindu historian RC Majumdar while delivering the Atombapu Memorial Lecture ‘Expansion of Aryan Culture in Eastern India ’ in Imphal in 1966 had fully countered the view that the people of Manipur are the descendants of the Aryan race and that the Manipur of Mahabharat is not the Manipur we live in.This has proved beyond doubt that Manipur or Kangleipak is not a part of early Indian history but an entity that has its own unique history.
Excerpts from the press release issued by CorCom:
CorCom na hairi madudi- 18suba chahichagi ahanba tangkakta Manipur (Kangleipak) na mating leiba leibak ama oiba ngamkhi. Geo-Politics ki ahongba asina maram oiduna ningthou Chingthang Khomba na British ki mateng lounaba hotnakhi. British singsu Bengalda makhoigi nouna semgatliba khongdafam chetnaba hotnabada Manipur (Kangleipak) gumba leibak amaga mari leinabagi tangaifadaba leikhi. Adumakpu British amasung Manipur (Kangleipak) anigi marakta mari
semnabagi 1762 gi September 14 gi yanache adu British ki maikeidagi khudong chadaba maram leibana thabak oina pangthokpa ngamkhide. Awaba khudongthiba kaya mayoknarabasu Manipur (Kangleipak) na masagi ningtamba ngaktuna leiba ngamkhi.
Chahi 7 chupna Manipur (Kangleipak) na Awa gi khutta khuntaklurabasu British na piba matengga loinana Manipur levy lingkhattuna Awa gi makhuttagi Manipur (Kangleipak) kanduna ningtamba amuk hanjinba ngamkhi. Manipur (Kangleipak) gi ningtamba asibu British amasung Burma gi marakta February 24, 1826 ta tounakhiba Treaty of Yandabo na sak khangkhi. British na Manipur (Kangleipak) gi maning tamba hanjinbada mateng pangbikhiba adugidamak Manipur (Kangleipak) na awang nongpok lamdamda khudongthiba tarakpa matamda hek ngamba makhei mateng pangduna toubimal khangba utkhi. British na
Manipur (Kangleipak) amasung Burma ga manglamchattagi leinaba mari amasung British ki lamdam asomda thamliba mityenggi khal kaihandanaba haiduna Manipur (Kangleipak) da political agency gi office 1835 dagi hangdokkhi, CorCom na hairi.
Matamduda Manipur (Kangleipak) da British ki agent thamba asi houjikki matamda maningtamba leibaksinggi meehut (ambassador) thanabagumbani. Manipur (Kangleipak) gi oinasu matam matamgi matung inna British India da leibak asigi meehut tharammi. Manipur (Kangleipak) da British political agency lingkhatpagi khwaidagi maru oiba maram asi British amasung Manipur (Kangleipak) anigi marakta hannadagi houna leirakpa mari adu tung koina chatnanabagidamaktani.
Ing Ingkumja 1891 gi Anglo Manipur (Kangleipak) lan asi thoktringeigi mamangda leibak anigi marakta chatnakhiba cherol amasung khutyek pinakhiba warolsingda Manipur (Kangleipak) na British ki makha polle nattraga British ki makhada Manipur (Kangleipak) asi leire haina wafam amata pankhiba thengnade. Ing Ingkumja 1891 gi Manipur (Kangleipak) amasung British ki marakta inakhiba yanachesingda leibak asina karigumba mawong
amatada British ki makha polle haina pankhiba leite amasung meekha ponbagi British ki mafamda chahigi oina loipot kabagi wafam leikhide.
Chahi asimakki September thada Calcutta da fongba ‘The Manipur War’ kouba lairikki lamai 4 subada Manipur (Kangleipak) gi thak asi asumna palli- ‘Apikpa fajaraba leibak asi India government ki makha pondaba lam amani. Leibak asina paramount power (British) ta keidounungda sel mayek ama faoba loipot oina pikhiba leite. Naksinnaba amasung tasengna hairabada British India na koisinduna leiba maramna mahakna matam chuppada British ka marup mapang oibagi afaba mari thamnaba hotnaduna lakkhi. Mahakki leibakki oiba thak asi India gi atei native state singdagi yamna henna fana lei. Inak khunbada maming chatliba Hyderabad na Manipur (Kangleipak) na fangliba ningtamba adugi 10 thokpagi manungda saruk ama faoba youna fangba ngamde amasung masi April 27, 1891da British lanmeesingna Imphalda changlaktringeigi mamangda leiramba fibham aduni. Nepal amadi Afghanistan da leiriba ningtambagi thak adumak Manipur (Kangleipak) gisu leirammi”. British na Manipur (Kangleipak) faoduna chatpa tarabadi ningthoudagi ayaba lourammi. Mathakki warolsing amasung thabaksing asina Manipur (Kangleipak) asi mapung fana ningkha tamlamba leibakni haibasida karisu yetnaningai leitre, hairi CorCom na.
Ing kumja 1891 gi Anglo- Manipur (Kangleipak) lan-gi matangda wafam kaya thorakli. 1) Manipur (Kangleipak) gi ningthou machasingi marakta thajanaba watpa, 2) Ningthou machasinggi marakta fambalgi mikanaba, muknarakpa, 3) British ka mari sangna leinarakpana Manipurgi (Kangleipak) ningtambagi thak nemtharakpa, 4) Surchandra bu ningthou khubhamdagi louthokkhiba thouwong adubu British na law na yadabani haina louba amasung adugumba law na yadaba thabaksing aduda chennaba Manipur (Kangleipak) gi ningthou machasinggi mathakta cheirak pigani haiba British ki firep amasung firep adubu thabakta onthoknaba hotnabada thorakpa muknaba , asinachingbani. hairi CorCom na.
CorCom gi matung inna, Anglo-Manipur landa saruk yaruba mareibak ningba athouba kaya Britishki khutsemgi law gi cheirak fangkhi. Landa maithiba nanglaba furupta lan gi maral thangjinba haibasi malemgi oina mahousadagi chatthaduna lakpa leechat amani. Calcutta High Court ki Barrister Manmohan Ghose nattana India gi masak naiba luchingba nattraga organization amatana British na 1891 da Manipur (Kangleipak) da chatthakhiba thouwong adugi achum aran puthoktuna neinaba thengnakhidri; akanbana achumba sak-i hainaba adumak Manipur(Kangleipak) gi maraibakta takhi. British parliament ta Manipur (Kangleipak) gi maramda yetnakhibasing amadi British press ta inarakkhibasing aduda mityeng thamlaba matungda British India leingakna Manipur (Kangleipak) bu makhoigi makhada hakthengnana thamduna leibak ngakpagi firep handoklaga nakoinaba mawongda leibak ngakpagi thousil houdokkhi. Adubu British leingakki mayokta lamdam asigi meeyamgi ihou kaya uba fangkhi.
Ihousing asi matam adugi British India leingakki mayokta houkhiba ihousingni. Ihousing asi British India leingakki interest ka Manipur (Kangleipak) meeyamgi aningba apambaga anigi marakta leiba khennaba amasung muknabadagi oirakpa maheini. Manipur (Kangleipak) meeyamna British India leingakka muknaba nattana Indian singgi interest ka muknaba nattraga makhoigi liklam aduga chasin chusinnana chatpagi maram matam aduda leikhide.
Maram aduna Manipur (Kangleipak) ga mari leinaba wafamsing India gi ningtam ihougi saruk ama oikhide aduga India gi ningtam ihougi wari asi matam adugi Manipur (Kangleipak) puwarigi saruk amasu keidounungda oikhide. Ireichasing! Manipur (Kangleipak) asi malemgi anisuba lanjaogi achouba lanbung ama
Ingkumja 1942 dagi 1944 faoba oikhi. Lan asi Britain na luchingba allied forces ga nakal amadana Japanese lanmee amasung Indian National Army gi apunba khutpu anigi marakta soknakhibani. Pumnamakna khangnari madudi malemgi anisuba lanjao asi loilam sandokpa pamba khutpu anigi marakta soknakhibani. Manipur (Kangleipak) na South East Asia amasung India anigi langdaida leiba mafam ama oirubana malemgi anisuba lanjaoda maikei anigi tunggi laibak lepkadaba lanbung oikhi. Yeknabagi yeknabadi eigi marupni haiba mityengda Indian National Army gi luchingba Subhas Chandra Bose na Japan gi mateng
louduna India gi ningtamba hanjinnaba hotnakhi. Lan asigi saruk ama oina hannana Japan na khudum chansillaba Andaman Nicobar Ithat ta December 30, 1943 da Subhas Chandra Bose na India gi firal chingkhatkhi. Thoudok asi INA gi puwarida India leimaida makhoigi ningtambagi khongdafam sembani haina fongdoktuna lakli. Wafam asi nouhounana ningsingjabagi maramdi akhang ahei amadi ahei apa saba khara amasung Indian ni haijaningba lamdam asigi meeoi khujok kharana Ingkumja 1944 gi april 14 da Moirang da INA gi firal paihankhiba thoudok adu India amasung Manipur (Kangleipak) gi ningtam lan gi
puwarigi saruk amani haina utnaba hotnari. INA gi mityengda Manipur (Kangleipak) gi leimaida khongdaba adu makhoigi khongjangda maru oiba thoudok ama oigani adubu mamangthakta panjakhre madudi lan asi mapung oina loilam sandokpa kanglup anigi marakta muknaba lan ni. INA su loilam sandokpada achouba thoudang ama louriba kanglup amagi meechang ama oirubana Manipur (Kangleipak) gi oinadi masida puwarigi oina thoidokna akhannaba mafam leite haina lou-i. Maramdi lan aduda British ki loilam leingak loiramba taragasu Manipur (Kangleipak) na Japan amasung INA gi anouba loilam leingak amaga amuk makha tana thengnarambagi oithokpa wangna lei.
CorCom gi statement aduna hairi, Japan amasung INA gi maikeida chaorakna Manipur (Kangleicha) macha 200 mukna saruk yakhi haina cherol
kharada panba thengnei. Makhoina ningtam landa saruk yabani haina louba taragadi British ki maikeida yaokhiba Manipur (Kangleipak) gi meeyam adubuna karamba mingthol pigadouri. Fibhamna, matamna amadi lammitlon gi saktamna Manipur (Kangleipak) na malemgi anisuba lanjaogi lanbung oikhi. Meeyamna manglam-chatta thengnakhidriba lan gi cheitheng nangkhi adubu lan asidi Manipur (Kangleipak) gi ningtambagi puwariga hakthengnana mari leinaba lan ama oikhide. Manipuri (Kangleicha) macha ama oina lan gi thoudoksing adubu Manipur (Kangleipak) gi ningtam ihougi saruk ama oina uhannaba hotnaba asi yamna natei chadaba amadi mathong huktaba thouwong amani. Amaromda hairaga loilam leingakpu makha samthahannaba sougatpa wakhalon amani.
Maram aduna chahi khudinggi April 14da Moirang da India gi firal chingkhatpa, INA gi thouram pangthokpada Manipur (Kangleicha) macha singna haraona saruk yafam thokte. Masida nattana, ningthou Chourajit ki macha ibungo Barak tampakta pokkhiba Narendraji@Ranjit@Sana Chahi Ahumna mafamdudagi British tanthoknaba sepoy mutiny da saruk yakhiba adubusu Manipur (Kangleipak) na India ningtamnaba ihouda saruk yaba oina uhannaba hotnari. Matamdugi Manipur (Kangleipak) gi ningthou Chandrakirti di British ka afaba mari leinari haibasi puwarina lengdraba khudam oiri.
Eikhoi Manipur machasing (Kangleicha) houjiksu India gi loilam leingakki cheitheng nangliba amasung cheitheng adudagi nanthoknaba lanthengnariba furup amani haiba matam leiba khibikta meeyamna kaobiroidabani. Maram aduna ireichasingna Manipur (Kangleipak) gi puwariga samnadaba, mari leinadaba thoudoksingda yumfam oiraga Manipur (Kangleipak) bu yelhoungeidagi India ga samnaduna lakpani haiba semjinba puwarigi liklam amada chattuna eikhoi India machani haiba thamaisillaba wakhallongi langda thudanaba cheksinminnasi. Ireicha pumnamakna eikhoigi pukning wakhalda India na maikei kayadagi
langoi chansinduna landarakliba asidagi meekup nahum singna leihouba tai nattragadi apunba Manipur (Kangleipak) furupki tamba ngamdaba fibham ama oirakloi hainingai leite.
Masi thoktanaba eikhoi khudingmakna sem saminnasi, Ningtam Yawol lanthengnaminnasi. India na ningtamlakpa chahi 75 surakpaga mari leinana pangthokliba ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ ka mari leinaba thouramsing Manipur (Kangleipak) da pangthokliba asidi ningtambagi mahutta eikhoi India gi meekha ponba amasung meenai naithanggi punsidu ningsingbani haibana henna chunagani, hairi CorCom na.
Houkhiba April 7, 2022 da Indiagi Home Minister Amit Shahna Hindina furup khudingmakki lon-gi mahut sinduna India gi amatta ngairaba lon oihangani hairakpasina India da khundariba furup khudingmak maru oina WESEA gi apikpa furupchasingda hainingai leitraba cheitheng ama piragani. UNESCO na Manipur (Kangleipak) gi lon (Kangleilon) lonsing asi mutkhibagi oithokpa leire haiba wafam thamkhraba tangkak asida India na WESEA da Hindi
bu namduna tamhallagani haibasi yelhoumeesingbu namthanaba hotnabagi anouba lalong amani.
Ningshingba yai, Britishna loi chanduna machet-makai oina leiramba lamdam kayabu loilam leingakki fibannungda pusillaktuna semgatkhiba leibak-ngasigi India na Hindu laining chatpa amadi makhoigi mapung oiriba Hindi lon bu namduna chatnahanningbagi aningba asi matam yamna kuire. Ingkumja 1885 da Indian National Congress semlakhibaga iroinana Hindu upper caste maru oina Brahmin singi khujil-thourang makhada Hindu singna luchingba leibak amagi ahakpa manglan amagi maru hunkhrabani. Maram asimakna Bharatta matam sangna khundaraklaba Muslim singna Hindu luchingbasingi lounam adu
khanglakpaga iroinana Congress ani thokna kaikhi. Ing Ingkumja 1947 ta Kanglupki oiba yumfamda thonba leibak ani – Bharat amadi Pakistan semkhibani.
Fibham asimak awang nongpok haibadi WESEA lamdamda khundariba mongoloid meewoi-kanglupsingnasu racism gi oiba cheitheng chaona thengnaribani. India da lisang sitna chatharakliba Hindu upper caste singi nationalism asina Hindu laining amadi makhoigi lonbu India apumbagi oiningli. Asigumlaba aranba amadi akhuba nationalism gi kanglon asinamasagi lon, fijet-chakcha amadi khunnailon leijrakpa WESEA gi furupsingbu matam chuppagioina temsingnabagi fibham laklabani, checksinningai oi.
Yelhoumeesingi iron-iyeksing muthatnabagi akanba khongthang asi Hindutvagi saruk amani. WESEA lamdamda Arunachal Pradesh khak nattana Hindi asi lon ama oina school singda compulsory oide. Maramdi, WESEA gi yelhoumeesing masagi lon-fijet-chakcha leijei. Maningtambagi ikhou langliba WESEA gi furupchasingna Indiagi lanmeegi amadi cultural invasion asibu masak munna khang-i. Handak Hindi namduna WESEA gi school singda tamhannaba hotnarakliba asi democratic society amagi leifam thokpa hak adu matpani.
Maningtamba leibak kayabu choikhom khomduna semkhiba India na ngasisu makha tana cultural amadi religious conversion gi lallong sijinnaduna loilamgi thabak kaya chathari. Hindutvagi cultural nationalism asi loilamgi machak amadi machat kaya yaori, hairi CorCom na.