Investor Presentaiton
MANIPUR- A PRINCELY STATE
Manipur became a princely state under the British rule in 1891,
the last of the independence states to be incorporated into British
India. During the Second World War, Manipur was the scene of
battles between Japanese and Allied forces. The Japanese were
beaten back before the Allies could enter Imphal. This proved to
be one of the turning points of the War.
After the was, the Manipur Consititution Act, 1947, established a
democratic form of government with the Maharaj as the Executive
Head and an elected legislature. In 1949, Maharaj Budhachandra
was summoned to Shillong, capital of the Indian province of
Meghalaya where he signed a Treaty of Accession merging the
kingdom into India. thereafter the legislative assembly was
dissolved and Manipur became part of Republic of India in
October 1949. it was made a union territory in 1956 and full
fledged state in 1972.
Md. Alim Uddin became the first Chief Minister of Manipur in
1972.
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