RENAMING MOUNT HARRIET

Recently, the Union government has renamed Mount Harriet of Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) Islands to Mount Manipur.

Important points:

  • Mount Harriet, the third-highest island peak in A&N Islands, where Manipur’s Maharaja Kulchandra Singh and 22 other freedom fighters were imprisoned during the Anglo-Manipuri war (1891).
  • It has been renamed in a tribute to those freedom fighters of Manipur.
  • Manipur celebrates Khongjom Day on 23rd April in commemoration of the freedom fighters of Anglo-Manipuri War.
  • In the first phase of the war, the British surrendered and their officers – including Quinton – were executed in public.
  • In the second phase, the British attacked Manipur from three sides, and finally captured the Kangla Fort in Imphal.
  • Prince Tikendrajit and four others were hanged by the British, while Kulachandra, along with 22 others, were deported to the Andaman Islands.
  • Despite their victory, it had led to the death of five important officers.
  • In India, it was viewed as being part of the general uprising against British rule in the country, soon after the Revolt of 1857.
  • The war led to Manipur officially becoming a princely state under the indirect rule of the British crown

SOURCE: THE HINDU,THE ECONOMIC TIMES,MINT

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