MEITEI PEOPLE IN BARAKLAND AND THEIR VALOUR.

Barak Valley has considerable Meitei population. The Meitei’s are known for their valour. A descendent of Bir Tikendrajit, Meitei’s migrated to Barak Valley and to the adjoining states of Tripura, Sylhet and contributed to the prosperity of the land where they settled. The Meitei’s have an extraordinary history.What the British did in Manipur was no less dishonorable. In the early 1890s, They used a family feud to capture Manipur and make it a part of their expanding empire in India. They sent a British officer, the then Chief Commissioner of Assam, to Manipur to arrest Yuvraj Tikendrajit Singh (Senapati) of Manipur and deport him out of the state. But Yuvraj Tikendrajit was not a meek person, ready to surrender. He defied the British and challenged the alien officer’s interference in the internal affairs of Manipur. The people of Manipur fully supported him in his patriotic defiance. Finally, Yuvaraj Tikendrajit was captured, named as one of the main conspirators in the “War against British” and hanged to death, along with General Thangal, on 13 August, 1891.

Since then, August 13 has become a sacred day for all Manipuris, who observe it as “PATRIOTS’DAY”. By remembering Bir Tikendrajit, General Thangal and other patriots from Manipur, we keep alive the spirit of freedom and the love of Motherland. Incidentally, the grit, valour and patriotism of the Manipuri people can be gauged from the fact that Manipur was the last territory that the British could capture in the whole of Asia.

Barak Gana Parishad SALUTES Yuvaraj Bir Tikendrajit Singha.

Image of Bir Tikendrajit