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Manipur has a long and glorious history of the Christian era. The recorded history of the kingdom went from 33 AD, which marks the culmination Pakhangba. After Pakhangba excluded, a number of kings of the kingdom of Manipur. The independence and sovereignty of Manipur remained uninterrupted until the Burmese conquered and occupied it for seven years in the first quarter of the 19th Century (1819-25). Then came British rule in 1891, and later it was merged into the Indian Union as part of "C" state on 15 October 1949. This was a Territorial Council elected to replace 30-inch and 2 nominated members. Later in the year 1963, a legislative assembly was elected the 30 nominated members and 3 established in the framework of the Union Territories Act, 1962. The status of the Administrator was of chief commissioner to raised the status of the Lieutenant Governor, with effect from 19 December 1969. Manipur attained full-fledged statehood on 21 January 1972. With this, a legislative assembly, consisting of 60 elected members was established.Manipur is situated on the eastern border of India . It is bounded on the east by Myammar (Burma), on the north by the State of Arunachal Pradesh, on the west by the State of Assam and on the south by the State of Mizoram and Myanmar. Manipur is 23.830 to 25.680 N latitude and 93.030 to 94.780 E longitude. It has an area of 22,327 sq km. Manipur physically consists of two parts, the mountains and the valley. The valley is located in the center surrounded by mountains on all sides. The hills around the 9 / 10 of the total area of the state . Manipur Valley is about 790 meters above sea level. The hills are higher in the north and gradually decrease in height when they reach the southern part of Manipur. The valley itself slopes down towards the south. |
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