Mount Manipur
{{Short description|Mountain in the Andaman and Nicobar islands}}
{{About|a mountain peak of the Andaman Islands|the mountains in Manipur|Geography of Manipur}}
{{Redirect|Mount Harriet, India|other uses|Mount Harriet (disambiguation){{!}}Mount Harriet}}
{{See also|Manipur (disambiguation)}}
{{Distinguish|Mountains in Manipuri culture}}
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Mount Manipur, formerly known as Mount Harriet,{{efn|According to WP:COMMONNAME, the most popular name of the mountain peak, "Mount Manipur", is the appropriate title of the article. According to Google Search, "Mount Manipur" gets about 1,13,00,000 results and "Mount Harriet" gets about 1,03,00,000 results.}} is the third highest peak in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India.{{Cite web |title=Mount Manipur alias Mt Harriet in Andamans |url=https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2021/10/24/S-BalakrishnanMount-Manipur-is-the-new-name-for-Mt-Harriet-in-Andamans-This-was-recently-announc.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=www.thesangaiexpress.com |language=en}}
The mountain houses the Mount Manipur Memorial, which commemorates the Manipuri freedom fighters of the Anglo-Manipur War and the Mount Manipur National Park (Mount Harriet National Park), which is best known for its rich biodiversity in the archipelago.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-20 |title=Explained: Why a peak in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is now named after Manipur |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/andaman-and-nicobar-islands-mount-harriet-mount-manipur-7581032/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Mount Manipur alias Mt Harriet in Andamans |url=https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2021/10/24/S-BalakrishnanMount-Manipur-is-the-new-name-for-Mt-Harriet-in-Andamans-This-was-recently-announc.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=www.thesangaiexpress.com |language=en}}
On 17 October 2021, Mount Harriet was officially renamed as Mount Manipur by the Union Government of India, as a tribute to the freedom fighters of Manipur. This was initially announced by Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister of India, in a function in Port Blair, highlighting about the sacrifices of Yuvaraj Tikendrajit Singh, General Thangal,{{efn|Yuvaraj Tikendrajit Singh and General Thangal were already publicly hanged in Imphal. So, the two freedom fighters were not included in the exile to the mountain of the Andaman Islands.}} Meitei King Kulachandra Dhwaja Singh, the Maharajah of Manipur kingdom and other 22 freedom fighters of the Anglo-Manipur war of 1891.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-17 |title=Mount Harriet in Andaman to be named Mount Manipur in tribute to freedom fighters |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/mount-harriet-in-andaman-to-be-named-mount-manipur-in-tribute-to-freedom-fighters-101634462840801.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=NEWS |first=NE NOW |date=2021-10-16 |title=Tribute to Manipuri freedom fighters: Mount Harriet in Kalapani to be renamed as Mount Manipur |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/manipur/tribute-to-manipuri-freedom-fighters-mount-harriet-in-kalapani-to-be-renamed-as-mount-manipur.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Bikash |title=Manipur breaks into celebration as Centre renames Andaman's 'Mount Harriet' as 'Mount Manipur' |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/manipur-breaks-into-celebration-as-centre-renames-andamans-mount-harriet-as-mount-manipur/articleshow/87086747.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2022-09-13}}{{Cite news |last=Laithangbam |first=Iboyaima |date=2021-10-17 |title=Manipur residents celebrate renaming of Mount Harriet |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/manipur-residents-celebrate-renaming-of-mount-harriet/article37046069.ece |access-date=2022-09-13 |issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web |title=Mount Manipur alias Mt Harriet in Andamans |url=https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2021/10/24/S-BalakrishnanMount-Manipur-is-the-new-name-for-Mt-Harriet-in-Andamans-This-was-recently-announc.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=www.thesangaiexpress.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Mount Harriet to be called Mount Manipur: Amit Shah |url=https://www.ifp.co.in/10401/mount-harriet-to-be-called-mount-manipur-amit-shah |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Imphal Free Press |language=en}}
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The re-christening of the name of the mountain peak in honor of the Manipuri freedom fighters was given positive reactions from Manipur{{Cite web |last=NEWS |first=NE NOW |date=2021-10-17 |title=Manipur celebrates renaming of Andaman's Mount Harriet as Mount Manipur |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/manipur/andamans-mount-harriet-mount-manipur.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=NEWS |first=NE NOW |date=2021-10-16 |title=Tribute to Manipuri freedom fighters: Mount Harriet in Kalapani to be renamed as Mount Manipur |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/manipur/tribute-to-manipuri-freedom-fighters-mount-harriet-in-kalapani-to-be-renamed-as-mount-manipur.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Bikash |title=Manipur breaks into celebration as Centre renames Andaman's 'Mount Harriet' as 'Mount Manipur' |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/manipur-breaks-into-celebration-as-centre-renames-andamans-mount-harriet-as-mount-manipur/articleshow/87086747.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2022-09-13}}{{Cite news |last=Laithangbam |first=Iboyaima |date=2021-10-17 |title=Manipur residents celebrate renaming of Mount Harriet |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/manipur-residents-celebrate-renaming-of-mount-harriet/article37046069.ece |access-date=2022-09-13 |issn=0971-751X}} and Assam.{{Cite web |last=NEWS |first=NE NOW |date=2021-10-17 |title=Assam CM welcomes move to rename Mount Harriet in Andaman as Mount Manipur |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-cm-welcomes-move-to-rename-mount-harriet-in-andaman-as-mount-manipur.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}
Connection with the British
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The mountain peak's former name "Mount Harriet" was given in honor of Harriet Christina Tytler, a British artist and photographer, who was the wife of Robert Christopher Tytler, a British soldier. The peak was one of the summer headquarters of the Chief Commissioner during British Raj.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-20 |title=Explained: Why a peak in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is now named after Manipur |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/andaman-and-nicobar-islands-mount-harriet-mount-manipur-7581032/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
Connection with Manipur
{{See also|History of Manipur|History of Andaman and Nicobar Islands}}
The Mount Manipur of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of the Bay of Bengal has significant historical connections to the Manipur kingdom of Northeast India.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-20 |title=Explained: Why a peak in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is now named after Manipur |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/andaman-and-nicobar-islands-mount-harriet-mount-manipur-7581032/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
= Exile of the Manipuri warriors =
After the end of the Anglo-Manipur War in the year 1891, many Manipuri warriors were exiled to the British penal colony in the Andaman Islands. Among the exiled warriors, Meitei King Kulachandra Dhwaja Singh, the Maharajah of Manipur, was one of them. During that time, the Cellular Jail (Kalapani) was about to be built. So, Kulachandra Singh and other prisoners were imprisoned on the Mount Manipur, in the South Andaman district.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-20 |title=Explained: Why a peak in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is now named after Manipur |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/andaman-and-nicobar-islands-mount-harriet-mount-manipur-7581032/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-10-17 |title=Mount Harriet in Andaman to be named Mount Manipur in tribute to freedom fighters |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/mount-harriet-in-andaman-to-be-named-mount-manipur-in-tribute-to-freedom-fighters-101634462840801.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=NEWS |first=NE NOW |date=2021-10-17 |title=Assam CM welcomes move to rename Mount Harriet in Andaman as Mount Manipur |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-cm-welcomes-move-to-rename-mount-harriet-in-andaman-as-mount-manipur.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=NEWS |first=NE NOW |date=2021-10-16 |title=Tribute to Manipuri freedom fighters: Mount Harriet in Kalapani to be renamed as Mount Manipur |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/manipur/tribute-to-manipuri-freedom-fighters-mount-harriet-in-kalapani-to-be-renamed-as-mount-manipur.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Bikash |title=Manipur breaks into celebration as Centre renames Andaman's 'Mount Harriet' as 'Mount Manipur' |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/manipur-breaks-into-celebration-as-centre-renames-andamans-mount-harriet-as-mount-manipur/articleshow/87086747.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2022-09-13}}{{Cite web |title=Mount Harriet to be called Mount Manipur: Amit Shah |url=https://www.ifp.co.in/10401/mount-harriet-to-be-called-mount-manipur-amit-shah |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Imphal Free Press |language=en}}
In accordance to a document of the time of British Raj kept in the "Manipur State Archives", 23 men, including King Kulachandra and his brothers, were transported for life to the Andaman Islands.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-20 |title=Explained: Why a peak in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is now named after Manipur |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/andaman-and-nicobar-islands-mount-harriet-mount-manipur-7581032/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=NEWS |first=NE NOW |date=2021-10-16 |title=Tribute to Manipuri freedom fighters: Mount Harriet in Kalapani to be renamed as Mount Manipur |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/manipur/tribute-to-manipuri-freedom-fighters-mount-harriet-in-kalapani-to-be-renamed-as-mount-manipur.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}
= Tracing the records of the pasts =
In a long period of a decade between 2003 and 2013, experts and scholars from the All Manipur Working Journalists’ Union (AMWJU) visited Mount Manipur for the investigation into the information on the exiled prisoners. A. Mubi, the then Vice President of the AMWJU confirmed that Kulachandra Singh was house-arrested in the mountain.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-20 |title=Explained: Why a peak in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is now named after Manipur |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/andaman-and-nicobar-islands-mount-harriet-mount-manipur-7581032/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-10-17 |title=Mount Harriet in Andaman to be named Mount Manipur in tribute to freedom fighters |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/mount-harriet-in-andaman-to-be-named-mount-manipur-in-tribute-to-freedom-fighters-101634462840801.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}
= Construction of a memorial site in the mountain =
{{Main|Mount Manipur Memorial}}
According to Ng. Uttam, the director of the Department of Art and Culture of the Government of Manipur, representatives from Manipur talked to the authorities of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to provide a piece of land for the construction of a memorial site for the Manipuri warriors in the mountain. In the year 2019, the A&N authorities agreed to the request. A piece of land was approved near the Cellular Jail. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the process of the construction was significantly delayed.{{Cite web |title=Mount Harriet to be called Mount Manipur: Amit Shah |url=https://www.ifp.co.in/10401/mount-harriet-to-be-called-mount-manipur-amit-shah |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Imphal Free Press |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-10-20 |title=Explained: Why a peak in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is now named after Manipur |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/andaman-and-nicobar-islands-mount-harriet-mount-manipur-7581032/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
The Central Government of India gave financial assistance to the Government of Manipur, regarding the construction of the memorial site in the mountain.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-17 |title=Mount Harriet in Andaman to be named Mount Manipur in tribute to freedom fighters |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/mount-harriet-in-andaman-to-be-named-mount-manipur-in-tribute-to-freedom-fighters-101634462840801.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=NEWS |first=NE NOW |date=2021-10-16 |title=Tribute to Manipuri freedom fighters: Mount Harriet in Kalapani to be renamed as Mount Manipur |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/manipur/tribute-to-manipuri-freedom-fighters-mount-harriet-in-kalapani-to-be-renamed-as-mount-manipur.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=NEWS |first=NE NOW |date=2021-10-17 |title=Assam CM welcomes move to rename Mount Harriet in Andaman as Mount Manipur |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-cm-welcomes-move-to-rename-mount-harriet-in-andaman-as-mount-manipur.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Singh |first=Bikash |title=Manipur breaks into celebration as Centre renames Andaman's 'Mount Harriet' as 'Mount Manipur' |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/manipur-breaks-into-celebration-as-centre-renames-andamans-mount-harriet-as-mount-manipur/articleshow/87086747.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2022-09-13}}{{Cite web |title=Mount Harriet to be called Mount Manipur: Amit Shah |url=https://www.ifp.co.in/10401/mount-harriet-to-be-called-mount-manipur-amit-shah |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=Imphal Free Press |language=en}}
Before the onset of the annual Indian Independence Day celebration in the year 2021, the Government of Manipur unveiled a monolith in Imphal, commemorating the sweet memories of the Manipuri "unsung war heroes".{{Cite web |date=2021-10-20 |title=Explained: Why a peak in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is now named after Manipur |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/andaman-and-nicobar-islands-mount-harriet-mount-manipur-7581032/ |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
Gallery
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See also
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External links
- {{Cite web |last=Samom |first=Sobhapati |date=2019-01-17 |title=Six Andaman islands likely to be named after freedom fighters from Manipur |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/six-andaman-islands-likely-to-be-named-after-freedom-fighters-from-manipur.html |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}
Category:Mountains of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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