Paona Brajabasi

{{Short description|Major rank official Meitei of 18th century for Manipur Kingdom}}

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{{Infobox military person

| image = Paona Brajabashi.jpg

| caption =

| rank = Major

| name = Paona Brajabasi

| native_name = Paonam Nawol

| birth_date = {{birth year|1833}}

| death_date = {{dda|1891|04|23|1833}}

| death_place = Khongjom

| allegiance = Manipur Kingdom

}}

Paona Brajabasi{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/800448627|title=Paona Brajabashi and 1891 = Paona Brajabāshi aṃśum 1891.|date=2012|editor-last="Lamdamsigi Puwarida Paona Brajabasigi Mapham" (Seminar)|oclc=800448627}} was a Manipuri military officer. He was born in about 1833 and later entered the military of the Manipur Kingdom, reaching the rank of major by 1891. The same year he fought in the Anglo-Manipur War against the British Empire. Following the defeat of his troops in a skirmish with the British, his adversaries offered to spare Brajabasi's life if he entered their service. Brajabasi refused and was subsequently executed. This act entered Manipur's popular imagination and Brajabasi has since been commemorated by a statue.{{Cite web|date=2018-08-09|title=Paona Brajabashi, The Manipuri Major Who Chose Death Over Serving The British|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/155484/paona-brajabashi-manipuri-major-british-freedom-struggle/|access-date=2021-04-23|website=The Better India|language=en-US}}