• Meckley or Manipur kingdom in Mathew Carey's Map of Hindostan or India of 1814. Kangla Uttra Sanglen at the Kangla Fort, former residence of the Meitei kings of Manipur.
  • After the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824 – 1826) Burma had to cede it. It came under British rule as a princely state in 1891.
  • Manipur emerged as a princely state during the foreign rule in 1891, the last of the independent states to be inculcated into British India.
  • Manipur state was a princely state under British rule in 1891. In 1956, Manipur was made a union territory and a full-fledged state in 1972.
  • The Seven Years of Destruction (1819-1825). Back In Time: 72 Years Ago, Today, Princely State Manipur Merged With India.
  • During the British rule, the kingdom of Manipur was one of the princely states and is credited to be the point of exchange for trade and culture with the...
  • Historical Background : Manipur existed as a princely State in its early stage and involved in a number of disputes with its neighbour Burma (Myanmar ).
  • By the late 1930s, the princely state of Manipur negotiated with the British administration its preference to be part of India, rather than Burma.
  • The relationship between the princely State of Manipur and Crown was a political relationship and an extra-constitutional relationship.
  • In 1891 Manipur came under British rule, and survived as a princely state until 1947, afterwhich it was merged with the Indian Union on October 15,1949.