Manipur: Why we celebrate 'women's war' on Nupi Lan Day

December 12 marks an important date for the people of Manipur, especially the women. ‘Nupi Lan Day’ — which literally means ‘women’s war’ — is one of the important movements in the history of Manipur.

This movement sowed the seeds of economic and political reforms for a new Manipur in the early 1940s. What started in the year 1939 as an agitation by Manipuri women against the oppressive administrative and economic policies by the then Maharaja of Manipur and the political agent Mr. Gimson (British Government 1933-45) later evolved into a revolution for administrative and constitutional reform in Manipur.

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