His Highness the Maharajah of Manipur hereby cedes to the Dominion Government full and exclusive authority, jurisdiction and powers for and in relation to the governance of the State and agrees to transfer the administration of the State to the Dominion Government on the fifteenth day of October 1949 (there in after referred to as "the said day"). As from the said day the Dominion Government will be competent to exercise the said powers, authority and jurisdiction in such manner and through such agency as it may think fit. Article II His Highness the Maharajah shall continue to enjoy the same personal rights, privileges, dignities, titles, authority over religious observances, customs, usages, rites and ceremonies and institutions in charge of the same in the State, which he would have enjoyed had this agreement not been made. Article III His highness the Maharajah shall with effect from the said day be entitled to receive for his lifetime from the revenue of the State annually for his Privy Purse the sum of Rupees three lakhs free of all taxes. This amount is intended to cover all the expenses of the Ruler and his family, including expenses on account of his personal staff and armed
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The Hindu, 3 June
As suspicion and distrust in Manipur run deep, returning to the status quo ante is now widely seen as amounting to a Hobson's choice. The demand for a separate administration and for the protection of the territorial integrity of Manipur override the differences within and across the segmented Kuki-Zo and Meitei societies. The road to a separate administration will naturally be a bumpy one. And despite the grandstanding of the Biren Singh-led BJP government and the position taken by Meitei frontal organisations on the “inviolability” of borders, effecting a change of Manipur’s border lies outside the exclusive preserve of the State.
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Manipur, a petite state of the Indian Union, situated in the north eastern corner of the country, is better known for her culture and traditions. Nature’s beauty abounds in the state. Cascading water-falls, crystal-clear meandering streams, evergreen forests, moss-green hills, flush-green vales, shimmering lakes, etc., a feast for the eyes, all are there for one to behold. In the past she had been described as ‘Paradise on earth’, ‘Switzerland of the east’, ‘Flower on lofty heights’ etc., etc. However, she remains a neglected place as elusive as ever. She comes into prominence only when troubles flare up and mainland media pick up the news ― she is in the news but for all the wrong reasons. Otherwise she remains virtually non-existent in the minds of the people of the mainland. Few people care or know of her history. In the olden days, Manipur was known by many names to her neighbours. To the Burmese she was known as ‘Kathe’. The people of Assam referred to her as ‘Meklee’. The inhabitants of Cachar had given her another name ‘Moglie’. The people living in the east of Irrawady called her yet by another name ‘Cassey’. When the British first came to the region and came in contact with the neighbours, they were not very sure that all of them were referring to the same place. At a certain point of time the area of Manipur was much larger than its present area. Maharaja Garibniwaz (1709-1748 AD) of Manipur extended his kingdom up to the confluence of the Chindwin and Irrawady rivers in the south-west. ‘The victorious career of Garib Newaz proves that during his reign the Manipuris had acquired very considerable power; and events just narrated are drawn almost exclusively from Burmese historical works, and are the acknowledgements of a defeated enemy, all suspicion of their truth must cease to exist.’
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In Manipur, situation is ripe to initiate a gradual downgrading of the Army deployment and let the state police take over the counter-insurgency (COIN) responsibilities.
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