Koireng
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Meidingnu Koireng, also known as Juvraj Tikrendrajit. Tikendrajit was the fourth son of Maharaj Chandrakriti of Manipur. He was born on a Saturday, the 29 December 1856. After the death of the Maharaja, on 20 May 1886, Surchandra Singh (1886-1890 AD), the eldest son, succeeded to the throne of Manipur. Tikendrajit with other princes overthrew Surchandra Singh, the monarch on 22 September 1890. This event is known as "Palace Revolt" in the history of Manipur. The King fled the palace and took asylum in the British residency. Maharaj Kulachandra and Tikendrajit became the King and heir-apparent respectively.
Lord Lansdowne, the viceroy of India ordered J.W. Quinton, Governor of Assam, to recognise Kullachandra as the King but to deport Jubaraj Tikendrajit. In the evening of 24 March 1891 British Gorkha troops attacked Juvraj Tikendrajit's residence in the Palace Compound at Kangla, killing many innocent civilians including women and children who were watching a Ras Lila dance. The Manipuris struck back and the British were put on the defensive. In the ensuing chaos, five British officers including Grimwood, the then Political Agent and J.W. Quinton were executed by a mob.
The British Government declared war against Manipur (Anglo-Manipuri war) in 1891 and 3 army columns were sent to Imphal. The British conquered Manipur on 27 April 1891. Tikendrajit and other leaders subsequently went underground. Tikendrajit was finally arrested in the evening of Saturday 23 May.
The special court was formed under Lt.Col. John Mitchell for the trial which commenced on 11 May 1891. The court found Tikendrajit, Kulachandra and Thangal General guilty and sentenced them to death. The Governor General confirmed the death sentence passed on Tikendrajit and Thangal General and commuted those of the Maharaja and Angou Sana into penal transportation for life. The order was announced on13 August 1891 and Tikendrajit and Thangal General were hanged in the evening (5 pm) of the same day at Kangjei-bung (Polo ground). A commemorative monument named Bir Tikendrajit Park stands on the spot today.
[edit] Books on Juvraj Tikendrajit
1. Queen Empress vs. Tikendrajit, prince of Manipur: The Anglo-Manipuri Conflict of 1891. By John Parratt with Saroj Nalini Parratt. Har-Anand Publications in association with Vikas Pub. House, 1992. ISBN 0-7069-6128-5.
2. My Three Years in Manipur and Escape from the Recent Mutiny. By Grimwood, Ethel St Clair. Richard Bentley and Sons, London, 1891. ISBN 1406713643
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