Manipur

Manipur, or Munipur, the name of a small state in the north-east of India, lying between

Assam and Upper Burma, The greater part of the population is concentrated in the Kuboo Valley. The country is ruled by a rajah, but a British agent resides at his capital, Manipur, or Imphail. On March 24, 1891, Mr. Quinton, the Chief Commissioner of Assam, Mr. Grimwood, the Resident at Manipur, and other British officers and civilians were treacherously assassinated by Tekenradgit Singh, whom they were about to depose. He was afterwards tried and executed, and a tribute was imposed upon the state.