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Cheiraoba is considered one of the most important festivals of Manipur. It is celebrated with great pomp and joy, especially, by the Meiteis of the state. Usually celebrated in the month of April, it marks the beginning of the lunar new year for the Meiteis residing in Manipur and elsewhere.

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Chavang Kut, popularly known as the Kut festival, or is one of the many beautifully celebrated festivals of Manipur. Celebrated by the tribes of Kuki-Chin-Mizo groups of Manipur, Chavang Kut is a festival that is observed with so much energy and cheerfulness. During the festival, people of all the communities of Manipur come together to observe this amazing festival.

The Anglo- Manipuri War of 1891 is one of the most important events in the history of Manipur. In the war against the British colonial expansion, many martyrs of the tiny kingdom of Manipur laid down their lives to save the dignity, honour and sovereignty of their motherland despite the inevitable defeat against the mighty empire of the British. After the graceful defeat at the Battle of Khongjom where the Manipuri armies fought gallantly under Major Paona Brajabashi, Manipur lost its sovereignty to the British.

The festival of “Kang’’ or ‘Rath-Yatra’ is one of the biggest festivals of Manipur celebrated by the Meitei community who follow Vaishnavism. The origin and theme of the celebration in Manipur are adapted from the Rath-Yatra festival in Puri in Odisha. The festival is celebrated every year as a commemoration of the day when the idols of Lord Jagannath, His brother Balabhadra and sister Subhadra got enshrined at the Jagannath Temple of Puri, Orissa.