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State in northeastern India
Answer for the clue "State in northeastern India ", 7 letters:
manipur
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Manipur may refer to: Manipur , a state in India Manipur (princely state) , a former princely state in India Manipur, Dahanu , a village in Maharashtra state of India Manipura , a yogic chakra
Usage examples of manipur.
Their main base was at Imphal about 200 miles south of Ledo in the province of Manipur on the Burma border.
Japanese field generals and the Burma Area Command and Imperial Headquarters in Tokyo had been at odds whether to attempt the invasion of India, if only as far as Manipur and Assam, in order to wipe out the base of any possible Allied return.
Actually the offensive was not intended to go beyond Manipur although its commanders hoped that success would lead it forward.
The new king was intent, like his predecessors, on the conquest of the adjacent states, and accordingly made war in 1765 on the Manipur kingdom, and also on the Siamese, with partial success.
It happened, accordingly, that the Burmese, carrying their arms into Assam and Manipur, penetrated to the British border near Sylhet, on the north-east frontier of Bengal, beyond which were the possessions of the chiefs of Cachar, under the protection of the British government.
Two Burmese armies, one from Manipur and another from Assam, also entered Cachar, which was under British protection, in January 1824.