Manipur

Manipur
   Formerly an independent kingdom, located in what is now Manipur State, India, to the west of Burma's Chin State. It was sometimes a vassal state of Burma, but in the mid-18th century Manipuri cavalry staged crippling raids into Upper Burma, almost capturing Ava (Inwa) in 1749. A decade later, Alaungpaya subjugated it; thereafter, Manipuri Brahmin practitioners of astrology, taken prisoner by the king, served in the Burmese palace. During the First AngloBurmese War, it fell under British control. Manipur was the site of the Imphal Campaign, one of the major battles of World War II.

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