History Manipur, First Edition (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. ix, 452p, frontis.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. Philosophy of history and the historiography of Manipur. 2. Feudalism in pre colonial Manipur. 3. Colonial policy and practice. 4. The ethno nationalism in Manipur. Bibliography. Index. The lectures on the History of Manipur is a collection of four lectures which were delivered at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study at Shimla, by Prof. Gangmumei Kamei an eminently qualified and well read scholar on the subject. The themes of the lectures are historiography Feudalism colonialism and Ethno Nationalism of Manipur. This book is a brief review of the epistemology of history and historiography. The history historical knowledge the philosophy of history historical conscience, the mode of rational analysis or the scientific method constitute what is popularly known as the historical method. The basic tenets of historical method are the definition of history, nature and objective of historical studies, discovery of the historical facts the reconstruction of the historical past conceptualization, interpretation generalization and periodization of the historical events. (jacket).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. xviii, 214pp. Black cloth-covered boards, silver titles on spine. In as new condition throughout. 8vo. An account of the major anti-British revolt which erupted in the northeast Indian state of Manipur in 1891 - using contemporary accounts and offering an insight into the power relations within the hierarchy of the Raj.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Part I: The Feudal Era (1826-1891): Preface. 1. The beginnings of modern period. 2. Gambhir Singh (1825-1834). 3. Foreign policy of Gambhir Singh. 4. Nar Singh, the Noble King (1834-1850). 5. Maharaja Chandra Kirti Singh (1850-1886). 6. Feudal polity of Manipur. 7. The Anglo-Manipur War (1891). Bibliography. Index. Part II: The British Colonial Rule (1891-1947): 1. British rule in Manipur. 2. Maharaja Sir Churachand Singh (1891-1941). 3. The Kuki rebellion (1917-1919). 4. The Naga Raj movement. 5. The great women agitation (1939-40). 6. Hijam Irabot Singh (1896-1951). 7. Maharaja Bodhchandra Singh and the World War II. Bibliography. Index. Part III. The Emerging Democracy (1947-2000): 1. Genesis of Democracy and the experiment in constitutional monarchy. 2. Maharajkumar Priya Brata Singh as a Chief Minister (1947-1949). 3. Merger of Manipur (1949). 4. Manipur in the Post-Colonial India. 5. Democracy in practice (1972-2000). 6. The administration of the hill tribes. 7. Social change in modern Manipur. Annexure. Bibliography. Index. This historical treatise entitled " A History of Modern Manipur 1826-2000 (A Study of Fedualism, Colonialism and Democracy)" deals with three themes of modern history of Manipur. This is a continuation of Professor Gangmumei Kamei's earlier classic "A History of Manipur: Pre-Colonial Period". The volume I of this work deal with the Feudal Era (1826-1891). The Feudal Era covers concurrently with the last century of Manipur's Independence and beginning of the modern period. The Feudal Era covers the reigns of Maharaja Gambhir Singh, Maharaja Nara Singh, Maharaja Chandrakirti Singh and his successors till the outbreak of the Anglo-Manipur War and consequent British conquest of Manipur in 1891. This volume deals with the feudal polity of Manipur. Vol. 2 deals with the Colonial Rule in Manipur 1891-1947. The period covers the introduction of direct British Rule from 1891-1907 and the reign of Maharaja Churachand Singh 1891-1941. This volume deals with the stages and phases of British Colonial Rule and people's response to the foreign rule. There were anti-British movements like the famous First and Second Women's War, the outbreak of Kuki Rebellion and the Naga Raj movement of Jadonang and Rani Gaidinliu. Vo. 3 deals with the Post-Colonial period of emerging democracy in Manipur. This volume deals with the genesis of democracy and the experiment in constitutional monarchy. The working of the constitutional monarchy under Maharaja Bodhchandra, with Maharajkumar Priya Brata Singh as a Chief Minister has been elaborately dealt with. The author makes an appraisal of the democratic rule in Manipur under the chapter, Democracy in Practice 1972-2000. The Administration of the hill tribes of Manipur has been dealt with. There is a chapter on social change in Manipur which is a comprehensive write up on the subject. The three volumes provide a comprehensive history of modern Manipur.