Mount Harriet in the Andaman Islands will be renamed Mount Manipur in honour of freedom fighters

Mount Harriet in the Andaman Islands will be renamed Mount Manipur in honour of freedom fighters

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Category : Miscellaneous Published on: October 19 2021

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  • The Union government has decided to rename Mount Harriet, an island peak in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, as a homage to Manipur's liberation heroes. Mount Manipur will now be its name.
  • The state of Manipur was the only one to enact its own constitution.
  • During the Anglo-Manipuri conflict, Maharaja Kulchandra Singh of Manipur and 22 other freedom warriors were imprisoned on Mount Harriet, the third-highest island peak in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago (1891).

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About Andaman and Nicobar

  • Old name of Andaman and Nicobar: "Shaheed-Dweep" (Martyr Island) and "Swaraj-dweep" (Self-rule Island).
  • Capital: Port Blair 
  • Established: 1 November 1956
  • District: 3
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