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

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