Category : MiscellaneousPublished 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).
Important Facts
About Andaman and Nicobar
Old name of Andaman and Nicobar: "Shaheed-Dweep" (Martyr Island) and "Swaraj-dweep" (Self-rule Island).