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

Category : Miscellaneous
Published on: October 19 2021 Share on facebook

  • 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).
  • Capital: Port Blair 
  • Established: 1 November 1956
  • District: 3
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