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Sonapur, Jiribam
Sonapur is a village near Jiribam in Jiribam district of Manipur, India.District Census Handbook: Imphal East
" Directorate of Census Operations, Manipur, Government of India, 2011


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Ashab Uddin Muhammad Ashab Uddin ( bn, মুহম্মদ আসহাব উদ্দীন) is an Indian Bengali politician and social worker. He is two times member of the Manipur Legislative Assembly, and formerly served as ''Pradhan'' for two terms. ...
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Jiribam
Jiribam ( Meitei pronunciation:/jee-ree-baam/) is a municipal council in the Jiribam district of the state of Manipur, India. It is one of the fastest-growing towns in Manipur. The town is located on the state's westernmost boundary, adjoining the Cachar district of Assam. It is also known as the western gate of Manipur. Jiribam town is inhabited by the Meiteis, Bengalis, Hmars and various other communities. The majority of the people in Jiribam District are Bengalis but in town area Meiteis are the majority. History The recorded history of Jiribam began during the British colonial period. At the beginning of the 19th century, several tribes and religious groups began to migrate to the area along the Jiri River. During this era, the Jiri River was a famous landmark and Jiribam was a major trade center. The area was ruled by Maharaja Meidingngu Churachand from 1891 to 1941; he was a minor at the time of his ascendancy. In 1907, the Manipur State Durbar was established to assist ...
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Jiribam District
Jiribam District ( Meitei pronunciation: /jee-ree-baam/) is a district in the state of Manipur, India. It was created in December 2016 from the Imphal East district. Administrative divisions The following are the sub-divisions in Jiribam district: * Jiribam Jiribam ( Meitei pronunciation:/jee-ree-baam/) is a municipal council in the Jiribam district of the state of Manipur, India. It is one of the fastest-growing towns in Manipur. The town is located on the state's westernmost boundary, adjoining ... * Borobekra Jiribam district as a whole is one state assembly constituency - the Jiribam Assembly constituency. Demographics The district had a population of 42,838. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 16.94% and 12.52% of the population respectively. Religion Hinduism is the majority religion in Jiribam district, followed by Islam. Language Notes References External links Jiribam district Districts of Manipur {{Manipur-geo-stub ...
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Manipur
Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of Myanmar, Sagaing Region to the east and Chin State to the south. The state covers an area of . Manipur has been at the crossroads of Asian economic and cultural exchange for more than 2,500 years. It connects the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia to Southeast Asia, East Asia, Siberia, regions in the Arctic, Micronesia and Polynesia enabling migration of people, cultures and religions. During the days of the British Indian Empire, the Kingdom of Manipur was one of the princely states. Between 1917 and 1939, some people of Manipur pressed the princely rulers for democracy. By the late 1930s, the princely state of Manipur negotiated with the British administration its preference to continue to be part of the Indian Empire, rather than part of B ...
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, int ...
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Ashab Uddin
Muhammad Ashab Uddin ( bn, মুহম্মদ আসহাব উদ্দীন) is an Indian Bengali politician and social worker. He is two times member of the Manipur Legislative Assembly, and formerly served as ''Pradhan'' for two terms. Early life and education Muhammad Ashab Uddin was born on 1 October 1966, to a Bengali Muslim family that has been settled in Manipur for over a century. His father was Muhammad Turpan Ali of Sonapur, an employee of the Department of Education in Manipur and the headmaster of Lalpani Aided J. B. School from 1966 to 2004. In 1963, Turpan Ali became the first Muslim to pass the University of Gauhati-conducted Class Tenth Exam. His grandfather, Muhammad Ghulam Rashid, was former ''Pradhan'' of Sonapur from 1975 to 1980. Uddin completed his education until class 12, and lives in Babupara, Imphal. Career Ashab Uddin participated in the 2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election from Jiribam constituency in Imphal East district. Despite be ...
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Manipur Legislative Assembly
The Manipur Legislative Assembly is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Manipur. See also *Vidhan Sabha *List of districts of Manipur *State governments of India *List of constituencies of the Manipur Legislative Assembly ReferencesManipur Lok Sabha Election 2019 Results Website
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