Maharaja Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king". A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, an ...

Sir Meidingngu Churachand , also known as Churachandra or Chura ChandImperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 186.
/ref> (1886–1941), was a Meitei King and a Maharaja of

Kangleipak 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 Myanm ...

(). He ascended the throne after his predecessor

Kulachandra Singh Kulachandra Singh was a Meitei monarch and the Maharaja of Manipur kingdom. He was a son of Maharaja Chandrakriti. Exile to the Cellular Jail At the end of the Anglo-Manipur War in the year 1891, which resulted in the British victory, Kula ...

was jailed. He was a 5-year-old boy when he was placed on the throne on 22 September 1891, after the troubles of the

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of 1891. In 1907, he was formally declared king, after completing education at

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. He received the title of

in 1918 and was knighted as a Knight Commander of the

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in the

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, becoming Sir Churachandra Singh.

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Ethel St. Clair Grimwood, ''My Three Years in Manipur and Escape from the Recent Mutiny'' (fl.1891)
{{S-end Meitei royalty Hindu monarchs Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India 1886 births 1941 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

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