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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 Myanm ...

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memorial A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects or works of a ...

site in the

(formerly known as Mount Harriet) of the

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. Spanning over an area of more than 45000 sq ft, the memorial site is dedicated to the Manipuri freedom fighters and the martyrs of the

Anglo-Manipur war The Anglo-Manipur War was an armed conflict between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Manipur. The war lasted between 31 March and 27 April 1891 and ended in a British victory. Background In the First Anglo-Burmese War, the British helped p ...

. In the year 2022, the memorial site won the "International Muse Design Award 2022", through the designs of the ''"Huidrom Design Studios"'' from

History

When the

Anglo-Manipur War The Anglo-Manipur War was an armed conflict between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Manipur. The war lasted between 31 March and 27 April 1891 and ended in a British victory. Background In the First Anglo-Burmese War, the British helped p ...

ended in the year 1891, 23 Manipuri warriors were exiled to the British penal colony in the

, including Meitei King Kulachandra Dhwaja Singh, the Maharajah of

. At the time of the exile, the

Cellular Jail The Cellular Jail, also known as Kālā Pānī (), was a British colonial prison in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The prison was used by the British Raj, colonial government of India for the purpose of Penal transportation, exiling crimina ...

( Kalapani) was about to be built in the island. So,

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 ...

and other 22 freedom fighters were imprisoned on the ''Mount Manipur'', in the

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district. Prior to the construction of the ''Mount Manipur Memorial'' site on the

, the

Government of Manipur The Government of Manipur ( mni, Manipur Leingak; /mə.ni.pur lə́i.ŋak/), also known as the State Government of Manipur, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Manipur and its 16 districts. ...

talked to the government authorities of the

to provide a piece of land to construct the memorial site for the Manipuri warriors. In the year 2019, the ''A&N'' authorities agreed to provide a piece of land near the

. However, due to the

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, the process of the construction got delayed. The

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was given help by the

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in the construction of the memorial site.

Features

The Mount Manipur Memorial site displays and houses museum, royal sword monument, galleries, outdoor auditorium, cafeteria and gardens.

Sword monument

The "sword monument" in the ''Mount Manipur Memorial'' is a monument to commemorate the sacrifices of the freedom fighters and the martyrs in the

. It is associated with a gallery specifically dedicated to Meitei King Kulachandra Dhaja Singh, the Maharajah of

Manipur Kingdom The Manipur Kingdom was an ancient independent kingdom at the India–Burma frontier that was in subsidiary alliance with British India from 1824, and became a princely state in 1891. It bordered Assam Province in the west and Briti ...

and 22 Manipuri freedom fighters, who were exiled to the

from their homeland

after the end of the war.

Awards and honours

The Mount Manipur Memorial was designed by the

-based "Huidrom Design Studios" led by designer Suresh Huidrom, Nevia Laishram as ''lead architect'', Ribash Akoijam as 3D ''visual architect'', Galaxy Pungyambam as ''civil engineer'' and Danny Ahongsangbam as ''assistant architect''. It was bestowed the "International Muse Design Award 2022" in the Architectural Concept Design Competition. Afterwards, the memorial site has drawn attention to the global arena. Posting on the

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, the "Huidrom Design Studio" wrote as follows:

"Huidrom Design Studios is once again excited and honoured to receive the prestigious International Muse Design Award 2022 (Season2) as a GOLD WINNER for the Project Mount Manipur Memorial (Architectural Concept Design Competition). We are so blessed by the opportunity given to us by the Government of Manipur. Our special thanks to honourable CM Manipur for his incredible Vision and Ideas and for believing in us. This project design is indeed an organic design that not only the entire world recognized but also helps us leave footprints in the field of design & architecture today."

Notably, in the previous year 2021, the same studio won the

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in Muse Design Awards 2021 for the project

Imphal Peace Museum The Imphal Peace Museum (IPM) ( mni, Imphal Aying-Achik Pukei Lankei Shanglen, ja, インパール平和資料館, Inpāru heiwa shiryōkan) is a World War II museum at the foothills of the Red Hills (Maibam Lokpa Ching) in Manipur, India. It is ...

's Chief Minister

Nongthombam Biren Singh Nongthombam Biren Singh ( Meitei pronunciation: /nōng-thōm-bam bī-ren sīng/; born 1 January 1961) is an Indian politician, former footballer and journalist, who is currently serving as the Chief Minister of Manipur for the second term si ...

posted on

showing appreciations and encouragement to the architecture and the interior designing studio that brought global fame to

and

, as follows:

"Proud moment for our homegrown Architecture & Interior designing firm Huidrom Design Studio on winning the Silver Medal in Muse Design Awards 2021 for the project ‘Imphal Peace Museum.’ Participants from over 100 countries were competing for the Muse Design Award 2021, New York."

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