This book is based on the Author’s thesis approved for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Aligarh Muslim University. However, he has made certain omissions and additions in the text. Bordered with Myanmar, Manipur occupies a strategically situated State in the north-eastern region. In the wake of the political upheaval of 1891, Manipur lost her identity and became a protectorate of the British Government of India. Since the uprising of the Manipuris against the British, she had confronted with several political problems from time to time. To make it more convenient, nine distinct periods of this process have been singled out for the detailed treatment in the body of the book. The important events of these periods which have had any significant impact on the course of the State’s political development have been thoroughly researched. Based on intensive research, it constitutes, perhaps, the first kind of systematic, objective, and critical analysis of the political history of Manipur as well as the genesis, growth and rise of the political and constitutional movement in the erstwhile princely State of Manipur from 1919 till its merger with the Union of India. Thus, the dream of Sardar Patel’s unification of India by abolishing the native state was accomplished. Rightly said, a new chapter in the history of Manipur was opened ending up the age-long dynastic rule in this small kingdom. Today, Manipur has become one of the full-fledged states of India. Since then the process of democratic political socialization of administrative system has been going on; and people are very much involved in politics. The book will be of immense use for the scholars who are doing research in the field of political and administrative history of Manipur.
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