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Kukis claim to be indigenous people of Manipur but history says otherwise: Ch Bijoy
Kukis claim to be indigenous people of Manipur but history says otherwise: Ch Bijoy
Imphal: Socio political commentator and former BJP chief spokesperson Ch. Bijoy has questioned the audacity of the Kuki people in demanding their homeland in Manipur when other indigenous communities living in the state have not raised such a demand. He also pointed out that the Kuki people claim themselves to be one of the indigenous tribes of Manipur, but history says otherwise.
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Briefing the media at his Lamphel residence today, Ch. Bijoy said, Page 73 of the book titled “Wild Races of The Eastern Frontier of India” written by Thomas Herbert Lewin clearly mentions the Kuki tribe and, as per the book, the Kuki people first made their settlement in the remote locations of Chittagong Hill tracts in 1580 and they were nudists then.
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He further said Kukis cannot claim to be indigenous people of Manipur, simply based on false narratives, adding that Kukis must challenge the writings of Thomas Herbert Lewin in the Court if they actually thought they were indigenous inhabitants of Manipur. He also asked why the Kuki community has not challenged the terminology of “Old” and “New” Kukis used by the British writers.
Reacting to a series of claims recently made by BJP MLA Paolienlal Haokip who had stressed that the creation of three union territories would end the prevailing conflict, Ch. Bijoy also asked why the BJP had not yet clarified the BJP MLA’s remarks.
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Kukis claim to be indigenous people of Manipur but history says otherwise: Ch Bijoy
Seems it is time for some motivated, aligned and retrograde historians and self styled intellectuals to air their trash output in public. Why not dig deep further and extradite those not original Indians, once for all.
KL Kumar
Totally agreed. If one go further back, say a 1000 years, meiteis may not also be indigenous to Manipur. What is mean by indigenous? The present north Indian people are descendants of Aryan, who came from west and drive the dravidian to the south. This mean that north Indians are not indigenous to India. How far one has to go back?
Wangkheimayum Shyam
Before putting a comment, I suggest you please go through the history of Manipur which is more than 2,000 years old. Manipur has had a series of 78 Kings since 33 AD when the first King Nongda Lairen Pakhangba ascended the throne at Kangla,(Imphal), Manipur. And the main cause of the present crisis in Manipur is Kuki narco-terrorism and Chin Kuki illegal immigrants from Myanmar. Recently NIA arrested a Kuki terrorist for waging war against India. Do you support kukis in their war against India? Meiteis are the people who always brought laurels to the nation in sports, Art and Culture, however, Kukis are a big threat to the national security of India. Please go through it deeply otherwise don’t put comments based on half-baked information.
Jai Hind🇮🇳
Jayathkumar Thomas
BRAHMINS ALSO CLAIM THEIR RIGHTS AS CITIZENS OF INDIA . BUT ALL KNOW AND IT IS HISTORICAL TRUTH THAT THEY INTRUDED INTO OUR COUNTRY THROUGH KAIBER and BOLAN passes . KUKHI TRIBE ALSO MIGHT HAVE SETTLED THERE SOME 700 YEARS AGO .SO THEY ARE ALSO INDIAN CITIZENS . THEN WHAT IS THERE IN MENTIONING THEM AS NUDE PEOPLE ONCE . VISIT ALL THE HINDU TEMPLES AND WATCH ALL THE STATUES THERE . IT IS EVIDENT THAT NOBODY INCLUDING GOD AND GODESSES WORE ANY DRESS and THEY ALSO WERE NUDES . DO YOU WANT TO JUSTIFY THE RAPES AND MURDERS OF MANIPUR ? IT ITSELF EXPOSES YOUR CUNNING BA RAHMIN MENTALITY . YOU WERE ALSO HALF NAKED TILL LATE 195O – 60 S . INDIA IS A GLASS JAR OF SO MANY PIECES JUST PASTED TOGETHER . DON’T TRY TO BREAK IT .
Mapuia82
The Britishers called all the the Mizo’s clans “Kukis” when they started exploring the region.They first encountered the tribes in now called Bangladesh and called them Kuki.When further exploring the east ,the tribes inhabited the region upto now called Burma and Manipur.So, they called their first known tribes as old Kukis ,and newly explored same tribes as new Kukis.Thats is why ,Old and New Kukis were how they called the tribes
Indigenous
You don’t have to refer to British, Manipur has it’s own records history.
Lusheis are the ones who pushed Kukis up north to Manipur in around 1845. Kukis came to Manipur to save themselves form the onslaught of more dominant Lusheis. Manipur king provided them shelter. They were also provided with 200 guns to protect themselves. These Kukis have become part and parcel of Manipur and are known as Khongsai as per record, we consider them permanent residents. However there were several new waves of migration starting from 1960s, 1980 and 2000s due to various reasons. These new waves are refugee and illegal immigrants.
Wangkheimayum Shyam
A nomadic tribe first heard of as KUKI in Manipur, between 1830 and 1850 during the reign of Maharaja of Manipur Nara Singh also known as the era of coming of Kukis in Manipur. They took refuge in the hill tracts of Manipur bordering Burma (Myanmar) subsequently they influx into the hill range of Thanging range, during the reign of Maharaja Churachan Singh in 1872 thus the Churachanpur district is name after the king. Now kukis are desperately trying to alter the original name Churchanpur into Lamka so that they may claim themselves as aboriginal of Manipur, actually not at all.
As far as the prevailing situation in Manipur is concerned, kukis are responsible for it as they burnt down thousands of Meitei houses based on a rumour of burning a gate of Kukis at Kuki-infested Churchanpur by Meiteis.
Narco Kukis are becoming a big threat to humanity as they put much labour on poppy plantations to manufacture harmful drugs. The world is against drugs and narco Kukis are manufacturing drugs and spreading narco-terrorism in full swing in Manipur.
Say no to drugs, yes to life.
Jai Bharat🇮🇳
Imli Jamir
Okay, so what about the anglo-Kuki monument? How do you explain the involvement of the Kuki freedom fighters during the British Raj? Of some 100+ wasn’t 80’s of them Kuki? I know Kuki and Thankul don’t like each other so why bringing up such things ( which only adds fuel to the fire) I’ve even seen elder church leaders of Tangkhul speaking negative about the Kuki! As a Naga Christian, m soooo disappointed with the Nagas of Manipur.
Indigenous
No one is saying all Kukis are illegal immigrants.
There are 3 waves of Kuki migration in Manipur.
1. Those brought by British in 1845 – 1865 they are now permanent citizen of Manipur and henceforth India.
2. Those came in 1960s – they were given refugees status.
3. Those came in 1980s and 2000s – there were no process to classify them and should be treated as illegal immigrants.
Please note none of the 3 categories can be considered as indigenous people. Same as Nagas of Nagaland won’t consider Tangkhuls as indigenous people of Nagaland.
The no of Kukis have grown so much in last few decades that Nagas have lost around 2/3 MLA seats. Now it’s 10/10 MLAs, before it was 10/7.
Now coming to so called *Anglo-Kuki* war, everyone in Manipur remember that as Thadou-Kuki rebellion or . And in fact during that period i.e. 1917-1919, Kukis killed so many Tangkhuls and Kabuis. We can ter. That period as Kuki Marauders 1917-19.
Please do some Google search of you wanted to know more about it. Kuki are good at lying and distortion.
LamBeck
Thank you so much for your opinion & concern. So far the only crime we commited in Manipur is being Kuki-zo. Territory & the people come in a package. It’s not possible to want the territory & not the people. But we are hopeful God will answer our prayers.🙏🙏🙏
Whitenoise160
By this logic Khasis are also not indigenous people of Meghalaya. They came from China. (Mon Khmer). Nepalis are not indigenous of Darjeeling. Typical Divide and Rule mindset of the BJP
Indigenous
Khasis came to Meghalaya centuries ago,
Do you know when ?
Some Kukis came first time in 1865, majority came after 1960s and then 1980s and 2000s in different waves.
Now would you consider Kukis who came.to Meghalaya recently as indigenous people of Meghalaya?
Raj
Ariyans who live in North India came from Afgan and Iran. So they are alo not Indigenous. Must be send back as per you.
Lalnunfela
During that time.. The Kuki land is not include Manipur area.
In 900 AD, The Meitei and Kuki were battle in this land. Meitei ruin the kuki, they were fight back in kuki peoples and meitei are push back in there land Manipur.
In 1840, Meitei Raja Ghambir singh to inform British officer Premberton. Let The kuki land is make in Manipur area. But, the British foreign department is not accept the request of Meitei Raja .
In 1933 th Assam chief secretary make a Lushai Boundary without consent of The Lushai cheiftaint. It is not acceptable for Lushai/Kuki peoples.
Indigenous
Well Lusheis are the ones who pushed Kukis up north to Manipur in around 1845. Kukis came to Manipur to save themselves form the onslaught of more dominant Lusheis. Manipur king provided them shelter. They were also provided with 200 guns to protect themselves.
These Kukis have become part and parcel of Manipur, we consider them permanent residents. However there were several new waves of migration starting from 1960s, 1980 and 2000s due to various reasons. These new waves are refugee and illegal immigrants.
Dr.Gopal
That’s why when indulging in protests and road blockages these kuki women without any hesitation start Stripping off their Dress and become nude which is a Congenital trait , I presume.
Malsom Vaiphei
Did you ever see kuki women stripping off their dress,you have seen the Meira Paibis and mistaken for kukis, please study the truth before making comments
Dawman
Nope you’re wrong my friend, if you dig in to the history of protest in Manipur, you will see meitei women protesting in naked against rape and murder against the security forces.
LamBeck
OMG😳 did U intentionally wrote that or U really is ignorant that U dnt know who the Meira paibis are?? Being a doctor, I hope U are educated & know how to read newspapers & refer to facts before making any comment. & Plz stop presuming & distorting facts. FYI meiteis are congenital liars. They are allergic to evidences.🤷🥴🤥
M Hkip
Dr Gopal you can correct your lines as the kuki women never strip naked . Just a little effort of googling is all you must do. Your lines are as shameful as your initial.
Philip
What are u smoking
tapan kumar
thats happen when you smole weed too much and sleep lately and wokeup early
KL Kumar
If you don’t know, better to keep mum. The stripping incident which you might have was that of ladies who stripped in front of Assam Regiment HQ, Imphal some decades ago. Those were from meitei. Gherao of armed forces are in the valley. There were rallies in the hills and armed forces went side by side as preventive measures
Ricky
I think you are confusing yourself with meitei women and kukis. Do some research before commenting. You are embarrassing yourself.
Marie
Bias.
LamBeck
In this manipur crisis, the aim of the meitei community & their leaders is to keep on distorting facts. So Ch Bijoy, say what you want, say what you like, FACTS will remain the same.period🤷
Wangkheimayum Shyam
If so, then what are you waiting for? Go ahead and counter the allegations levelled against the Kukis and prove the Meiteis wrong. I know you don’t have the guts to do that except blah blah blah as you don’t have any credible material to confront the Meitei’s allegations. Forget all that, just tell your poppy planter to stop it and push back the Chin Kuki illegal immigrants to their native land who are residing inside your homestead land. Otherwise, get ready to face the legal consequences.
Jai Hind🇮🇳
tapan kumar
bias…….BJP hatao desh bachaoo