Mount Manipur:

• The Government of India has renamed Mount Harriet of Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) Islands to Mount Manipur.
• Mount Harriet is the third-highest island peak in the A&N Islands.
• It is the place where Manipur’s Maharaja Kulchandra Singh and 22 other freedom fighters were imprisoned during the Anglo-Manipuri war (1891).
• Hence, Mount Harriet has been renamed as Mount Manipur to pay tribute to those freedom fighters of Manipur.
• 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, ending in a British victory.
• This war also led to Manipur officially becoming a princely state under the indirect rule of the British crown.

Source: EPIC October 2021