{"id":241903,"date":"2023-05-11T20:02:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=241903"},"modified":"2023-05-11T20:02:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T14:32:15","slug":"who-are-the-meitei-manipurs-valley-dwellers-with-an-old-and-rich-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/who-are-the-meitei-manipurs-valley-dwellers-with-an-old-and-rich-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are the Meitei, Manipur\u2019s valley-dwellers with an old and rich history?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cWho are the Meitei, Manipur\u2019s valley-dwellers with an old and rich history?\u201d<\/b> published i<\/span>n Indian Express <\/b>on 11th May 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

The <\/span>All-Tribal Students\u2019 Union of Manipur (ATSUM) has carried out a solidarity march in order to oppose the demand of the Meitei Community to be included in the List of State\u2019s Scheduled Tribes(ST).<\/span><\/p>\n

The march broke into violent clashes after an order from the Manipur High Court, directing the State to pursue a 10-year-old recommendation to grant ST status to the non-tribal Meitei community.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who are Meitis?<\/b><\/h2>\n

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The Meiteis are divided into seven Salai or clans \u2014 Mangang, Luwang, Khuman, Angom, Moirang Kha, Ngangba, and Sarang Leishangthem.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why does the Meitei community want ST Status?<\/b><\/h2>\n

The Meitei community has been demanding ST status since 2012, asking to provide them with constitutional safeguards to preserve their culture, language, and identity.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Meiteis argue that they were recognised as a tribe before the merger of Manipur with India in 1949 but lost their identity after the merger in India.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result of being left out of the ST list, the Meitei community feels marginalized and victimized without any constitutional protections.<\/span><\/p>\n

Their population, which was 59% of the total population of Manipur in 1951, has now been reduced to 44% as per 2011 Census data.<\/span><\/p>\n

They believe that granting ST status would help preserve their ancestral land, tradition, culture, and language, and safeguard them against outsiders.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cWho are the Meitei, Manipur\u2019s valley-dwellers with an old and rich history?\u201d published in Indian Express on 11th May 2023 What is the News? The All-Tribal Students\u2019 Union of Manipur (ATSUM) has carried out a solidarity march in order to oppose the demand of the Meitei Community… Continue reading Who are the Meitei, Manipur\u2019s valley-dwellers with an old and rich history?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,7965,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-241903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}