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| Parent institution | Assam University |
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| Founder | University Grants Commission |
| Head | Saratchandra Singh [a] [1] |
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Department of Manipuri, also known as Manipuri Department, is an educational department of studies in Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language), institutionally parented to the Assam University of Silchar in Assam. [2] [1]
In November 1996, the University Grants Commission (U.G.C.) gave the approval of the creation of Department of Manipuri, simultaneously with those of Arabic, Social Work, Business Administration and Computer Science. The classes of these departments commenced on 15 July 1997 for the first time, for which the teachers of the subjects concerned were given appointment in March 1997, four months back. [3]
The Reader and Head of the department is Saratchandrea Singh. Another notable reader is W. Raghumani Singh. Notable lecturers of the department of Manipuri are H. Nanikumar Singh and M. Rajendra Singh. [1]
According to the department's own website, the department of Manipuri focuses on language, culture, folklore, literature and translation theories, offering the degrees of M.Sc. (by course work), M.A. (open course), M.Phil. (by course work and dissertation), Ph.D. (by course work and research work) and D.Litt (by research work). [4] [5] [6]
The department of Manipuri of Assam University has an allotment of 100 marks on Folklore in the syllabus of Master's degree of the Manipuri language paper. The colleges affiliated to the Assam University follow the same pattern of 100 marks, dedicated to folklore, in the Bachelor's degree. The mark allotment and the provision of paper for the academic study for Meitei folklore are similarly systematized in the Manipur University. The department of Manipuri of Assam University gives training programs for the students of Ph.D. degree for the specialisation in folklore, so as to uplift the importance of Meitei folklore. [7]
The Department of Manipuri of the Assam University encompasses various departments of the same subject (Manipuri) in colleges affiliated to the Assam University, including but not limited to the Department of Manipuri, Cachar College, [8] the Department of Manipuri, Gurucharan College, [9] the Department of Manipuri, Lala Rural College, Hailakandi, [10] the Department of Manipuri, Patharkandi College, [11] the Department of Manipuri, Janata College, Kabuganj, etc. [12]
Meitei also known as Manipuri, is a Tibeto-Burman language of northeast India. It is the official language and the lingua franca of Manipur and an additional official language in four districts of Assam. It is one of the constitutionally scheduled official languages of the Indian Republic. Meitei is the most widely-spoken Tibeto-Burman language of India and the third most widely spoken language of northeast India after Assamese and Bengali. There are 1.76 million Meitei native speakers in India according to the 2011 census, 1.52 million of whom are found in the state of Manipur, where they represent the majority of its population. There are smaller communities in neighbouring Indian states, such as Assam (168,000), Tripura (24,000), Nagaland (9,500), and elsewhere in the country (37,500). The language is also spoken by smaller groups in neighbouring Myanmar and Bangladesh.
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Cachardistrict is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. After independence, the pre-existing undivided Cachar district was split into four districts: Dima Hasao, Hailakandi, Karimganj, and the current Cachar district. Silchar is Cachar district's center of government.
Dima Hasao district, is an administrative district in the state of Assam, India. As of 2011, it is the least populous district of Assam.
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Bishnupriya Manipuri, also known as Bishnupriya Meitei or simply as Bishnupriya, is an Indo-Aryan lect belonging to the Bengali–Assamese linguistic sub-branch. It is a creole of Bengali language and Meitei language and it still retains its pre-Bengali features. It is spoken in parts of the Indian states of Assam, Tripura and Manipur as well as in the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh. It uses the Bengali-Assamese script as its writing system. Bishnupriya Manipuri, being a member of the Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, was evolved from Magadhi Prakrit. So, its origin is associated with Magadha realm. The Government of Tripura categorised Bishnnupriya Manipuri under the "Tribal Language Cell" of the State Council of Educational Research and Training. Its speakers are also given the "Other Backward Classes" status by the Assam Government and notably, there is no legal status of the Bishnupriyas in Manipur. In the 2020s, the Bishnupriya speaking people started demanding that the Assam Government should give them the status of "indigenous people" of Assam and treat the same like other indigenous communities of the state.
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The Barak Valley is the southernmost region and administrative division of the Indian state of Assam. It is named after the Barak river. The Barak valley consists of three administrative districts of Assam namely - Cachar, Karimganj, and Hailakandi. The main and largest city is Silchar, which seats the headquarter of Cachar district and also serves as administrative divisional office of Barak valley division. The valley is bordered by Mizoram and Tripura to the south, Bangladesh and Meghalaya to the west and Manipur to the east respectively. Once North Cachar Hills was a part of Cachar district which became a subdivision in 1951 and eventually a separate district. On 1 July 1983, Karimganj district was curved out from the eponymous subdivision of Cachar district. In 1989 the subdivision of Hailakandi was upgraded into Hailakandi district.
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Chiru is a Kuki-Chin language spoken mostly in Manipur. The Chiru population numbers approximately 8,599. It is an endangered spoken in three districts of Manipur: Senapati, Noney district of Manipur and Cachar district of Assam. Chiru has been recognized as a Scheduled Tribe of Manipur by the government of India since 1956 under "The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Orders (Amendment) Act, Act No. 63 of 1956" Dated 25 September 1956. The total population of the native speakers of Chiru is only 8599. The native speakers have high proficiency in Meitei language. The language is neither used in schools nor in radio or mass media. Older people read and write in Meitei language. The younger generation of Chiru speakers prefers Roman script.
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Assam – 16th largest, 15th most populous and 26th most literate state of the 28 states of the democratic Republic of India. Assam is at 14th position in life expectancy and 8th in female-to-male sex ratio. Assam is the 21st most media exposed states in India. The Economy of Assam is largely agriculture based with 69% of the population engaged in it. Growth rate of Assam's income has not kept pace with that of India's during the Post-British Era; differences increased rapidly since the 1970s. While the Indian economy grew at 6 percent per annum over the period of 1981 to 2000, the same of Assam's grew only by 3.3 percent.
2024 in Meitei culture, including but not limited to Meitei architecture, Meitei cinema, Meitei cuisine, Meitei dances, Meitei festivals, Meitei language, Meitei literature, Meitei music, Meitei religion, Meitei script, etc.
Sonai is a town in the Cachar district in the Indian state of Assam. It is also the name of a circle and block in the town. Government of Assam declared it as a municipal area on 2016 with 11 wards. The River Sonai flows through the town of Sonai joining with Barak River near Dungripar Village of Sonai. The Chandragiri Park and an Archeological site, a temple of Kachari Kingdom at Shivtilla (Changutilla) near Madhab Chandra Das College is a famous place to visit.
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The social movement of Meitei language to be included as an associate official language of the Government of Assam is advocated by several literary, political, social associations and organisations as well as notable individual personalities of Northeast India.
Meitei language, officially and formally known as Manipuri language, is one of the official languages of the state government of Assam. It serves as the additional official language in all the three districts of the Barak Valley as well as in the Hojai district of Assam.
Department of Manipuri, also known as Manipuri Department, is an educational department of studies in Meitei language, institutionally parented to the Manipur University of Canchipur, Imphal. It organises research works in Meitei literature, specifically in Meitei folklore and in Old Manipuri.
The Meitei people, also called Manipuri people, is one of the minority ethnic groups in Assam. They are referred to as Mekhlee, Mekhelee, Meckley, Monipuri, Monipuriya, Magalu, Mogolu, Moglie, Moglai, among many other names dedicated to them by the other people of Assam. Meiteis call Assam as "Tekhao" or "Tekhau" or "Tekhaw". In October 2020 their population was estimated 168,127 with its population, the Meitei tribe is a fairly large ethnic minority in Assam and Meitei culture can be found in everywhere places.
Moreover, Manipuri in MA and PhD courses are offered at Assam University, Silchar.
Several universities, notably Assam University and Silchar University, provide Manipuri language courses.
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