2022 in Manipur explained

Events in the year 2022 in Manipur

Incumbents

• Governor of Manipur - La Ganesan
• Chief Minister of Manipur - Nongthombam Biren Singh
• Government of Manipur - Second N. Biren Singh ministry

Events

Ongoing :

— COVID-19 pandemic

— Meitei classical language movement

— Meitei linguistic purism movement

• 28 January - A unanimous resolution was passed by the "Meetei Erol Eyek Loinasillol Apunba Lup" (MEELAL), "All Manipur Working Journalists’ Union" (AMWJU) and "Editors' Guild Manipur" (EGM) in Imphal that all the newspapers in Meitei language (officially called Manipuri language) will be using the Meitei script (Manipuri: [[Meetei Mayek]]) instead of the Bengali script from .^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• 28 February to 5 March - 2022 Manipur Legislative Assembly election
• 28 February to 5 March - 12th Manipur Assembly
• 6 May - Inside the Kangla Fort, the "Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development" (IBSD), Imphal, planted around 50 fruit bearing plants.^[5]
• 11 May - Google Translate added Meitei language (under the name "Meiteilon (Manipuri)") during its addition of 24 new languages to the translation tool. The writing system used for Meitei language in this tool is Meitei script.^{[6] [7] [8]}
• 15 June - Statue of Meidingu Nara Singh was unveiled in the Kangla Sanathong (Western Kangla Gate) by Nongthombam Biren Singh, the Chief Minister of Manipur.^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}
• 19 June - Nongthombam Biren Singh, the Chief Minister of Manipur, flagged off an E-Rickshaw roadshow at the Kangla Sanathong (Kangla Western Gate) in Imphal.^[14]
• 25 June - "Green Imphal City Campaign" was organised under the theme "Planting towards Greener, Cleaner Imphal" by the Department of Municipal Administration, Housing and Urban Development (MAHUD) in the Kangla Nongpok Torban.^{[15] [16]}
• 27 June - At the Kangla Sanathong (Western Kangla Gate, Nongthombam Biren Singh, the Chief Minister of Manipur, flagged off the "Relief Assistance & Disaster Response Team" for the flood-affected people of Assam. Along with the relief materials consisting of 135 quintals of rice, 102 bags of dal, 120 bags of salt, 120 boxes of mustard oil, 40 personnels of State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) were also sent for rescue operations.^[17]
• 30 June - 2022 Manipur landslide
• 5 August - The Manipur State Legislative Assembly re-affirmed a resolution to record the Sanamahi religion (Sanamahism) in the Indian census data with a separate unique code as an officially recognised minority religion of India.^[18]
• 20 August - 31st anniversary to the Meitei Language Day was observed.^{[19] [20] [21]}
• 26 August 2022 to 30 August - Manipur Olympic Games 2022
• 18 September - The "Bio Clean Water Care Service OPC Private Limited" installed four bio toilets in the Kangla Nongpok Torban under PPP model, without taking any charges from the government of Manipur. It is the first of its kind in Imphal.^{[22] [23]}
• 11 September - Manasha Devi Sapam of Imphal was crowned the Miss Manipur 2022.^{[24] [25] [26] [27]}
• 16 September - The Government of Manipur set up a 15-member committee to verify the accuracy of books written about history, culture, tradition, and geography of Manipur, to avoid the distortion of facts, and also mandated the authors of the said subjects to submit their manuscripts (prior to publication) to the Director of Higher Education and University of Manipur, for verification and approval, failing which legal actions of prosecution will be taken up.^{[28] [29]}

Deaths

• 30 June - 2022 Manipur landslide - number of people died is 49 (as per the discovery of dead bodies as of 9 July).^[30]

See also

• History of Manipur

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meetei Mayek in newspapers . 2022-10-02 . www.thesangaiexpress.com . en.
2. Web site: Meetei Mayek in newspapers : 29th jan22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines . 2022-10-02 . e-pao.net.
3. Web site: Time . Pratidin . Meetei Mayek to Replace Bengali Script in Manipuri Newspapers from 2023 . 2022-10-02 . Pratidin Time . 30 January 2022 . en.
4. Web site: State dailies to cease Bengali script Manipuri papers from Jan, 2023 : 29th jan22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines . 2022-10-02 . e-pao.net.
5. Web site: 50 fruit bearing plants planted inside Kangla Fort in Imphal . 2022-10-02 . . en.
6. Web site: 12 May 2022 . Assamese, Meiteilon (Manipuri) and Mizo language has been added to Google translate, moment of pride for Northeastern India! - NE India Broadcast . 2 October 2022 . en-US.
7. Web site: 11 May 2022 . Google Translate adds support for Assamese, Mizo and Manipuri languages - Eastern Mirror . 2 October 2022 . easternmirrornagaland.com . en-GB.
8. Web site: 12 May 2022 . Google Translate gets support for 24 new languages including Assamese, Mizo and Manipuri . 2 October 2022 . TIME8 . en-US.
9. Web site: Maharaja Narasingh's bronze statue unveiled : 29th aug14 ~ E-Pao! Headlines . 2022-10-02 . e-pao.net.
10. News: Manipur CM unveils statue of King Narasingh . uniindia.com .
11. Web site: 2022-06-15 . Meidingu Narasingh statue unvieled Pothashang News . 2022-10-02 . Pothashang . en-GB.
12. Web site: Inaugurated a statue of the then king of Manipur, Nara Singh at Kangla . 2022-10-02 . Citizen Radio Manipur.
13. Web site: CM inaugurates Andro infrastructure, unveils Narasingh's statue : 16th jun22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines . 2022-10-02 . e-pao.net.
14. Web site: 2022-06-20 . Manipur CM N Biren Singh Flagged off an E-Rickshaw Roadshow at Western Gate of Kangla in ... - Latest Tweet by ANI LatestLY . 2022-10-02 . LatestLY . en.
15. Web site: Green Imphal campaign . 2022-10-02 . www.thesangaiexpress.com . en.
16. Web site: Green Imphal campaign : 26th jun22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines . 2022-10-02 . e-pao.net.
17. Web site: Manipur CM Flags-Off Relief Assistance & Disaster Response Team For Flood-Hit Assam – Northeast Today . 27 June 2022 . 2022-10-02 . en-US.
18. Web site: Separate code mooted for Sanamahi religion : 06th aug22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines . 2022-10-02 . e-pao.net.
19. Web site: 2022-08-20 . Biren compares Meitei to endangered Sangai Pothashang News . 2022-10-02 . Pothashang . en-GB.
20. Web site: Manipuri Language Day 2022: CM Biren proposes course on tribal dialects . 2022-10-02 . . en.
21. Web site: 2022-08-20 . Manipur observes 31st Manipuri Language Day - Eastern Mirror . 2022-10-02 . easternmirrornagaland.com . en-GB.
22. Web site: 4 Bio toilets installed at Nongpok Torban : 19th sep22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines . 2022-10-02 . e-pao.net.
23. Web site: Bio-toilet complex inaugurated : 19th sep22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines . 2022-10-02 . e-pao.net.
24. Web site: Mannasha Sapam crowned Miss Manipur-2022 : 13th sep22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines . 2022-10-03 . e-pao.net.
25. Web site: S . Vangamla Salle K. . 2022-09-12 . Miss Manipur 2022: Imphal's Manasha Devi Sapam wins title . 2022-10-03 . EastMojo . en-US.
26. Web site: NEWS . NE NOW . 2022-09-12 . Imphal's Manasha Devi Sapam wins Miss Manipur 2022 title . 2022-10-03 . NORTHEAST NOW . en-US.
27. Web site: Desk . Sentinel Digital . 2022-09-12 . Manipur: Manasha Devi Sapam of Imphal wins Miss Manipur 2022 title - Sentinelassam . 2022-10-03 . www.sentinelassam.com . en.
28. Web site: Scroll Staff . Manipur panel will review new books on state's history, culture to ensure accuracy . 2022-10-02 . . 17 September 2022 . en-US.
29. Web site: 2022-09-17 . Manipur: Government Sets Up Committee To Supervise Publication Of Books On State's History, Culture . 2022-10-02 . . en.
30. Web site: Manipur landslide: Two more bodies retrieved; toll mounts to 49 The Arunachal Times . 9 July 2022 . 2022-10-02 . en-US.