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केंद्र ने अंडमान के ' Mount Harriet' का नाम बदलकर ' Mount Manipur' रखा , वजह जानकर गर्व महसूस होगा।


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Mount Harriet in Andaman and Nicobar to be named Mount Manipur- What is the significance?

The Government of India, has decided to rename Mount Harriet as Mount Manipur. Mount Harriet is an island peak in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.


The announcement was made by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah while he was addressing a public function at Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on October 16, 2021.
The Union Government has also announced that it will assist the Manipur state government in constructing a memorial site at Mount Manipur in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Further Hon’ HM Amit Shah has also announced that the Central Govt will assist Manipur in establishing a memorial site at Mt Manipur in Andaman Nicobar Island. The process for signing lease agreement between Andaman Government and Manipur Government is under process.




The Chief Minister of Manipur, N. Biren Singh said that the state government has asked the people to organize candlelight celebrations to express to PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for renaming Mount Harriet National Park as Mount Manipur National Park in memory of the freedom fighters in the state.
What is Manipur’s connection to Mount Harriet?
After the Anglo-Manipur War of 1891, several Manipuris who had fought the British in the war, including Maharaja Kulachandra Dhwaja Singh, were exiled to the British penal colony in the Andaman Islands. Since the cellular jail (Kalapani) was yet to be built, Kulachandra and the prisoners were kept on Mount Harriet, a hillock in what is now the Ferragunj tehsil of South Andaman district.
According to a British-era document from the Manipur State Archives, 23 men, including King Kulachandra and his brothers, were “transported for life” to the Andamans. While some died there, Kulachandra was released and shifted elsewhere before his death.

“The 23 are considered war heroes in Manipur. That is why Mount Harriet is an important symbol of the Anglo-Manipur War of 1891,” said Wangam Somorjit, an Imphal-based historian who specialises in the war.
who was Mount Harriet originally named after?
Mount Harriet is the third highest peak in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and served as the summer headquarters of the Chief Commissioner during British Raj.

It is believed to be named after British artist and photographer, Harriet Christina Tytler, who was the wife of Robert Christopher Tytler, a soldier who served in the British Indian Army. Between 1862 and 1864, Tytler was the superintendent of the penal colony at Port Blair.