1939-TYRANT'S HENCHMAN- MARWARI DRACULAS

22nd December- WHY THE UPRISING
Guwahati,Asom

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20 December,2008
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The tyrant king and his henchmen- the Marwaari traders- drove the Manipuris to the economic wall of history, with the help of a handful of Meetei collborators[ they have to be there in every history] till they pushed back the tyrant and his coalition.The arm of history was long enough to curtail their spell even after the near-famine event. The Manipuri women fixed the final accountability of the 1939 uprising to the Manipur Darbar members [ cf. their memorandum to the king on 19 Jan.1940].
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The agitationists wanted that the bloodsucker_ Kasturichand and Seraoji- be exiled from Manipur, the Darbar members be thrown out,Khomdram IP the commando- hero who kicked leader Sabi at her breast and MK Priyabarata Singh ,who violently kicked Oinam Ibemhal Devi at her private parts till she fainted and her parts profusely bled, be brought to book.The irony of history is that history's offenders remain icons of a set of gen-next of the Meeteis who adore the former.A truth commission may reveal the whole truth after half a century when the days of the jackals may partially decline.

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At the beginning of the 20th century, Manipuris who could not pay fine had been sold as slaves by the tyrants's rules. Husbands had to sell out wives and their loving children in that way by the norms espoused by the king.Even today, a handful of Meetei elements worship the tyrant for all the crimes he committed against humanity.Ironically, one H.Cheitanaya Singh was poor enough to demand Rs. 200/- from Major Maxwell for the latter's marriage of the former's lawful wife Sanatombi, and now, the novels are twisted to make everything spicy.The bourgeois way of twisting history and facts?

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Self-aggrandisement was not a new event.Churachand-the British stooge since his childhood had to sepnd Rs. 37,753 for his coronation, while the poverty of 50,000 Meetei valley households was staring directly at the eyes of history for emancipation by either Congress radicals or communists of late 1949- whosoever.Daily wage of a Meetei labourer varied from 2 to 4 annas a day.Hill people had been exploited by one and all,particularly by the king and his nobles.

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Economic Crimes committed by Marwaaris:

1] By fabrication of Khatas, Marwaaris ruined a large number of Meetei families barring the king's relatives.Even then, only Narsingh's progeny had been favoured.

2]Marwaaris bought rice from peasants by 48 seers a maund and sold to others at 40 seers a maund.They cheated the carters also in payment routinely.

3]They bribed routinely the tyrant and misused the Red passes, encouraged Meetei women to smuggle rice at night; the poor had no choice but to follow their market rules.

4] Even during poor harvest period, they procured rice and chira by foul means for export thereby leaving very little for the Manipuris.The one in 10,000 who had nexus with the king did not suffer, the rest suffered.

5]Katurichand,encouraged by his lord tyrant-the Meetei king proclaimed in public that he would buy out all rice next year and feed the Meeteis- the husk only.A handful of Meetei ruling class smiled,but the majoritarian poor still hate the tyrant coalition. Even today some Meeteis state that in return for importing dal,oil,onion etc from outside, Manipuris have to export rice.The outsiders get a thriving market here,by selling Rs 24/- a kg of onion which they purchased at Rs 3/- a kg at the maximum.The reciprocity argument is badly organised in market terms.

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Tyrant is dead,long live the tyrant- a slogan of a microscopic few ,which 99.9 % of Manipur population would love to hate, specially on Nupilal observance.History bridges the past with the future, and we are crossing that bridge.