Kuki war remembered
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 19 2011:
The Kuki Independence War Memorial Committee organised the 94th anniversery of Kuki War of independence today at Kuki Inpi.
Fought agaist the British during 1917 to 1919, the observation paid floral tributes to the portraits of the war heroes and also discoursed on their courageousness.
The commemoration was organised by Kuki Independence War Memorial Committee Imphal and attended by various civil society organisations of the state such as AMUKO, Poirei Leimarol Apunba Meira Paibi Lup, WASAK, LIPUN, United Ching-Tam Association, UPF, IPSA, HERICOUN and Kanglamei.
Speaking at the occasion, member of the memorial committee, Tonglen Haokip said that the observation was organised every year on December 19 to commemorade the war of Independence fought agaist Bristish from 1917 to 1919 .
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He maintained that the observation also aimed to inculcate the bravery and fortitude of the war heroes to the younger generation of the State.