12 December commemoration
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, December 10 2011:
Saluting the spirit of Manipuri women who have always been in the forefront in the fight against social injustice, the 12 December Ningshing Thouram Observation Committee would be observing the 72nd December 12 Ningshing Thouram at THAU ground, Thangmeiband on December 12 .
In a statement, the 12 December Ningshing Thouram Observation Committee (AMAWOVA, Poirei Leimarol, MEPWAK, AMKIL, Kanglamei, CHITUWA, WASAK) pointed out that after 70 years of the first Nupi Lan waged by Manipuri women in 1939 against the hegemony of the then autocratic ruler, Manipuri women once again took up the cudgel against the administration to oppose export of rice from Manipur while the people faced starvation on December 12, 1904.Many Manipuri women belonging to different communities participated in the revolt and did not hesitate to lay down their lives at the altar of justice.
The December 12 commemorative event this time should ring out the message that it is not New Delhi which is to decide the fate of the people of Manipur, the statement added.