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Juvraj TikendrajitPrince Tikendrajit, also known as Koireng. Tikendrajit was the fourth son of Maharaja Chandrakriti of Manipur. He was born on a Saturday, the 29th December 1856. After the death of the Maharaja, on 20th May 1886, Surchandra Singh (1886-1890 AD), the eldest son, succeeded to the throne of Manipur. Tikendrajit with other princes overthrew Surchandra Singh, the monarch on 22nd September,1890. This event is known as "Palace Revolt" in the history of Manipur. The King fled the palace and took asylum in the British residency. Maharaj Kullachandra and Tikendrajit became the King and heir-apparent respectively. Lord Landsdowne, the viceroy of India ordered J.W. Quinton, Governor of Assam, to recognise Kullachandra as the King but to arrest Jubaraj Tikendrajit. In the evening of 24 March 1891 British Gorkha troops attacked Juvraj Tikendrajit's residence in the Palace Compound at Kangla, killing many innocent civilians including women and children who were watching a Ras Lila dance. The Manipuris struck back and the British were put on the defensive. In the ensuing chaos, five British officers including Grimwood, the then Political Agent and J.W. Quinton were executed by a mob. The British Government declared war against Manipur (Anglo-Manipuri war) in 1891 and 3 army columns were sent to Imphal. The British conquered Manipur on 27th April, 1891. Tikendrajit and other leaders subsequently went underground. Tikendrajit was finally arrested in the evening of Saturday 23rd May. The special court was formed under Lt.Col. John Mitchell for the trial which commenced on 11th May 1891. The court found Tikendarjit, Kulachandra and Thangal General guilty and passed dead sentences on all of them. The Governor General confirmed the dead sentence passed on Tikendarjit and Thangal General and commented the death sentence of the Maharaja and Angou Sana into transportation for life. The order was announced on 13th of August 1891 and Tikendarjit and Thangal General were hanged in the evening (5 pm) of the same day with another person named Kajao at Kangjei-bung (Polo ground). A commemorative monument named Bir Tikendrajit Park, stands on the spot today. Books on Juvraj Tikendrajit 1. Queen Empress vs. Tikendrajit, prince of Manipur: The Anglo-Manipuri Conflict of 1891. By John Parratt with Saroj Nalini Parratt. Har-Anand Publications in association with Vikas Pub. House, 1992. ISBN: 0706961285. 2. My Three Years in Manipur and Escape from the Recent Mutiny. By Grimwood, Ethel St Clair. Richard Bentley and Sons, London, 1891. ISBN: 0867161397 External links * Manipur Archives
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