Michelangelo//4 AUGUST 1997,5 LAKH MAKE HISTORY

quote-Michelangelo," A man paints with his brains and not with his hands."

5,oo,ooo Manipuris rally
-4 August,1997

Resolution excerpt:

"MANIPURI PEOPLE'S RESOLUTION FOR SAFEGUARDING

THE TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF MANIPUR

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The hundreds of thousands of Manipuri people-the people of Manipur state- in this mass public meeting held at the Pologround in the capital city of Imphal on the 4th August,1997 forenoon after having,......

RESOLVE THAT

The people of Manipur should stand firmly for safeguarding,by all means available with them,the existing territorial integrity and boundaries of Manipur State against all odds and take all steps necessary and expedient so as to strengthen the existing inter-community bond, and make the ethnic harmony,more meaningful and lasting;

AND RESOLVE FURTHER THAT

The people of Manipur shall resist, as one man,the sinister and unjust designs,which pose a tremendous imminent threat to the territorial and ethnic integrity of the state and ethnic sybiotic harmony of its people.

PRESIDIUM

Th.Iboyaima ....... N.Sanajaoba

Riazudddin ....... Tomba Kabui Udoy Thongam

4 August,1997 "

****Following the massive upsurge for protection of Integrity, a similar rally has been organised after a couple of years.***** 2001 Bangkok agreement signed by Padmabhaiah etc has created uprising in 2001, led to burning of sate Assembly,party offices, chief minister's bungalow, exile of Indian MLAs of Manipur assembly, and 18 people died. A Bastille has been imposed by the colonial government .Three offending words have dropped from the agreement.On 22 July, 2001,the prime minister assured in the talk with the then UCM leadership, led officially by the chief spokeman N.Sanajaoba, of reviewing the said agreement.Only the TV channels broadcast fairly the chief spokesman.____________________________________________

REVISIT TO LAWS ON INTEGRITY

source
-prof.n.sanajaoba,centre's duty to airlift essential commodities

Imphal Free Press, August 3, 2005

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" The essence of the princple(sic.Uti Possidetis) lies in the primary aim of securing respect for the territorial boundaries at the moment when independence is achieved."[sic.Manipur independence in 1947]-International Court of Justice,1980 report p.566; similar opinion of the ICJ, 1992 ,p.386-387