What is Manipur?
{{About|a present day Indian political state|its ancient civilization|Ancient Manipur|the kingdom mentioned in the Hindu epic [[Mahabharata]]|Manipur of the Mahabharata}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Manipur | type = [[States and union territories of India|State]] | image_skyline = {{Multiple image|perrow = 2|total_width=300 | image1 = FB7A9290.jpg | image2 = Kangla Sha.JPG | image3 = Rasa Lila in Manipuri dance style.jpg | image4 = Loktak Lake Boat people Moirang Manipur India.jpg | image5 = Sanamahi temple inside Kangla Fort, Imphal East, Manipur.jpg }} | image_caption = Clockwise from top: Shree Shree Govindajee Temple, Statues of the [[Kanglasha]]s, [[Loktak lake]], [[Iputhou Pakhangba Laishang]] inside the [[Kangla]], [[Manipuri dance]] | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = [[Emblem of Manipur|Emblem]] | blank_emblem_size = 100px | anthem = [[Sana Leibak Manipur]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thenortheastaffairs.com/sana-leibak-manipur-adopted-as-state-song-by-cabinet/|title='Sana Leibak Manipur' adopted as State Song by Cabinet|date=12 August 2021|access-date=16 September 2021|archive-date=16 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916141945/https://thenortheastaffairs.com/sana-leibak-manipur-adopted-as-state-song-by-cabinet/|url-status=live}}</ref><br>(''Manipur, Land of Gold'') | image_map = IN-MN.svg | map_alt = Manipur, a state of India | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{IND}} | established_title = Merged with India | established_date = 15 October 1949<ref>{{Cite journal|last=SINHA|first=L. P.|title=The Politics and Government of Manipur|date=1987|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41855332|journa