Manipur: Top 8 famous personalities from the state | Oneindia News
Manipur, a picturesque northeastern State of India, has given birth to many inspirational personalities. Some of the famous personalities of Manipur have made the state, as well as the country, proud with their exceptional talent in various fields and their achievements on the global stage.
In this video we have covered some of the famous personalities in Manipur.
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In this video we have covered some of the famous personalities in Manipur.
#Manipur #ManipurPeople #ManipurFamousPersonalities
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00:00 Manipur, a picturesque northeastern state of India that has given birth to many inspirational
00:09 personalities.
00:10 Some of the famous personalities of Manipur have made the state as well as the country
00:16 proud with their exceptional talent in various fields and their achievements on the global
00:23 stage.
00:24 Well, today I am gonna name a few of the personalities that has made all of us proud.
00:32 N. Biren Singh is an Indian politician, former footballer and journalist who is currently
00:39 serving as the 12th Chief Minister of Manipur since 2017, representing Hingang Assembly
00:47 constituency in the Manipur Legislative Assembly since 2002 as a member of the Bharatiya Janta
00:55 Party.
00:56 Biren Singh was awarded Champions of Change in 2018 for his exceptional work to the nation.
01:04 The award was conferred by the Vice President of India, Sri Venkya Naidu at Vigyan Bhavan
01:11 in New Delhi.
01:13 MC Marikorm is a famous Indian boxer.
01:18 She was born in the Chudachand district of Manipur and became a household name after
01:23 she won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
01:27 She was the first female boxer to reach such heights.
01:31 Kunjarani Devi, 7 world champion silver medals and 2 Asian Games bronze make Kunjarani Devi
01:39 one of the most decorated women weightlifters in India.
01:44 Devi was born in Imphal to a Hindu Mettei family.
01:48 She joined the Central Reserve Police Force.
01:51 She also went to make waves in the Police Championship and captained the Indian Police
01:57 team from 1996 to 1998.
02:01 Bala Hijab is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Manipur films.
02:07 She has also acted in one of the Malayalam thriller road film.
02:13 Okram Ibobi Singh is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the member of
02:19 the Manipur Legislative Assembly since 2007.
02:23 He also served as the 11th Chief Minister of Manipur from 2002 to 2017 and the leader
02:31 of the opposition Manipur Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2022 as a member of the Indian
02:40 National Congress.
02:42 Saikom Mirabai Chanu is an Indian weightlifter.
02:46 Mirabai Chanu lifted a total of 201 kg, winning the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in
02:53 2022.
02:55 She won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the women's 49 kg category.
03:02 Mirabai Chanu has won the world championships and multiple medals at the Commonwealth Games.
03:09 She was also awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for her contributions
03:14 to the sports.
03:15 She was awarded the sporting honour 'Majordhyan Chand Khel Ratna' by the Government of India
03:22 in 2018.
03:24 Erom Chanu Sharmila, also known as the Iron Lady of Manipur, is an Indian civil rights
03:31 activist, political activist and poet from the Indian state of Manipur.
03:37 On 5th November 2000, she began a hunger strike in favour of abolishing the Armed Forces Act
03:44 in 1958 that appears to the seven states and grants Indian Armed Forces to power to search
03:52 properties without a warrant and to arrest people and to use deadly forces if there is
03:58 reasonable suspicion that a person is acting against the state.
04:03 She ended the fast on August 9, 2016 after 16 long years of fasting.
04:12 Having refused food and water for more than 500 weeks, she was nastily forced fed in jail.
04:20 She has been called the world's longest hunger strike.
04:25 Padma Shri Ashangbam Meena Ketan Singh is regarded as the founder of modern Manipur
04:31 literature.
04:32 Meena Ketan engaged with every field of literature, poetry, prose, essays, translations, mythology,
04:40 biography, autobiography and criticism.
04:43 His published works numbered more than 25 books on these different branches of literature.
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