MP Bishnu Pada Ray Urges Home Minister to Expedite Mount Manipur Memorial Development in South Andaman

Tarun Karthick

Sri Vijaya Puram, 04 August 2025

Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray, Hon’ble Member of Parliament from the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, has written to Union Home Minister Mr. Amit Shah, requesting swift motion for the revival and development of the long-pending Mount Manipur Memorial at an acceptable location in South Andaman.

In his letter, the MP highlighted that the memorial challenge was conceived through the Home Minister’s go to to the islands on seventeenth October 2021, when Mount Harriet was formally renamed as Mount Manipur to honour the 23 Manipuri freedom fighters of the Anglo-Manipur War of 1891, together with Maharaja Kulachandra Dhwaja Singh, who have been exiled to the islands throughout British colonial rule.

Mr. Ray expressed concern over the delay in implementing the “Sword Monument” challenge—an essential element of the memorial initiative—regardless of the passage of over three years since its announcement. He harassed the importance of the monument as a tribute to nationwide heroes, notably recalling the sacrifice of Yuvraj Tikendrajit and Thangal General, who have been executed on thirteenth August 1891, a day now noticed as Patriots’ Day in Manipur.

Copies of the letter have been additionally marked to the Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor and Chief Secretary of A&N Islands for mandatory motion, and to Mr. Mukeswar Lall, Member of the UT Heritage Committee and Founder of the Kalipani Museum, for data and follow-up.

The MP underlined that the well timed development of the Mount Manipur Memorial would strengthen the emotional and historic bonds between the Northeast and the Andaman Islands, promote nationwide integration, and encourage patriotism amongst residents and guests. He added that the challenge might additionally give a major increase to heritage tourism and historic consciousness within the area.