<Tr> <Th> Flower </Th> <Td> Siroi lily (Lilium mackliniae) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Tree </Th> <Td> Uningthou (Phoebe hainesiana) </Td> </Tr> <P> Manipur (/ ˈmʌnɪpʊər / (listen)) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital . It is bounded by Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south, and Assam to the west; Burma (Myanmar) lies to its east . The state covers an area of 22,327 square kilometres (8,621 sq mi) and has a population of almost 3 million, including the Meitei, who are the majority group in the state, Loi, Yaithibi, Kuki and Naga peoples, who speak a variety of Sino - Tibetan languages . Manipur has been at the crossroads of Asian economic and cultural exchange for more than 2,500 years . It has long connected the Indian subcontinent to Southeast Asia and China, enabling migration of people, cultures and religions . </P> <P> During the Raj, the Kingdom of Manipur was one of the princely states . Between 1917 and 1939, the people of Manipur pressed for their rights against British rule . By the late 1930s, the princely state of Manipur negotiated with the British administration its preference to be part of India, rather than Burma . These negotiations were cut short with the outbreak of World War II . On 11 August 1947, Maharaja Budhachandra signed the Instrument of Accession, joining India . Later on 21 September 1949, he signed a Merger Agreement, merging the kingdom into India . This merger has been disputed by groups in Manipur as having been completed without consensus and under duress . The dispute and differing visions for the future has resulted in a 50 - year insurgency in the state for independence from India, as well as in repeated episodes of violence among ethnic groups in the state . From 2009 through 2018, the conflict was responsible for the violent deaths of over 1000 people . </P>

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