Khokon

Khokon (also spelled as Khokawn) is a Kuki village in the Senapati district of Manipur, India.

Khokon was established on a hill top between the two villages with the encouragement of the then state administration, under the leadership of chief Paokhoson Haokip.

In post-independence India, the rising Naga nationalism and militancy led some of the Tangkhul nationalists to serve quit notice to Khokon villagers forgetting their contribution in the past.

[4] Scholar Thongkholal Haokip notes that the erstwhile villagers of Khokon are now spread out all over the state of Manipur.

Even though Khokonites were traditionally cultivators and animal rearers, with the passage of time they largely shifted to small businesses and other skilled professions such as knitting and yarning.