This was initially announced by Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister of India, in a function in Port Blair, highlighting about the sacrifices of Yuvaraj Tikendrajit Singh, General Thangal,[b] Meitei King Kulachandra Dhwaja Singh, the Maharajah of Manipur kingdom and other 22 freedom fighters of the Anglo-Manipur war of 1891.

[4][5][6][7][8][9] The re-christening of the name of the mountain peak in honor of the Manipuri freedom fighters was given positive reactions from Manipur[10][11][12][13] and Assam.

[16] After the end of the Anglo-Manipur War in the year 1891, many Manipuri warriors were exiled to the British penal colony in the Andaman Islands.

[17][18][19][20][21][22] In accordance to a document of the time of British Raj kept in the "Manipur State Archives", 23 men, including King Kulachandra and his brothers, were transported for life to the Andaman Islands.

[29][30][31][32][33] Before the onset of the annual Indian Independence Day celebration in the year 2021, the Government of Manipur unveiled a monolith in Imphal, commemorating the sweet memories of the Manipuri "unsung war heroes".