Nupi Lan

In 1904, the first Nupi Lan broke out in response to an order by the colonial authorities to send Manipuri men to the Kabow Valley to fetch timber for re-building the then Police Agent's bungalow.

The first Nupi Lan which broke out in 1904 was against the order by the British colonial authorities to send Manipuri men to Kabow Valley to fetch timber for re-building the then Police Agent's bungalow after it was ravaged by fire.

It was stirred up by the heirs-apparent of the erstwhile ruling family who did not like the selection of Chura Chand Singh as the King of Manipur.

[citation needed] The second Nupi Lan was set off by the indiscriminate export of rice from Manipur by Marwari business men with the support of the colonial government.

Secondly, it was a turning point to the political lives of leaders like Jan Neta Hijam Irabot whose major focus had, until then, been social reforms.