Manipuri settlement in Barak Valley is from ancient time. There are about 195 Manipuri villages in Barak valley. To trace the origin of the Manipuris in the valley one is invited to look back to the past. Historian view that the Manipuris belonged to Manipur, who have migrated from their homeland in remote past due to various reasons. The matter of their migration is clearly evident from the used of the epithet ‘Manipuri’ as their identity. Manipuri migration in Barak valley also took place at different places at different period of history and number of causes and circumstance were involved in it. In the historical evidence of Manipuri recorded that the first settlement of Manipuris in the valley took place during the reign of king Kaokhomba (411-428 A.D) a king of Manipur, when one ChingjelNaralPanganba migrated to the Barak valley in the 5th century A.D. Then centuries after, a limited number of Manipuri families also settled in Khaspur. They were the relatives of the Princes Induprava, who was married to Krishnachandra, a Cachari king. In fact, the influx of the Manipuri took place as a group during the Burmese occupation of Manipur 1819-26 A.D. Thus,the migration and settlement of Manipuris in Barak valley has been discussed in various phases. The major depredation of Burmese invasion(1819-25A.D) in Manipur which is known as the ‘ChahiTaretKhuntakpa’ or seven years Devastation in the history of Manipur.

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