Title: Mount Manipur Memorial Content: The Mount Manipur Memorial is a memorial site in the Mount Manipur (formerly known as Mount Harriet) of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It has an area of more than 45000 sq ft. It is dedicated to the Manipuri freedom fighters and the martyrs of the Anglo-Manipuri War. In the year 2022, the memorial site won the "International Muse Design Award 2022". It was achieved with the designs of the "Huidrom Design Studios" from Manipur. == History == The Anglo-Manipur War ended in the year 1891. At that time, 23 Manipuri warriors were exiled to the British penal colony in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The exiled people include Meitei King Kulachandra Dhwaja Singh, the Maharajah of Manipur. At the time of the exile, the Cellular Jail (Kalapani) was not built yet and was about to be built in the island. So, Kulachandra Singh and other 22 freedom fighters were imprisoned on the Mount Manipur, in the South Andaman district. Before the construction of the Mount Manipur Memorial site on the Mount Manipur, the Government of Manipur talked to the government authorities of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The conversation was for the provision of a piece of land to construct the memorial site for the Manipuri warriors. In the year 2019, the A&N; authorities agreed to provide a piece of land near the Cellular Jail. But, the COVID-19 pandemic slows down the construction process. The Manipur Government was given help by the Central Government of India in the construction of the memorial site. == Features == The Mount Manipur Memorial site has museum, royal sword monument, galleries, outdoor auditorium, cafeteria and gardens. === Sword monument === The "sword monument" of the Mount Manipur Memorial reminds the sacrifices of the freedom fighters and the martyrs in the Anglo-Manipur War. It is associated with a gallery specially dedicated to Meitei King Kulachandra Dhaja Singh, the Maharajah of Manipur Kingdom and 22 other Manipuri freedom fighters. All of them were exiled to the Mount Manipur from their homeland Manipur at the end of the war. == Awards and honours == The Mount Manipur Memorial was designed by the "Huidrom Design Studios" of Manipur. The designing was led by designer Suresh Huidrom, Nevia Laishram as lead architects, Ribash Akoijam as visual architect, Galaxy Pungyambam as civil engineer and Danny Ahongsangbam as assistant architect. It won the "International Muse Design Award 2022" in the Architectural Concept Design Competition. As a result, the memorial site got popular across the world. Posting on the Twitter, the "Huidrom Design Studio" wrote as follows: > "Huidrom Design Studios is once again excited and honoured to receive the > prestigious International Muse Design Award 2022 (Season2) as a GOLD WINNER > for the Project Mount Manipur Memorial (Architectural Concept Design > Competition). We are so blessed by the opportunity given to us by the > Government of Manipur. Our special thanks to honourable CM Manipur for his > incredible Vision and Ideas and for believing in us. This project design is > indeed an organic design that not only the entire world recognized but also > helps us leave footprints in the field of architecture today." In 2021, the same studio won the Silver Medal in Muse Design Awards 2021 for the project Imphal Peace Museum. == Related pages == * Mount Manipur National Park * Imphal Peace Museum * INA War Museum * Kakching Garden * Keibul Lamjao National Park - world's only floating national park in Manipur, India * Khonghampat Orchidarium * Loktak Folklore Museum * Manipur State Museum * Manipur Zoological Garden * Phumdi - Floating biomasses in Manipur, India * Sekta Archaeological Living Museum * Yangoupokpi-Lokchao Wildlife Sanctuary