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C H A P T E 1? XVII.
ASSAM.
Maxi pup.
Manipur is the onlv State of importance in the Chief
Commissionership of Assam, comprising an area of 8,456 square miles
and population of 346,222. Alter a very chequered history, it has
now settled down to peaceful progress under the protection of the
British Government. The present Ruler of the State is His Highness
Raja Chum Chand. Raja of Manipur, who was born in 1886 and
succeeded to the rulership in L89I. During his minority, the State
was administered by the British Government. The Raja, is entitled
to a salute of eleven guns.
The following statement gives an account of the contributions of
the State in men money, and material:—
1. A double company of Infantry.
2. One Labour Corps consisting of 2,000 men for service in
F rance.
3. Donation for the purchase of an aeroplane, Rs. 22,500.
4. Donation towards the comfort of the Aden Field Force,
Rs. 2,000.
5. Four motor ambulances.
The Khasi States.
The. Khasi States in Assam are about twenty-nve in number,
comprising in all a total are^ofonly 3,900 square miles and a population
of only 126,000. Several of them are very small and consist of a few
hundreds of people presided over by a Chief or Siem, elected by all
the adults in the State.
The contribution of the Khasi States to the war consisted
mainly of the supply of two thousand recruits for a Labour Corps for
service in the war,
ASSAM.
Maxi pup.
Manipur is the onlv State of importance in the Chief
Commissionership of Assam, comprising an area of 8,456 square miles
and population of 346,222. Alter a very chequered history, it has
now settled down to peaceful progress under the protection of the
British Government. The present Ruler of the State is His Highness
Raja Chum Chand. Raja of Manipur, who was born in 1886 and
succeeded to the rulership in L89I. During his minority, the State
was administered by the British Government. The Raja, is entitled
to a salute of eleven guns.
The following statement gives an account of the contributions of
the State in men money, and material:—
1. A double company of Infantry.
2. One Labour Corps consisting of 2,000 men for service in
F rance.
3. Donation for the purchase of an aeroplane, Rs. 22,500.
4. Donation towards the comfort of the Aden Field Force,
Rs. 2,000.
5. Four motor ambulances.
The Khasi States.
The. Khasi States in Assam are about twenty-nve in number,
comprising in all a total are^ofonly 3,900 square miles and a population
of only 126,000. Several of them are very small and consist of a few
hundreds of people presided over by a Chief or Siem, elected by all
the adults in the State.
The contribution of the Khasi States to the war consisted
mainly of the supply of two thousand recruits for a Labour Corps for
service in the war,