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Meitei Language Day

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Meitei Language Day
(Meitei: Meitei Longi Numit)
"Meitei Language Day" alias "Manipuri Language Day" written in Meitei script and Latin script.jpg
Meitei translation of "Meitei Language Day" written in Meitei script with Latin transliteration.
Official nameManipuri Language Day
Also called"Imalongi Numit"[1][2] ()
Observed byFile:..Manipur Flag(INDIA).png Manipur (Meitei: Kangleipak)
and many others
Significancethe day on which Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) was included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and made one of the languages with official status in India on the 20th August, 1992
Date20 August
2023 dateSunday
2024 dateTuesday
Next time20 August 2024 (2024-08-20)
FrequencyAnnual
Related toMeitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) being included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India

Meitei Language Day (Meitei: Meitei Longi Numit; /mei-tei lon-gee noo-meet/), also known as Manipuri Language Day (Meitei: Manipuri Longi Numit; /ma-nee-poo-ree lon-gee noo-meet/), is observed annually on 20 August. It is a commemoration of the day on which Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) was included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and made one of the languages with official status in India on the 20th August, 1992.[3][4][5][6][7]

Annual events

2022 - 31st event

In the year 2022, Manipur's Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh, while giving a speech at a function in the event, compared Meitei speaking community with the endangered Sangai deer. Leisemba Sanajaoba, the Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, attended the state level event, as the guest of honor. In the event, he said that the Central Government of India has given positive response to him regarding the inclusion of Meitei language as the Classical language of India. He further added that he had urged the Indian government officials to include Meitei script alongside the Bengali script for Meitei language in the civil service examinations (including but not limited to the Union Public Service Commission and the Manipur Public Service Commission exams), to end the problems faced by the students. The state level celebration of the event was collectively organised by the team works of 17 different organisations which are: (1) Manipuri Sahitya Parishad; (2) The Cultural Forum Manipur; (3) Naharol Sahitya Premee Samiti; (4) Manipuri Language Development Committee; (5) EPATHOUKOK; (6) LEIKOL; (7) SATHOULUP; (8) IMAKHOL; (9) Manipur State Sumang Leela Council; (10) Writers' Forum Manipur; (11) Manipuri Literary Society; (12) AMMIK; (13) Film Forum Manipur; (14) Arts Society Manipur; (15) Theatre Centre Manipur; (16) Patriotic Writers' Forum and (17) Writers' Union.[8][9][10]

The "Wakhallon Mannaba Apunba" (WAMA), Kangleipak, declared the winners of the poetry competition held on the topic 'Maton Chongkhatlakliba Meetei Lon' (Meitei: ꯃꯇꯣꯟ ꯆꯣꯡꯈꯠꯂꯛꯂꯤꯕ ꯃꯤꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ lit. Meiteilon in the budding stage).[11]

2021 - 30th event

In the year 2021, due to COVID-19 pandemic, the District Magistrate of Imphal East temporarily permitted for three hours on 20th August for the observation of the 30th edition of Meitei Language Day (Manipuri Language Day) in Imphal, Manipur. The permit was given to L. Sharatchandra, Convener of the State-level Manipuri Language Celebration Committee, on the 17th August. The three hours permit was valid from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the 20th August. Manipuri diasporas in other states of Northeast India, Bangladesh and Myanmar, who had contributed to Meitei literature (Manipuri literature), also participated in the event.[12][13]

2020 - 29th event

In the year 2021, as a part of the event on the day, the Manipur University Student's Union (MUSU) organized symposium on the theme "Preservation and prospect of Manipuri Language for the future generation" in the Manipur University, Imphal. The students' union unanimously resolved to demand the Government of Manipur for the amendment to the 1979 Official Language Act as "Manipuri written in Meetei Mayek" instead of "Manipuri written in Bengali" and for the introduction of a policy for the promotion of Meitei language and Meitei script (Meitei: Meitei Mayek) in Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura as well as in Bangladesh and Myanmar. The Students' Union also asked the Manipur Government to give pressure to the Assam Government to recognise Meitei language as one of the associate official languages of Assam. Besides, other demands from the same organization include the reformation of Manipur Language Directorate, the reinstating of the Manipur Language Training Academy, the establishment of one exclusive repository institution for studying and researching the PuYas among others.[14]

Other than the observation in Imphal Valley of Manipur, the event was observed in Jiribam by the Manipuri Sahitya Parishad Jiribam (MSPJ) as well as in Tripura and Hailakandi, Assam.[15]

2019 - 28th event

In the year 2019, the event was organised under the theme "ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ ꯂꯣꯟ ꯆꯥꯎꯈꯠꯍꯟꯕꯗ ꯂꯝꯗꯝꯁꯤꯒꯤ ꯌꯦꯜꯍꯧ ꯂꯣꯟꯁꯤꯡꯁꯨ ꯆꯥꯎꯈꯠꯍꯟꯕ ꯇꯉꯥꯏꯐꯗꯦ ꯫" (“Manipuri Lon Chaokhat Hanbada Lamdam Sigi Yelhou Lonsingsu Chaokhat Hanba Tangaiphade”). BJP Minister Thongam Biswajit Singh gave a speech in promoting the efforts of the inclusion of the Manipuri language in the Classical languages of India. He proposed a temporary committee to spearhead the efforts to the inclusion of Manipuri in the Classical Languages of India if there was no Language Commission available by that time. Manipur Government's Health and Family Welfare Minister Langpoklakpam Jayantakumar Singh said that instead of saying just "Meitei language", if everyone could say "Manipuri language", then it would have a wider connotation and accommodation in all the languages of Manipur. On the day at a separate venue, DM College of Arts of the Dhanamanjuri University collaborating with YK College of Wangjing, Manipur organised a one day seminar on "Manipuri language in the global context". Besides, the event was organised by various associations including Patriotic Writers Forum (PAWF) at Manipur Press Club, Manipur Language Development Society (MALADES) in Imphal and District Institute of Education & Training (DIET) in Koirengei.[16][17][18]

2018 - 27th event

In the year 2018, the event was organised in the state level by the 13 committees working together under a single roof which are (1) Manipuri Sahitya Parishad, (2) Naharol Sahitya Premee Samiti, (3) Manipuri Language Development Committee, (4) Epathoukok, (5) Manipuri Literary Society, (6) Writers Forum Imphal, (7) Leimarol Khorjeikhol (LEIKOL), (8) Sathoulup, (9) Patriotic Writers Forum Manipur, (10) Imakhol, (11) Manipur State Shumang Leela Council, (12) Apunba Manipur Matam Ishei Kanglup (AMMIK) and (13) Film Forum Manipur at the Maharaj Chandrakirti Auditorium in Imphal.[19][20][21] Other than the state level celebration, the event was also observed by the All Manipur Students' Union (AMSU).[22][23]

2017 - 26th event

In the year 2017, the event was celebrated at state level organised by the 14 organisations.[24] During a function, a Meetei Mayek training course was inaugurated at the Manipuri Basti ME School in Guwahati, Assam. The event was organised by Patriotic Writers Forum in Manipur and Marup Organisation Lalshingmura, Tripura. In Assam, the event was organised by Aieba Lup Assam, Hojai. "Sahitya Sevak", an award instituted by the organisation was given to Binoychand Koijam from Guwahati, Thangjam Amar, Diphu and Gopi Meitram from Lanka, Assam.[25][26]

2016 - 25th event

In the year 2016, on the day of the event, the "Classical Language" status was demanded by the Manipuri speaking people in Bangladesh, Myanmar and the North East India, especially Assam, Tripura and Manipur. They said the language meets all the criteria for the "Classical Language" status.[27] One day before the commemoration day, a 48-hour general strike was called by the followers of the Inner Line Permit (ILP) movement on account of the arrest of their leader Khomdram Ratan. The strike had drastically affected the normal life in Manipur during that time but they ended the strike at midnight that very day just for the sake of the celebration of Manipuri Language Day on the next day.[28]

2015 - 24th event

In the year 2015, "ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔ ꯀꯟꯁꯤ, ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ ꯂꯣꯟ ꯍꯤꯡꯍꯟꯁꯤ" ("Manipur Kansi, Manipuri Lon Hinghansi") was the main theme for the organisation of the event. Sahitya Academy Awardee and columnist OC Meira gave a speech about the role of print media in developing Meitei language while Professor Chirom Rajketan talked on the role of the language in developing the society of Manipur. All Manipur Students' Union (AMSU) also organised the event in the Dhanamanjuri University.[29][30] In Khangabok, Manipur, the Patriotic Writers' Forum, Manipur and KM Blooming Higher Secondary School organised the event in which poetry recitation and poetry writing competition on the theme "Imarol" (literally, mother tongue in Meitei language) and "Indigenous people" was held.[31] In Tripura, the event was organised by the Patriotic Writers' Forum, Tripura. In the event, politician Ramendra Narayan Debbarma praised the language by saying that Manipuri writers of Tripura have put more efforts to promote Manipuri language than the writers of Kokborok language did for their respective language.[32]

2014 - 23rd event

In the year 2014, the event coincided with the 1st anniversary of Directorate of Language Planning & Implementation.[33] A speech about "ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ ꯂꯣꯜꯅ ꯀ꯭ꯂꯥꯁꯤꯀꯦꯜ ꯂꯦꯡꯒ꯭ꯋꯦꯖ ꯑꯣꯏꯅꯕꯒꯤ ꯄꯣꯠꯆꯪ" ("Manipuri Lol Na Classical Language Oinabagi Potchang") (essential ingredients of transforming Manipuri into a classical language) was given by Chungkham Yashobanta Singh of Department of Linguistics, Manipur University in the commemoration event.[34] The celebration was jointly organised by (1) Cultural Forum Manipur, (2) Naharol Sahitya Premee Samiti, (3) Manipuri Literary Society, (4) Manipuri Lingual Development Committee, (5) Leimarol Khorjeikhol (LEIKOL) and (6) Manipur State Shumang Leela Council at the Dave Literature Centre, DM College campus of the Dhanamanjuri University. The Manipuri Sahitya Parishad and the All Manipur Students' Union (AMSU) also organised their respective functions separately at different places on the very day.[35] The Patriotic Writers' Forum also organised the event at the Manipur Press Club.[36][37]

2013 - 22nd event

In the year 2013, the event was organised under the joint aegis of three organisations which are (1) Manipuri Language Development Committee, (2) Manipur State Shumang Leela Council and (3) Manipuri Naat Kanba Lup. In another function organised by the All Manipur Students' Association (AMSU), the Chief Guest was Sagolshem Saratchandra, who was the then President of AMSU in 1992 when the students' union was spearheading the pressure on the government to include Meitei language in the Eighth Schedule to the Indian Constitution. Saratchandra said that if the present day students didn't willingly take up Manipuri as their main subject, the fate of the language would be very grim. He appealed to the students to consider the significance of taking Manipuri as the main subject instead of going crazy after English subject. Besides these, the event was also celebrated in other places including in Hojai, Assam.[38]

2012 - 21st event

In the year 2012, the event was organised in various locations by different associations, like the Manipuri Sahitya Parishad, Imphal in the Auditorium of Manipur Hindi Parishad,[39] the All Manipur Students Union (AMSU) in DM College of the Dhanamanjuri University,[40] the Patriotic Writers Forum, Manipur in New Checkon, the Manipuri Language Development Society (MALADES) at Ibudhou Thongju Lakpa Laibung in Thongju Part II of Thongju Assembly constituency, the Manipuri Literary Society and many others. A biannual edition of "Ngaklou" publication was released on the function organised by the Patriotic Writers Forum, Manipur.[41]

Award ceremony

On the day of the celebration of the Meitei Language Day, the Patriotic Writers' Forum bestow three awards to three prominent writers (either from inside or outside of Manipur) for composing short stories based on patriotic themes for Meitei literature (Manipuri literature) every year since 2008. The awards are (1) Pacha Meetei Literary Award, (2) R Kathing Tangkhul Literary Award and (3) Dr Saroj Nalini Parratt Literary Award. The awards consist of cash incentive, citation, memento and shawl.[42][43][44][45][46]

Year Pacha Meetei Literary Award recipients R Kathing Tangkhul Literary Award recipients Dr Saroj Nalini Parratt Literary Award recipients Notes (References)
2022 Maibam Premojit Devjani Yumnam Khumanthem Aneshwori [47][48]
2021 No result Nandeibam Pramoda No result [49][50]
2019 Leishembi Laishram Shyamo Kesho Singh Irengba [51]
2018 Kiran Meikam Tekcham Roshan Sanatomba A.C. [52]
2017 Sadokpam Birjit Mangang Ojitkumar Luwangcha Sijagurumayum Suchitra Devi [53]
2016 Ch Ranbir Singh Dr Umabati Athokpam Thounaojam Shyam [54]
2015 Gunindro Khangenbam Lenin Khumancha Raju Maibam (from Assam) [55]
2014 Sanasam Umananda Singh Dr Ningombam Rishnikumar Kabrabam Nillakanta [56]
2013 Dr Nongmaithem Pramodini Kartik Maiba Yendrembam Randhirkumar [57][58]
2011 Aheibam Manilal Laishangbam Dhananjoy No result [59]

Similar events

The following events are observed on the same day, 20th August:

  • Feast of Asmá’ (Baháʼí Faith, only if Baháʼí Naw-Rúz falls on 21st March)
  • Indian Akshay Urja Day (India)
  • Independence Restoration Day (Estonia), re-declaration of the independence of Estonia from the Soviet Union in 1991
  • Revolution of the King and the People (Morocco)
  • Saint Stephen's Day (Hungary)

Related articles

  • Meitei literature
  • List of epics in Meitei language
  • List of Meitei-language films
  • List of Meitei-language newspapers
  • List of Meitei-language television channels
  • List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Meitei
  • List of Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize winners for Meitei

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