Okendrajit Singh
Maharaj Okendrajit Singh, also known as Pareihanba Okendrajit Sana, was a titular monarch of the former Kingdom of Manipur. After the state's 1949 absorption with the Republic of India, his father, Bodhchandra Singh, was succeeded as the titular monarch of the former Kingdom of Manipur by him.[1] Even though he had no political influence, he was an important ceremonial and cultural figure, particularly in promoting and recreating the old Meitei customs and the indigenous religion of Sanamahism.[1]
| Maharaja Okendrajit Singh | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titular Maharaja of Manipur | |||||
| 1955–1996 | |||||
| Predecessor | Bodhchandra Singh | ||||
| Successor | Leishemba Sanajaoba | ||||
| Born | c. 1951 Imphal, Manipur | ||||
| Died | 1996 | ||||
| Issue | Leishemba Sanajaoba | ||||
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| House | Ningthouja dynasty | ||||
| Father | Bodhchandra Singh | ||||
| Religion | Sanamahism | ||||
Early life
In 1951, Okendrajit Singh was born in Imphal, the capital of the erstwhile Manipur, a princely state. He was the son of Manipur's final ruler, King Bodhchandra Singh. As a minor, Okendrajit succeeded Bodhchandra as the nominal king of Manipur. Despite having no power, he carried on the Manipur royal family's tradition.[2][3]
Religious affairs
On the 23rd of April, 1992, Okendrajit Sana, proclaimed:[4][5][6][1]
Okendrajit Singh Media
Woofster at the Worcester Patrick's Day Parade
“I open the Lubak Tabu and abandon Hinduism as state religion and recognition is hereby withdrawn by the Royal Customary Law of the Country, instead the Royal Customary Law revives the Lainingthouism as the state religion and do hereby give recognition as state religion.”[4][5][6][1]
See also
- Sanamahism
- Meitei people
- History of Manipur
- Leishemba Sanajaoba
- Bodhchandra Singh
- Maharaja-in-Council of Manipur
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Do we need Sanamahi and Umang Lai Council Act with Leisemba Sanajaoba as head Part 3". e-pao.net. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
- ↑ Henry Soszynski. "Manipur Princely State - (11 gun salute)". members.iinet.net.au. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015.
- ↑ "Maharaja in council of Manipur for customary and religious Part 2 By Waikhom Damodar". e-pao.net. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "ঈনাৎলা, মীনাৎলা য়োকখৎকদবসি! - ৬" (PDF). hueiyenlanpao.com (in ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "The Revivalism of Sanamahism". e-pao.net. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "ঐখোয়গী খুন্নাই চাওখতহনবদা মীৎয়েং অমা -৭" (PDF). hueiyenlanpao.com (in ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ).