Vol. 4, Issue 3, Part I (2018)

In this article, an attempt has been made to look the contemporary concerns of the people in Manipur about their identity and its associated politics for nationalist struggle or the demand for separate states. In Manipur the urge for separate nationalities primarily had sprung from distinct historical and structural setting. The conflicts or contests over the nationality question in Manipur are being experienced at two levels. One at the level of the Indian-state vs. the Manipuri nationalism which claimed to have their own ‘homeland’ and at the other level the Manipuri nationalism vs. the ethnic groups nationality potentialities. In this scenario of identity assertions and subsequent national movement shall be explored in details. However the paper shall focus mainly on the issues and reasons for the origin and persistence of territorial agenda for Manipuri nationalism.