Manipuri Language Day

Rajkumar Ranjan, the then Minister of State (MoS) of Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Education of the Union Government of India, extended his wishes to the people of Manipur and gave salute to the language activists who had worked hard to include the language in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India.He announced that the Ministry of Education of the Union Government of India gave directives to the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) for the commencement of different courses in Meitei language.[a][9][10] In one celebration by the Manipuri Language Day State Level Celebration Committee at the Iboyaima Shumang Leela Shanglen in Palace Compound, the event was attended by the members of Manipuri Sahitya Parishad, Manipur State Shumang Leela Council, Film Forum Manipur and Writers' Union Imphal.[11] In the event, Yumnam Nouba Meetei was bestowed with the prestigious "Prof Dr R Subbakrishna Memorial Community Linguist Award 2023", for his selfless dedication and contribution to the revitalization of Meitei language and script.[12] 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.[15][16][17] 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."Sahitya Sevak", an award instituted by the organisation was given to Binoychand Koijam from Guwahati, Thangjam Amar, Diphu and Gopi Meitram from Lanka, Assam.[32][33] 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.[41] 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.[48] In 2022, the Meitei Language Day was celebrated in the People's Republic of Bangladesh, at Manipuri Kangshang, Nayapatand in Bhanugharh in Moulvibazar District.