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Introduction

Land and Identity

Hoineilhing , Sitlhou. “Land and Identity: A Sociological study of the Thadou Kukis of Manipur (India),” Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India/ 2011Year of completion:

The Thadou-Kuki dominated areas of Manipur where the influence of British Colonialism was more prominent. The Thadou dialect-speaking group of the Kuki community are the most numerous branch of the Kuki group and constituted the second most populated tribe in the state of Manipur. The three areas selected for fieldwork are Tujang Vaichong, Motbung and Kangpokpi. They fall within the Sadar Hills Sub-division of the Senapati District of Manipur. Senapati District is one of the nine districts of Manipur and lies in the North West of the state.

The first two villages, is a typical traditional Thadou-Kuki villages which is under chieftainship. Kangpokpi is not under chieftainship system but exist under the autonomy of a town committee called the Kangpokpi Urban Town Committee.