Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Part I: The Feudal Era (1826-1891): Preface. 1. The beginnings of modern period. 2. Gambhir Singh (1825-1834). 3. Foreign policy of Gambhir Singh. 4. Nar Singh, the Noble King (1834-1850). 5. Maharaja Chandra Kirti Singh (1850-1886). 6. Feudal polity of Manipur. 7. The Anglo-Manipur War (1891). Bibliography. Index. Part II: The British Colonial Rule (1891-1947): 1. British rule in Manipur. 2. Maharaja Sir Churachand Singh (1891-1941). 3. The Kuki rebellion (1917-1919). 4. The Naga Raj movement. 5. The great women agitation (1939-40). 6. Hijam Irabot Singh (1896-1951). 7. Maharaja Bodhchandra Singh and the World War II. Bibliography. Index. Part III. The Emerging Democracy (1947-2000): 1. Genesis of Democracy and the experiment in constitutional monarchy. 2. Maharajkumar Priya Brata Singh as a Chief Minister (1947-1949). 3. Merger of Manipur (1949). 4. Manipur in the Post-Colonial India. 5. Democracy in practice (1972-2000). 6. The administration of the hill tribes. 7. Social change in modern Manipur. Annexure. Bibliography. Index. This historical treatise entitled ” A History of Modern Manipur 1826-2000 (A Study of Fedualism, Colonialism and Democracy)” deals with three themes of modern history of Manipur. This is a continuation of Professor Gangmumei Kamei’s earlier classic “A History of Manipur: Pre-Colonial Period”. The volume I of this work deal with the Feudal Era (1826-1891). The Feudal Era covers concurrently with the last century of Manipur’s Independence and beginning of the modern period. The Feudal Era covers the reigns of Maharaja Gambhir Singh, Maharaja Nara Singh, Maharaja Chandrakirti Singh and his successors till the outbreak of the Anglo-Manipur War and consequent British conquest of Manipur in 1891. This volume deals with the feudal polity of Manipur. Vol. 2 deals with the Colonial Rule in Manipur 1891-1947. The period covers the introduction of direct British Rule from 1891-1907 and the reign of Maharaja Churachand Singh 1891-1941. This volume deals with the stages and phases of British Colonial Rule and people’s response to the foreign rule. There were anti-British movements like the famous First and Second Women’s War, the outbreak of Kuki Rebellion and the Naga Raj movement of Jadonang and Rani Gaidinliu. Vo. 3 deals with the Post-Colonial period of emerging democracy in Manipur. This volume deals with the genesis of democracy and the experiment in constitutional monarchy. The working of the constitutional monarchy under Maharaja Bodhchandra, with Maharajkumar Priya Brata Singh as a Chief Minister has been elaborately dealt with. The author makes an appraisal of the democratic rule in Manipur under the chapter, Democracy in Practice 1972-2000. The Administration of the hill tribes of Manipur has been dealt with. There is a chapter on social change in Manipur which is a comprehensive write up on the subject. The three volumes provide a comprehensive history of modern Manipur.