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Bodhachandra Singh

1908–1955 · 20th century

Bodhachandra Singh was the last ruling Maharaja of Manipur, succeeding his father Churachand Singh in 1941. After Indian independence Manipur adopted its own constitution and held elections in 1948, but in September 1949 he signed a merger agreement in Shillong, and Manipur joined India that October as a centrally administered state. It became a full state in 1972.

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