00:00 Manipur, a picturesque northeastern state of India that has given birth to many inspirational
00:09 personalities.
00:10 Some of the famous personalities of Manipur have made the state as well as the country
00:16 proud with their exceptional talent in various fields and their achievements on the global
00:23 stage.
00:24 Well, today I am gonna name a few of the personalities that has made all of us proud.
00:32 N. Biren Singh is an Indian politician, former footballer and journalist who is currently
00:39 serving as the 12th Chief Minister of Manipur since 2017, representing Hingang Assembly
00:47 constituency in the Manipur Legislative Assembly since 2002 as a member of the Bharatiya Janta
00:55 Party.
00:56 Biren Singh was awarded Champions of Change in 2018 for his exceptional work to the nation.
01:04 The award was conferred by the Vice President of India, Sri Venkya Naidu at Vigyan Bhavan
01:11 in New Delhi.
01:13 MC Marikorm is a famous Indian boxer.
01:18 She was born in the Chudachand district of Manipur and became a household name after
01:23 she won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
01:27 She was the first female boxer to reach such heights.
01:31 Kunjarani Devi, 7 world champion silver medals and 2 Asian Games bronze make Kunjarani Devi
01:39 one of the most decorated women weightlifters in India.
01:44 Devi was born in Imphal to a Hindu Mettei family.
01:48 She joined the Central Reserve Police Force.
01:51 She also went to make waves in the Police Championship and captained the Indian Police
01:57 team from 1996 to 1998.
02:01 Bala Hijab is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Manipur films.
02:07 She has also acted in one of the Malayalam thriller road film.
02:13 Okram Ibobi Singh is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the member of
02:19 the Manipur Legislative Assembly since 2007.
02:23 He also served as the 11th Chief Minister of Manipur from 2002 to 2017 and the leader
02:31 of the opposition Manipur Legislative Assembly from 2017 to 2022 as a member of the Indian
02:40 National Congress.
02:42 Saikom Mirabai Chanu is an Indian weightlifter.
02:46 Mirabai Chanu lifted a total of 201 kg, winning the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in
02:53 2022.
02:55 She won the silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the women's 49 kg category.
03:02 Mirabai Chanu has won the world championships and multiple medals at the Commonwealth Games.
03:09 She was also awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for her contributions
03:14 to the sports.
03:15 She was awarded the sporting honour 'Majordhyan Chand Khel Ratna' by the Government of India
03:22 in 2018.
03:24 Erom Chanu Sharmila, also known as the Iron Lady of Manipur, is an Indian civil rights
03:31 activist, political activist and poet from the Indian state of Manipur.
03:37 On 5th November 2000, she began a hunger strike in favour of abolishing the Armed Forces Act
03:44 in 1958 that appears to the seven states and grants Indian Armed Forces to power to search
03:52 properties without a warrant and to arrest people and to use deadly forces if there is
03:58 reasonable suspicion that a person is acting against the state.
04:03 She ended the fast on August 9, 2016 after 16 long years of fasting.
04:12 Having refused food and water for more than 500 weeks, she was nastily forced fed in jail.
04:20 She has been called the world's longest hunger strike.
04:25 Padma Shri Ashangbam Meena Ketan Singh is regarded as the founder of modern Manipur
04:31 literature.
04:32 Meena Ketan engaged with every field of literature, poetry, prose, essays, translations, mythology,
04:40 biography, autobiography and criticism.
04:43 His published works numbered more than 25 books on these different branches of literature.
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