Kumbi
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Kumbi is a town and a nagar panchayat
in Bishnupur District
in the India
n state
of Manipur
. It is 55 km far away from its capital Imphal. Kumbi is 10 km far away from the historical place Moirang where Azad Hind Fauz hoisted Indian National flag in the Indian territory for the first time in the Indian history context with their Freedom fighter leader Netaji Subhash Chandra bose. This small town is known for its richness in the field of arts and culture. This town is divided by a small river called "Khuga Turel" (river).
This town has a small market under the care of Eema Keithel Lairembi. The people of this town are very conservative and well cultured in nature. Almost all the people depends their livelihood in seasonal cultivation and fishing. This beautiful town has five famous local deities' temples like Ibudhou Sandhong Khubam, Ibudhou Ishingchaiba Khubam, Ema Phouoibi Khubam, Epa lai soraren and Ema keithel lairenbi Khubam. This small town has river, hills and a lake which has decorated this place. Kumbi Kangjeibung Mapal which means Kumbi Polo ground is the famous ground of this small town which plays a major role in describing the area where the then Home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had erected a memorial stone.
This town has more than seven schools. They are Yaima model girl high school, kumbi govt high school, Y.P. English school, Kumbi Awang High School, Govt Boys junior high school, Ideal school and sanatombi oriental English school and one college named Kumbi college where our pioneer of kumbi late Shri Wahengbam Raghumani had served for all his life for which he was honoured as the "Best Citizenship of India" by Indian government, this town set into fame when Moirangthem Okendro Singh set a Guinness book of world record with his Sambal-lei-Sekpil. This town has two cinema halls, one at the heart of market or left to the Khuga river and the other one at the right side to the river and near to Kumbi police station.
Nagar Panchayat
A nagar palika or nagar panchayat is a form of an urban political unit in India comparable to a municipality.An urban centre with more than 30,000 and less than 100,000 inhabitants is classified as a nagar panchayat....
in Bishnupur District
Bishnupur District
Bishnupur district is the district of Manipur state in northeastern India with the smallest area.-Geography:Bishnupur town is the administrative headquarters of the district. Other major towns in this district are: Nambol, Moirang and Kumbi.-Demographics:...
in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of Manipur
Manipur
Manipur is a state in northeastern India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. Manipur is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west; it also borders Burma to the east. It covers an area of...
. It is 55 km far away from its capital Imphal. Kumbi is 10 km far away from the historical place Moirang where Azad Hind Fauz hoisted Indian National flag in the Indian territory for the first time in the Indian history context with their Freedom fighter leader Netaji Subhash Chandra bose. This small town is known for its richness in the field of arts and culture. This town is divided by a small river called "Khuga Turel" (river).
This town has a small market under the care of Eema Keithel Lairembi. The people of this town are very conservative and well cultured in nature. Almost all the people depends their livelihood in seasonal cultivation and fishing. This beautiful town has five famous local deities' temples like Ibudhou Sandhong Khubam, Ibudhou Ishingchaiba Khubam, Ema Phouoibi Khubam, Epa lai soraren and Ema keithel lairenbi Khubam. This small town has river, hills and a lake which has decorated this place. Kumbi Kangjeibung Mapal which means Kumbi Polo ground is the famous ground of this small town which plays a major role in describing the area where the then Home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had erected a memorial stone.
This town has more than seven schools. They are Yaima model girl high school, kumbi govt high school, Y.P. English school, Kumbi Awang High School, Govt Boys junior high school, Ideal school and sanatombi oriental English school and one college named Kumbi college where our pioneer of kumbi late Shri Wahengbam Raghumani had served for all his life for which he was honoured as the "Best Citizenship of India" by Indian government, this town set into fame when Moirangthem Okendro Singh set a Guinness book of world record with his Sambal-lei-Sekpil. This town has two cinema halls, one at the heart of market or left to the Khuga river and the other one at the right side to the river and near to Kumbi police station.