NO MERGER OF THE TRIBAL CHIEFS AND THEIR TERRITORIES:*
*MERGER OF MANIPUR WITH THE INDIAN UNION 21st Sept. 1949:* The merger agreement of *Manipur* with the *Indian* *Union* was signed between the *Maharaja of Manipur Shri (L) Bodha Chandra Singh and Shri V.P. Menon,* _Advisor_ to the *Government of India, Ministry of States*, on behalf of the Dominion of *India* on *21st September, 1949* at *Shillong*, in which the *Maharaja of Manipur* *surrendered his territory,* *titles* , *authority* , *rights* and *privileges* , except his *personal properties* and *religious rites,* and received a *sum of Rs. 3 lakhs per year.* *Thus, the sovereignty and independence of* *Manipur* as a *Country* came to an *end* on the date the *Maharaja* appended his signature on the historic merger agreement. The Total area of *Manipur* merger agreement covered was the territory of *700 sq.* *miles* or *26,500 paris/hectares.* *NO MERGER OF THE TRIBAL CHIEFS AND THEIR TERRITORIES:* _*The power and authorities of the tribe chiefs are supreme*_ in the land of t