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== History ==
=== Songpi ===
 
The name "Chura Chandpur" was originally given to the village of '''Songpi''' ({{coord|24.3344|93.6525|format=dms}}) on the road to [[Tipaimukh]] (present day [[National Highway 2 (India)|NH2]]) around the year 1920. ItThe name was namedcoined in honour afterof [[Churachand Singh]], the reigning maharaja of the [[Manipur (princely state)|Manipur princely state]] at that time. The Khuga river valley, the present site of Churachandpur was forested and mostly uninhabited at that time.<ref>▼
=== British Raj period ===
▲The name "Chura Chandpur" was originally given to the village of '''Songpi''' ({{coord|24.3344|93.6525|format=dms}}) on the road to [[Tipaimukh]] (present day [[National Highway 2 (India)|NH2]]) around the year 1920. It was named after [[Churachand Singh]], the reigning maharaja of the [[Manipur (princely state)|Manipur princely state]] at that time. The Khuga river valley, the present site of Churachandpur was forested and mostly uninhabited at that time.<ref>
[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-181831961-imphal-83-h-1944.jpg Survey of India mapsheet 83-H (Burma and India)], 1944 (Surveyed 1922–24).
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During the [[Kuki Rebellion of 1917-1919]], anthe chief of Songpi, Semthong Haokip, refrained from taking part in the rebellion and was regarded as a "friendly" chief by the British.{{harv|Guite, Fighting the White Men till the Last Bullet|2019|p=55}}{{sfnp|Haokip, Breaking the Sprit of the Kukis|2019|p=115}} Songpi was also at a strategic height overlooking the valley leading to the [[AssamThangjing RiflesHill]], postand wasused stationedas atthe Songpilocation of an [[Assam Rifles]] post.<ref>{{citation |title=History of the Assam Rifles |first=Colonel L. W. |last=Shakespear |publisher=Macmillan And Co |location=London |year=1929 |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.2395 |via=archive.org |pages=203–204, 235}}</ref> After the rebellion, the British Raj decided to set up four subdivisions for the hill areas., Theone of which, the South-West Subdivision, was headquartered at Songpi.{{efn|A According"sub-division" toin the British system was a smaller unit of administration than a folkloredistrict, therebut often larger than native units of administration such as [[tehsil]] or taluka, which were styled "circles". The whole of Manipur was a feastsingle organiseddistrict under the British Raj. Four sub-divisions for hill regions were created in 1919. Other than Churachandpur, there was a North-West Sub-division headquartered at [[Tamenglong]], a North-East Sub-division headquartered at [[Ukhrul]], and a fourth sub-division headquartered at Imphal that covered the remaining areas (extreme north and the south-east).<ref name="Singh Christian Missions"/>}} B. C. Gasper was appointed as the subvidivisional officer. In 1921, Gasper organised a feast to honourwelcome back the labour corps workers that returned from [[World War I]], to which Maharaja Churachand Singh was invited. It was decided on that occasion to give the name "Churachandpur" to the Songpi village.<ref name="IE Lamka" /> The subdivision headquartered here also came to be known as the "Churachandpur Subdivision".<ref name="Singh Christian MissionsGangte">
T. Dongzakai Gangte, [https://zogam.com/articles/articles-i/general-articles/3026-a-brief-history-of-churachandpur.html A brief history of Churachandpur], Churachandpur District magazine, 2008. (via Zogam.com, 22 July 2009).
</ref> In due course, the subdivision headquartered here also came to be known as the "Churachandpur Subdivision".<ref name="Singh Christian Missions">
{{citation |last=Singh |first=K. M. |title=History of the Christian Missions in Manipur and Neighbouring States |publisher=Mittal Publications |year=1991 |isbn=81-7099-285-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofchristi0000sing |via=archive.org |page=161}}
</ref>{{sfnp|Chishti, Political Development in Manipur|1979|p=45}}
</ref>{{sfnp|Chishti, Political Development in Manipur|1979|p=45}}{{efn|A "sub-division" in the British system was a smaller unit of administration than a district, but often larger than native units of administration such as [[tehsil]] or taluka, which were styled "circles". The whole of Manipur was a single district under the British Raj. Four sub-divisions for hill regions were created in 1919. Other than Churachandpur, there was a North-West Sub-division headquartered at [[Tamenglong]], a North-East Sub-division headquartered at [[Ukhrul]], and a fourth sub-division headquartered at Imphal that covered the remaining areas (extreme north and the south-east).<ref name="Singh Christian Missions"/>}}
In 1930, the Sub-Divisional Officers (S.D.O.'s) were withdrawn due to dearth of staff and the subdivision was administered directly from Imphal. The Songpi/Churachandpur office fell into disuse.{{sfnp|Ibochou Singh|British administration in Manipur|1985|pp=158–159}}{{efn|While two other subdivision offices, at Ukhrul and Tamenglong, were reopened due to disturbances, Churachandpur remained closed.{{sfnp|Ibochou Singh|British administration in Manipur|1985|pp=159–160}}}}
 
=== Khuga Valley ===
Also during the rebellion, the British constructed a road to [[Hiangtam]] in the southern part of the subdivision, which branched off the Tipaimukh road at a location that came to be called "Lamka". ("Lamka" means junction in Kuki-Chin languages.) The original location was called "Hiangtam Lamka" and became the site of a new village.<ref name="IE Lamka"/>{{efn|"Lamka" means "crossroads" in the Kuki languages. "Hiangtam Lamka" was the village at the intersection of the Tipaimukh road and the Hiangtam road (now called "Tedim Road").<ref name="IE Lamka"/>}} Another village called "Zenhang Lamka" was established to the east of the Hiangtam Road and the two villages together were referred to as "Lamka".<ref name="IE Lamka"/> Eventually the whole plain in the Khuga River valley acquired the name "Lamka plain".<ref name="Pau">
{{citation |last=Pau |first=Pum Khan |title=Indo-Burma Frontier and the Making of the Chin Hills: Empire and Resistance |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2019 |isbn=9781000507454 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dVmnDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR12 |page=xii |quote=From a remote hill village in the Indo-Burma border, my grandparents moved to the plain of Lamka (Lamka ''zaang'') in Churachandpur District of Manipur chiefly in search of better livelihood and opportunity for the education of their children.}}
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* {{cite thesis |last=Chishti |first=S. M. A. W. |title=Political Development in Manipur, 1919-1949 |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/144521638.pdf |year=1979 |publisher=Aligarh Muslim University |via=core.ac.uk |degree=PhD |ref={{sfnref|Chishti, Political Development in Manipur|1979}}}}
** {{citation |last=Chishti |first=S. M. A. W. |title=Political Development in Manipur, 1919-1949 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YMcxSM_ZO30C |year=2005 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-7835-424-8 |ref={{sfnref|Chishti, Political Development in Manipur|2005}}}}
* {{citation |editor1=Jangkhomang Guite |editor2=Thongkholal Haokip |title=The Anglo-Kuki War, 1917–1919: A Frontier Uprising against Imperialism during World War I |publisher=Routledge |year=2019 |isbn=978-1-138-50704-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ALJqDwAAQBAJ |ref={{sfnref|Guite & Haokip, The Anglo-Kuki War|2019}}}}
** {{citation |last=Guite |first=Jangkhomang |chapter='Fighting the White Men till the Last Bullet': The general course of the Anglo-Kuki War |editor1=Jangkhomang Guite |editor2=Thongkholal Haokip |title=The Anglo-Kuki War, 1917–1919: A Frontier Uprising against Imperialism during World War I |publisher=Routledge |year=2019 |isbn=978-1-138-50704-3 |pages=37– |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ALJqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA37 |ref={{sfnref|Guite, Fighting the White Men till the Last Bullet|2019}}}}
** {{citation |last=Haokip |first=Thongkholal |chapter=Breaking the Spirit of the Kukis: Launching the ‘largest series of military operations’ in the northeastern frontier of India |editor1=Jangkhomang Guite |editor2=Thongkholal Haokip |title=The Anglo-Kuki War, 1917–1919: A Frontier Uprising against Imperialism during World War I |publisher=Routledge |year=2019 |isbn=978-1-138-50704-3 |pages=93– |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ALJqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA93 |ref={{sfnref|Haokip, Breaking the Sprit of the Kukis|2019}}}}
** {{citation |author=Ningmuanching |chapter='As Men of One Country': Rethinking the history of the Anglo-Kuki War |editor1=Jangkhomang Guite |editor2=Thongkholal Haokip |title=The Anglo-Kuki War, 1917–1919: A Frontier Uprising against Imperialism during World War I |publisher=Routledge |year=2019 |isbn=978-1-138-50704-3 |pages=168–197 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ALJqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA168 |ref={{sfnref|Ningmuanching, Rethinking the history of Anglo-Kuki War|2019}}}}
** {{citation |first=David Vumlallian |last=Zou |chapter=Patriots and Utilitarians in the Anglo-Kuki War |editor1=Jangkhomang Guite |editor2=Thongkholal Haokip |title=The Anglo-Kuki War, 1917–1919: A Frontier Uprising against Imperialism during World War I |publisher=Routledge |year=2019 |isbn=978-1-138-50704-3 |pages=168–197 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ALJqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA157 |ref={{sfnref|Zou, Patriots and Utilitarians in the Anglo-Kuki War|2019}}}}
* {{cite thesis |last=Ibochou Singh |first=Khwairakpam |title=British administration in Manipur 1891–1947 |publisher=Gauhati University |via=Shodhganga |degree=PhD |year=1985 |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/66697 |ref={{sfnref|Ibochou Singh|British administration in Manipur|1985}}}}
 
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