My Memories of Imphal From 1941 : Chapter 20 :: Download
Dr Mohendra Irengbam *
Staff of Churachandpur District Hospital (30 beds) in January 1966.
Author (centre seated). On his (R) Staff Nurse Chingnu. On his (L) Staff Nurse Manu and other perfect and efficient nurses.
Part 20
End of Short Independence Of Manipur In 1949
This article is the end in the series of ‘My Memories of Imphal’. It is full of sweet sentiments and touching endearments. The memorable photograph above, was taken in January 1966 in front of District Hospital at Churachandpur. It was also my last photograph before I left Imphal for my post-graduate study in London. I left a piece of my heart in Churachandpur where the people were quietly gentle and disciplined.
I still recall. As I boarded the plane at Tulihal Airport for Calcutta on February 8, 1966, I took a window seat and though the window my eyes took in the horizon where wispy bands of white clouds were floating as if they were also going somewhere far, like me.
Churachandpur Medical College, attached to a General Hospital that grew up from the 30-bed unisex District Hospital . Thee first session of the college began in October 2022.
This memoir as mentioned in its beginning, is for the benefit of young generations that will come many years from now. To them the Imphal Town of those years would sound like the story of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in the Wonderland (1865), which in essence, describes a child’s true progression through life. This memoir, likewise, captures the progression of a young pristine Imphal town to a sprawling city of today. It is now difficult for me to find the place where I was born. I need a map or a guide.
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* Dr Mohendra Irengbam wrote this article for e-pao.net
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This article was webcasted on April 30 2023 .
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