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Separatists call shutdown in Manipur, normalcy hit
Assam Tribune | IANS | Imphal, Oct 15 ():
Normal life in Manipur came to a standstill on Monday during an 18-hour general strike called by seven separatist outfits. The Coordination Committee (CorCom), an umbrella group of seven major separatist outfits in Manipur who are fighting for an independent state for the majority Meitei community in the state, had called for an 18-hour general strike starting Oct 14 midnight.
The outfits are protesting the erstwhile princely state of Manipur's merger agreement with the Indian Union 63 years ago. Manipur joined the Union of India in October 1949 after a merger agreement was signed between the government of India and the then maharaja of Manipur on Sep 21, 1949, which came into force Oct 15, 1949.
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