Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 09:
The Thangal Anleinao Jonlong (TAJ) has earnestly appealed to All Tribal Students' Union, Manipur (ATSUM) to exempt Thangals from the proposed general strike of the Union on August 13 in view of the Thangal Day to be celebrated at the Thangal General Ecological Park, Mayangkhang in Senapati district.
In a statement, TAJ acknowledge the demands of ATSUM but said that the Thangal Day celebration is an annual event which date and venue cannot be changed.
The Thangal Day is celebrated in commemoration of the death anniversary of Pu Lungthoubu Thangal, popularly known as Thangal General and Pu Charai Thangal, who were hanged on August 13, 1891 by the British for their fight and resistance against British colonialism.