Banned ZUF extols Haipou Jadonang
Source: Hueiyen News Service / Newmai News Network
Imphal, August 23 2011:
The proscribed ZUF has appealed to all Zeliangrong households to observe the 80th death anniversary of Haipou Jadonang Malangmei on August 29 by lighting candles.
Also, February 17 should be similarly observed in remembrance of Haipei Rani Gaidinliu.
According to the Zeliangrong outfit, Jadonnang was a great visionary, a reformer and a revolutionary leader all rolled into one.
Jadonang is said to "have worshipped Lord Vishnu in a place called Bubhon cave in present day Assam" .
He was a brave and fearless man who took on the might of the British Empire and fought against the imposition of forced labour and hill house taxes on the Zeliangrong people.
"In order to redeem his people from the clutches of imperial hegemony, Haipao Zadonang Malangmai raised a standing army through charity and donation in cash and kind from the Zeliangrong people.
He fought and struggled selflessly for the cause of Zeliangrong country until his last breath and prognosticated the advent of Makaam Meirui Gwang Tupuni which means that the Zeliangrong people will one day become king and live a liberated life in the absence of extraneous diktats," said the ZUF.
Unfortunately though, he was hanged to death at the prime of his life by the British allegedly for murdering four Manipuris, the ZUF rued.
The militant outfit said that after the premature death of Haipou Jadonang Malangmei, his fight for liberation from the imperial power was carried on by the fiery and charismatic Haipei Rani Gaidinliiu.
The young, spiritual and mystical Rani from Longkao village in Tamenglong district of Manipur as the undisputed political successor to Haipei Jadonang Malangmei.
It stated that the Zeliangrong people should be proud of an extraordinary leader like Haipou Jadonang Malangmei who sowed the seed of Naga raj.