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@article{198811,
        author = {DR. LAISHRAM MALEM MANGAL},
        title = {CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNACNE AND THE MANIPUR CONSTITUTION ACT, 1947: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {11},
        pages = {9914-9927},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=198811},
        abstract = {The paper traces the historical evolution of constitutional governance in Manipur. It also studies the indigenous roots of constitutional polity before pre-colonial era, the transformations that took place during British colonial period and the subsequent modern transition into a constitutional democracy with the monarch as its titular head through the enactment of Manipur Constitution Act, 1947 at the lapse of British paramountcy. The paper critically examines the continuing legal status of the Manipur Constitution in the post-Merger era with the Indian Union. It addresses the unresolved constitutional questions and political implications. The study fills in a gap in scholarship by foregrounding Manipur’s unique constitutional identity and its normative significance in contemporary discourse on the operational status of the 1947 Manipur Constitution. The paper concludes with the argument that the Manipur Constitution continue to be functional in so far as its provisions are not inconsistent with the Constitution of India.},
        keywords = {Manipur, Constitutional Government, Manipur Constitution Act, 1947, Colonial Rule, Merger Agreement, Legal Status, Political History.},
        month = {April},
        }