Ukhrul district
district of Manipur, India
Ukhrul district (Meitei pronunciation:/ˈuːkˌɹəl or ˈuːkˌɹʊl/) is an administrative district of the state of Manipur in India with its headquarters at Ukhrul. The Ukhrul district has a long history dating back to the 1920s when it was created as the North-East Hill Sub-Division of the then princely state of Manipur. In 2016, the Kamjong subdivision of the Ukhrul district was spun out as a separate district, leading to the present configuration of the Ukhrul district.
History
The region to the north-eastern part of the Imphal Valley is the ancestral home to the Tangkhul Nagas from time immemorial. They have lived there independently with no control from outside world.
Until November 1969, Manipur existed as a single district made up of ten sub-divisions, and the area of present-day Ukhrul district was one among them. With the administrative restructuring of 1969, the area became a district called Manipur East, with the Ukhrul village functioning as the district headquarters. It comprised five sub-divisions namely Ukhrul North, Ukhrul Central, Phungyar Phaisat, Kamjong Chassad, and Ukhrul South headquartered at Chingai, Ukhrul, Phungyar Phaisat, Kamjong Chassad, and Kamsong Khullen respectively. In 1983, the district officially adopted the name Ukhrul district.
Geography
Ukhrul District occupying the northeastern corner of the state lies between latitudes of 24° 29′ and 25° 42′ N and longitudes 94° 30′ and 94° 45′ E approximately (including Kamjong district).
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Ukhrul district” as district of Manipur, India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as district of Manipur, India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q735101. VIAF identifies the subject as 142107801. The Library of Congress control number is n2005207713. Authority coordinates are 25.117, 94.367. 5 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2016, 1969 and 1983.
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