Manipuri Sahitya Parishad
literary club for Meitei language
The Manipuri Sahitya Parishad (Meitei: ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ ꯁꯥꯍꯤꯇ꯭ꯌ ꯄꯔꯤꯁꯗ, lit. 'Manipuri Literary Council') is a literary council dedicated to the active promotion and the development of literary works in the Meitei language in India. in national as well as international levels.
It has its branches in the Manupur cities of Imphal, Jiribam, Bishnupur and Thoubal inside Manipur and in Tripura and Meghalaya in Assam.
The Manipuri Sahitya Parishad organises research works, seminars, symposiums, publication of journals and books, translation works of Meitei-language literary works into other languages, preservation of Meitei folktales and Meitei music, bestowing of literary awards and cash prizes to outstanding writers and artists.
HSLC in Assam
In 1977, E. Chandra, the then president of the Manipuri Sahitya Parishad, Assam and D. Gogoi, the then President, SEBA, and the Government of Assam came into an agreement, and the Meitei language medium of the HSLC examination was introduced. In the year 1979, for the first time in the history, 1,043 Meitei students in the Barak Valley, from 26 high schools, got the opportunity to appear at the H.S.L.C. examination in Meitei language medium.
Kamini Kumar Memorial Gold Medal
Kamini Kumar was the patron of Manipuri Sahitya Parishad, Tripura since its establishment in the year 1963. He donated ₹1,000 (equivalent to ₹83,000 or US$860 in 2023) to the Manipuri Sahitya Parishad, Imphal, through which the Sahitya Parishad managed to bestow the prestigious "Kamini Kumar Memorial Gold Medal", a 3 yearly award for the best creative-writing in Meitei language, written by Manipuris of outside of Manipur.
On 24 June 2019, Abdul Hamid, a Meitei Pangal of Cachar, Assam, was bestowed the prestigious "Kamini Kumar Gold Medal Award" in the 84th Annual General Meeting of the "Manipuri Sahitya Parishad, Imphal", at the Jawaharlal Nehru Dance Academy in Imphal.
Contributions to fields other than the literature
Other than the field of Meitei literature, the Manipuri Sahitya Parishad also promotes the people who contribute to the fields of Matam Ishei, Nat Sankritan, Raas, stage drama, Goura Leela, paintings, Thang-Ta, Lairik Thiba, Pung, among the elements of Meitei culture, by conferring awards every year.
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