IDNO

P.92727.HUT

Description

The house of Haipou Jadonang, founder of the Heraka movement, in Kambiron. A manuscript caption on the reverse of the print reads "Gaidileu's vilalge".

Place

S Asia; India; Manipur; Tamenglong District; Kambiron [Assam]

Cultural Affliation

Naga; Zeliangrong

Named Person

?Gaidinliu

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

Collection Name

Hutton Collection

Source

Hutton, John Henry

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

The prints were found inside envelope now marked C140/19/1 from the envelope now marked C140/19/ from box now marked C140/.

Place: It is possible that the inscription, which appears to read "Giudiau's village" refers to Gaidinliu, known as Rani Gaidinliu, the Zeliangrong Naga freedom fighter. The house in the photograph also appears in P.92726.HUT. which is captioned "Mr Higgins at Kambiron." The site can be identified as Kambiron in Manipur (then Assam), associated with the Naga prophet Haipou Jadonang and with Gaidinliu. It may have been taken around the occasion of Jadonang's arrest by J.C. Higgins, Political Agent of Manipur State, in February 1931. [M. Elliott 28/11/2014]