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  • proper noun The state capital of Manipur (India).

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Examples

  • IMPHAL: Three unidentified militants were killed in two encounters in Imphal east district of Manipur on Saturday night, the police said on Sunday.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2009

  • IMPHAL: Three unidentified militants were killed in two encounters in Imphal east district of Manipur on Saturday night, the police said on Sunday.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2009

  • Bullu Raj/Associated Press Schoolchildren and others walked past empty trucks parked in a row, waiting to be escorted by the police to neighboring Assam to ferry supplies to Manipur, near Manipur's capital city of Imphal, Tuesday.

    India in Pictures 2011

  • Here, a polling station in Thoubal, on the outskirts of Imphal, India.

    Indian States Go the Polls 2012

  • Shown, people attended a rally addressed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Imphal, the state's capital, Dec. 3.

    India's State Election Campaigns 2012

  • European Pressphoto Agency Here, a polling booth in Imphal, the capital of Manipur state.

    Indian States Go the Polls 2012

  • But before the Empire quit, it gave India a great gift in the spring of 1944—it repelled the Japanese at India's gates at the battles of Kohima and Imphal.

    India, Still the Brightest Jewel Andrew Roberts 2011

  • European Pressphoto Agency A woman cast her vote in Imphal.

    Indian States Go the Polls 2012

  • In the end, the British managed to defend India on its northeast border, and the Japanese were forced back after the hard-fought battles of Imphal and Kohima.

    Starved for Evidence Andrew Roberts 2011

  • In the hills south of Imphal in northeast India live the Bnei Menashe, a Lost Tribe of Israel currently awaiting resettlement in the Jewish homeland.

    The New Roads Of Mandalay Emma Larkin 2011

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