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Relations with Tributary States and Foreign Affairs |
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disarmament of the population |
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"5. As soon as the British troops occupied Manipur, the Officer Commanding the Field Force issued an order disarming the population, and over 4,000 firearms have been surrendered and broken up. Of this number, about 100 have been recovered from the hill tribes; and I estimate that they must still possess quite 1,000 guns, which can only be recovered by compulsory measures and a general disarmament of all hill tracts on this frontier of India. The Kukis, who are fairly well distributed throughout the hill tracts, possess most of these guns, as it was the policy of the late Darbar to arm its Kuki subjects and employ them to keep in subjection the numerous Naga tribes. |
