Author:

Dr. S Abrar
Independent Researcher
Manipur University
Imphal Manipur,India

Email: sohailabrar2121@gmail.com

Abstract::Abstract::Manipur has been the home of various tribes and communities like Meiteis, Nagas, Kukis, Bamon,
Pangal and many other mainland Indian communities. The state of Manipur has experienced a long wave of
migration of various tribes and foreigners that settled down since early times and even continued till today.
The latest trend of migration into the state is the Nepali/Nepalese communities, the largest among the
contemporary migration groups. The Nepali has been brought to Manipur in two ways- by the British and
Indo-Nepal Treaty. They have been settled down along the hill ranges where they are suitable for their
livelihood and scattered around the Kanglatongbi-Kangpokpi hill ranges and some parts of the valley. The
time frame of the study is up to 1950. The main focus of the paper is about their settlement in the state and
followed by their economic activities to survive and adapt in the new environment during the colonial period.
This paper is an attempt to look into the historical settlement and the economic activities thereby finally
adapted to the state by the Nepali community. Currently they were settled down all over the state with all the
communities of the state as neighbour. The study material is based on the primary sources like the archival
sources and colonial writings and secondary sources like scholars works and books in Northeast India.

Key Words:: Gorkha, Grazing Tax, Foreigner’s Tax, Livelihood, Nepali, Settlement etc. 81-90 JHSR V5 N2. S Abrar